Just an update, Falko and I ended up removing about 800 messages of spam earlier today. Everything should be back to normal on the forums.

Yes, that was another idea I have considered after posting my question - to use simple batch files for individual snap-ins, put the main executable on easily accessible samba share and manage different command line arguments from those batch files. Definitely a cleaner approach than my original symlinking idea 🙂 Thanks a lot for your response, it definitely helped me to solve my problem.

I would also say to upgrade to 12.04 LTS, this will guarantee you 5 years of patches and security updates.

Actually Jay_S_FogUser I want to clarify:

FOG is still active, however, there are really only 3 developers, 1 of which stepped back for a bit. But FOG is still alive and being actively modded and developed. Every program has issues, if you come across some, please post them in the Bug forums and we’ll try to get them sorted out. FOG works with up to Windows 8 and ext3 filesystems. It is being looked at to switch to partclone for the core imaging system. Yes, the best way to learn is to do it yourself. However, I’m currently putting something together to help new users get into FOG, I’m hoping to have it ready within the next few weeks. Chuck, the creator of FOG posted this today, please have a read: [url]http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/fog-status.4515/[/url]

FOG will not be able to image iPad’s. If 50 are going to be in one spot, Apple Configurator works well. However, if you need to manage them and they are spread out, you really need to look into an MDM solution, either paid such as AirWatch or a Mac server tools MDM solution.

Hi Mantvydas,
Would you mind posting your fortigate config ?

Thanks!

Thank you very much for your help, worked like a charm.

The FOG client and service will rename and join computers to the domain if you have the following:

[LIST=1]
[]Client registered with FOG and given a name
[]Fog Client installed on the client machine/image.
[]FOG server running on the client machine
[]HostNameChanger enabled on the client through the ini file or settings when you installed the FOG client software
[]HostNameChanger enabled globally on the server settings: FOG Configuration -> Hostname Changer -> enabled
[]HostNameChanger enabled for the host in the host record’s service settings.
And Optionally:
[*]You have FOGCrypted a password for a user account that can join computers to the domain and you have put this info in the FOG Settings.
[/LIST]

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I’ve heard that .33 is a major re-write of code, so good things come to those who wait.

I too am anxious to see what new things 0.33 is going to offer, but this is an opensource project, and you are welcome to tweak things to your liking. I am a software engineer, I know development takes a long time. I think everyone should learn a programming language so you can have a passion for everything you use and an understanding of how to overcome obstacles.

There is still a lot of activity on these forums, I expect development to continue for quite some time. I’m sure if you’d like to donate the devs would really appreciate it!

Try to register your host again, look for what the last line displayed is.

After you attempt to register the host, check the log on the server in /var/log/daemon.log

Don’t post the whole thing just what is most recent and include it in code brackets.

Next check /var/log/syslog, again only paste the most recent concurrent event, if you attempted register at 11:35 paste that section for 11:35.

@Dark_Masta,
I could be wrong but I think the stuff you’re trying to do is only available with Fog version 0.33 (It’s still in testing though). You may want to fork the source out and try to modify it, to suit your needs. Hope this helps 🙂

Disclaimer: I could be wrong about the version and what is supported. Please read the manual.

There’s more to this. So I decided:

Forget about ext4 support, let me use the RAW disk option.

so the image gets created however I’m not able to mount the image using
mount -t ext4 -o loop mymyage… mymountpoint…

However if I manually try to create a disk image using dd and try to mount the image it works fine.

So the assumption here is the image created by fog is compressed - except not sure what format…Any help folks?

Natively, no you can’t do this. However, FOG is built on PartImage 0.6.9. If you download the software, [url]http://www.partimage.org/Download[/url], you can put that on a flash drive, and as long as you grab your image from /images on your FOG server, you should be able to accomplish the same task.

[SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]Donna, unfortunately, at this time there is no official FOG training, just a bunch of willing people to help you on the forums if you come across problems. Lots of people on the forums are very knowledgeable when it comes to Linux and FOG itself. A lot of people like Fedora/CentOS for their base install, I personally use Ubuntu Desktop/Server for my installs depending on the factors.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]

[SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]That being said, i’ve found that it’s much easier to run programs through a batch file rather than trying to get a program to install right from the executable. However, I personally prefer scripts for any automation just because I know exactly what’s going to happen, and if it fails, I’ll know exactly where to begin to look. The one drawback to the current system is that it doesn’t always detect when one application is done installing before it tries to install the next, so at times, it will fail.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]A neat feature that we use to great extents at work is the ability to boot ISO’s right from the FOG menu. We had DBAN, Parted Magic, Diagnostic CD’s, Pre Boot Environments etc all at our fingertips without having to lug around CD’s or flash drives. I also modified the .32 kernel code to be able to image machines without them checking in with FOG. So if you were at a workstation, you’d boot to FOG, select the image you wanted from the FOG menu, hit enter and it’s on it’s way. You didn’t need to set anything up on the web interface, you just selected it and off it went. The fact that you can boot into an antivirus is just that much better as well.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]

[SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]FOG .33 is in the works, and is a major rewrite of the code, but should be a more modular project to make it easier for others to write add-on’s for it. However, try to find sometime to work with FOG, it’s already pretty user friendly, but don’t hesitate to ask questions on the forums. You’ll get responses very quickly, and everyone is always willing to help![/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]

Yes, FOG is still an active project. Version .33 is a major rewrite of the code, so it’s taking some time to complete.

However, I’m glad that you’ve found FOG. If you run into any problems, you can post it to the forum and someone will be able to help you.