I have successfully run Fog 0.32 on Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS, both a test server for 4 months, and now a production server for the last 9 months or so. I tried newer versions of Ubuntu server, but once I install gnome-desktop-environment, they all seem to have problems with my hardware. So for now, I just stick with what works.

Yes. The definition of the images is separate from the storage of the images. You can have one without the other, which is the situation such as when you create a new image in the web ui and before you upload the actual image. Conversely, if you delete the definition from the database, the file(s) can still exist if they are not deleted also. This means you can copy or move the image files to an external HD if they are no longer in use, but still leave the definitions in FOG. If you ever need to use the image again, just copy it back to the images folder.

To recover your “lost” image:

Create a new image in the Web UI by giving the new image definition the same type (single partition, mult-partition, etc) and specifying the correct storage location.

Example:
Image Name: Image1
Image Description: First Image, Win XP Pro 32 bit
Storage Group: Default
Image file: /images/[Name of file or folder that holds the image or image files]
Image type: [select correct image type]

If the image is stored in 1 file under /images/, such as a single parition-resizable image type, then put the filename as the value for the Image file: /images/[image file]

If the image is stored in a folder under /images/, such as a multiple-partition-single disk or multiple disk, then put the folder name that contains the image files.

I personally have never gotten the client installer to pick up hosts. I always have to do a full inventory to get it to work.

Reinstalled Ubuntu/Fog, restored the database, and PXEboot on the clients is working again. There was a probably a simpler way to get it going without being so drastic, but I was running out of time…

It’s also best practice to defrag and perform a chkdsk before uploading your images if you aren’t already.

I find it easier to just sudo the moving and renaming commands to get the job done instead of changing the permissions

move the new kernel in place
sudo mv /WHERE/YOUR/DOWNLOAD/IS/SAVED/kernelfilename /tftpboot/fog/kernel

rename the old kernel
sudo mv /tftpboot/fog/kernel/bzImage /tftpboot/fog/kernel/bzImage.old

rename the new kernel
sudo mv /tftpboot/fog/kernel/kernelfilename /tftpboot/fog/kernel/bzImage

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Now With New PXE Kernel update I get this

Hello thx, this are new info for me, I will study them and give feedback, thx again.

I think I understand what you mean.

Load up the old machine the way you want the first image. Register it with the FOG server. Go into the FOG webui, create the image definition, go to the hosts and associate the host record with the image record. Perform and upload task.

Create a new image record for your second image. Setup the computer the way you want for the second image. Go into FOG and set the upload task so it creates the second image.

Create a new image definition in fog, change the host record to associate to the new image, setup the computer the way you want, upload the image.

One computer, multiple images.

Thanks Catsrules,
I figured it out…the files were there already, but since I’ve been switching back and forth to a live network and an isolated network. I’ve been using two network connections with different settings…long story short, I just restarted the machine :oops:

I’m excited about Windows 8. At this time, if it works, it works; if not, we’ll probably have to wait until retail before we can troubleshoot.

if the host records already exist, you may have to go back to each record and select the “Active Directory” menu option, and choose to join the computer to the domain after the image task. I had this issue because I had host records created before I had the Active Directory credentials working properly.

Make sure the account you are using is specifying the FOG_AD_DEFAULT_DOMAINNAME as a FQDN (something.something.etc), your FOG_AD_DEFAULT_USER is specified as (DOMAIN\User), and your FOG_AD_DEFAULT_PASSWORD has been FOGCrypted properly. I have not had success is specifying the FOG_AD_DEFAULT_OU just yet, but I plan to work through that next. For now, they are joined to the default Computers location, and I move them to the correct OU as part of the deployment.

You need Account Administrators group membership in AD, OR be a domain admin, OR be delegated computer account management rights on the default Computers location and any other locations you plan to put machine accounts.

See tutorial [url]http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/requested-multi-site-location-patch-requested.410/[/url]

[quote=“falko, post: 1640, member: 48”]yes you need to edit both of the above paths and add your mysql password to these two files.

/var/www/fog/commons/config.php and /opt/fog/service/etc/config.php.[/quote]

Hey Thanks

I modified the files and it work thanks