@george1421

I’m interested in creating a working WiFi or USB network solution for device registration in FOG.

I have approximately 160 laptops to add to FOG that do not have a built-in Ethernet port. I’ve already tried using USB network adapters, but this has introduced extra complexity. In addition, a second laptop I tested is not consistently able to boot from the USB NIC, even though it worked on the first device.

To clarify, I am not attempting to image over WiFi. I only need network connectivity in the FOG environment so I can register each device and capture the correct MAC address. I will then image via Clonezilla using a USB-C NVME, which takes under three minutes to image each device

If possible, I would appreciate guidance on modifying the kernel so I can include future WiFi drivers.

I’ve attached the relevant information I believe you will need.
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@kratkale the last 0 is an O (ohhhhh) not a 0 (zero)

@Tom-Elliott

Just lyk that I updated the main FOG server to Debian 13 and installed the latest stable release of FOG.

Replication working well now that the OS and FOG server versions match the Storage Node server.

Thanks again

Thanks @Tom-Elliott !

Perhaps we could include a brief note stating that it is possible the database schema may not need updating.

@Tom-Elliott said in Unauthorized error:

@Jamaal I’m not sure I follow? The database isn’t insecure, it was being able to download the database, or force an upgrade without authorization that was the piece being secured, nothing about the normal day to day operation of the database changed.

Got it, ok thanks for your help today on this.

@Nono Edit your /opt/fog/.fogsettings file and replace entries of ‘mysql-client’ with ‘mariadb-client’

I suspect they’ve updated the repo to solely exist for mariadb-client, but you had it before that package switch/change occurred so your fogsettings file is just expecting mysql-client always.

I might also recommend removing the existing mysql-client package just to ensure clean flow, though of course get a backup before any such actions.

Works well ! 😊

Works well ! 😁

update the kernals on fog server / nodes

Hello @Tom-Elliott

Sorry for the delay 😞

I checked what you told me to do. It appears I have a file that I didn’t check : /etc/php/8.4/fpm/pool.d/www.conf
I set display_error=off and now I don’t have all those warnings.

Thank you for your help.

This is perfect 🙂

@GregorS I have 3 Dell Models that are also doing this, but I will try the change to DHCP Boot file.

I will post back when I have an update.

Thanks!

So I am alone ?

We can mark this closed. Turns out it was a old/bad snapin package on the old server. I set up Fog with a new DB and everything worked fine. Once I removed the snapins and exported and imported the DB again it all worked as expected.

Thanks for the help.

@vanfifty1
I have some simelar Problems maby read the post
https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/18157/windows-11-65x-hp-z2-tower-g1i-update/2
My problem is/was that Fog uses sometimes the wrong nvme …

@Tom-Elliott
This is resolved in latest dev-branch version: 1.5.10.1853
Thanks.