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    Update to the post Windows 11 | 65x HP Z2 Tower G1i:
    Now errors have appeared during cloning:
    Images that were previously working suddenly stopped working.
    pigz: skipping: <stdin>: cooupted – invalid deflate da (invalid literal/length set)
    or then:
    Partclone fail, …
    read ERROR: No such file or directory

    I’ve now tried to completely rebuild the image. This time, a Win 11 24 LTSC.
    No success with FOG—problems again. The issues occur at the end of the third partition.

    Clonzilla 3.1.2-9, on the other hand, can clone the Sysprep image from a USB drive.

    The NVMe issue isn’t resolved for me yet either—it just happens that the second drive is selected instead of the first. Which is terrible, of course, because it’s the students’ data drive… 😞

    I have no idea how to proceed from here.
    Is it the HP computer? Is it the NVMe drives? Is it the FOG server…

    The FOG server isn’t virtual; it’s a Debian machine running FOG:
    You’re running the latest stable version: 1.5.10.1826

    When I upload the image, I don’t get any errors
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    @Tom-Elliott I really appreciate that you are putting effort into providing more frequent releases, which makes it easier for everyone to deploy new security fixes in time. Keep up the good work!

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    Hello,

    We are preparing a lab with 44 MacBooks (Apple M4, 16 GB RAM).

    Currently, we have not implemented any imaging solution yet. At the moment, we only use our Samba Active Directory domain for user authentication (LDAP/Kerberos) on the Macs.

    All machines have the exact same hardware configuration, and we need a way to create a standardized macOS image and replicate it across all devices. This deployment process is performed once every semester, so we are looking for a reliable and repeatable solution.

    We are evaluating the FOG Project as a possible solution, but we are unsure whether it supports cloning and deploying macOS images on Apple Silicon devices (M4).

    We would like to ask:

    Is FOG suitable for capturing and deploying macOS images on Apple Silicon Macs?
    How does the cloning process for macOS work in this scenario?
    If FOG is not recommended, what tools or best practices would you suggest for mass macOS deployment and domain integration with Samba AD?

    Thank you for your guidance.

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    @mashina Ah, thank you for that and sorry for my denseness. Indeed this is a bug and I’ve replicated and figured out where this is occurring.

    I have pushed a few mroe adjustments in an attempt find and fix more bugs (thanks AI review and whatnot)

    Please pull and let me know if there’s any other issues.

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