My AD level is 2008. I’m using Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise.

FOG adds computers to the domain without a hitch (Windows 7 or XP computers), but if I rename it (thru FOG browser interface), FOG Service in the computer renames the computer but will NOT rejoin the computer to the domain. I guess when the computer is already part of a domain, it should un-join the computer, then re-join.

I have tried renaming directly under Windows, and I always have to unjoin then rejoin to be able to change the computer name correctly on AD. I guess its a limitation imposed by Windows AD.

Is your ERP server the only thing FOG is going to back up?

Sorry for cross post i can’t seem to locate the delete post option…

These are notes from Chuck Syperski’s video at [media=youtube]69gJvHjTKNQ[/media]

add new hard drive for storage

find out device name
[CODE]#sudo dmesg[/CODE]
or
[CODE]#sudo fdisk -l[/CODE]

partition disk my on /dev/sdb
[CODE] #sudo fdisk /dev/sdb
n
p
l
<enter>
<enter>
t
83
w[/CODE]
format filesystem
[CODE]#sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1[/CODE]
move /images to /imagesOld
[CODE] #sudo mv /images/ /imagesOld[/CODE]
make new /images directory
[CODE] #sudo mkdir /images[/CODE]
mount new harddirve /dev/sdb1 to /images
[CODE] #sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /images[/CODE]
copy files to new harddrive
[CODE] #sudo rsync -av = =progress /imagesOld/ /images[/CODE]
change permissions
[CODE] #sudo chmod -R 777 /images[/CODE]
auto mount the new hard drive use UUID
[CODE] #sudo blkid[/CODE]
[CODE] #sudo vlm /etc/fstab[/CODE]
UUID=<UUID_of_you_nw_partition> /images ext4 errors=remount=ro 0 1
reboot

I’m just journaling this now as I dont have access to my server just yet. I’m not 100% certain every thing is correct

I solved this problem, I had to uninstall likewise-open which I used to authenticate to the server via active directory/ldap.

Are you trying to connect to the web UI by the hostname of the VM or the IP address?

Just an update everyone,

After hour and hours of research, I have found a way to convert a system GPT partition to MBR without losing data. I compiled a crude walkthrew for everyone.

[LIST=1]
[][FONT=Calibri]Boot your Fedora 16 Live media (I used Ubuntu and replaced yum with apt-get) and wait for your session to start. If you’re having troubles booting, press Tab at the boot loader screen and try booting with the [SIZE=12px][FONT=Monaco]nomodeset[/FONT][/SIZE] parameter added.[/FONT]
[][FONT=Calibri]Depending on your graphics card, you’ll either be presented with the new Gnome 3 Shell or with the traditional interface. Start a terminal session by putting your mouse in the top right corner of the screen and typing “terminal” in the search (Gnome Shell) or by selecting Applications > System Tools > Terminal (traditional interface)[/FONT]
[][FONT=Calibri]Install gdisk:[/FONT]
[SIZE=12px][FONT=Monaco][FONT=Calibri]su -
yum -y install gdisk[/FONT][/FONT][/SIZE]
[FONT=Calibri]This may take a few moments.[/FONT]
[][FONT=Calibri]Make a backup of your current GPT scheme:[/FONT]
[SIZE=12px][FONT=Monaco][FONT=Calibri]gdisk -b sda-preconvert.gpt /dev/sda[/FONT][/FONT][/SIZE]
[][FONT=Calibri]Now we will attempt to convert your GPT disk layout to MS-DOS/MBR. Start gdisk:[/FONT]
[SIZE=12px][FONT=Monaco][FONT=Calibri]gdisk /dev/sda[/FONT][/FONT][/SIZE]
[FONT=Calibri]
You should be prompted with:[/FONT]
[SIZE=12px][FONT=Monaco][FONT=Calibri]Command (? for help):[/FONT][/FONT][/SIZE]
[][FONT=Calibri]Press [SIZE=12px][FONT=Monaco]r[/FONT][/SIZE] to start recovery/transformation.[/FONT]
[][FONT=Calibri]Press [SIZE=12px][FONT=Monaco]g[/FONT][/SIZE] to convert GPT to MBR.[/FONT]
[][FONT=Calibri]Press [SIZE=12px][FONT=Monaco]p[/FONT][/SIZE] to preview the converted MBR partition table.[/FONT]
[][FONT=Calibri]Make any modification necessary to the partition layout. See Rod Smith’s [URL=‘http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/mbr2gpt.html#gpt2mbr’][COLOR=#047ac6]Converting to or from GPT[/COLOR][/URL] page for more details on this.[/FONT]
[][FONT=Calibri]When you’re happy with the MS-DOS/MBR layout, press [SIZE=12px][FONT=Monaco]w[/FONT][/SIZE] to write changes to the disk.[/FONT]
[][FONT=Calibri]Shutdown Fedora 16 and boot from the Windows 7 installation media[/FONT]
[][FONT=Calibri]Enter your language & keyboard layout and then select the option to repair your computer in the bottom left corner.[/FONT]
[][FONT=Calibri]From the available options, select Startup Repair. Windows will ask for a reboot.[/FONT]
[][FONT=Calibri]Follow the previous three steps again to boot the Windows 7 installation and run startup repair[/FONT]
[][FONT=Calibri]Once again, boot the Windows 7 installation media but this time opt to open a command prompt instead of choosing startup repair. Type:[/FONT]
[SIZE=12px][FONT=Monaco][FONT=Calibri]bootrec /scanos
bootrec /rebuildbcd
bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /fixboot[/FONT][/FONT][/SIZE]
[][FONT=Calibri]Close the command prompt and run Startup Repair one last time.[/FONT]
[/LIST]
[FONT=Calibri][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=14px]Some noted they were successful with skipping the 2nd and 3rd startup repair in the windows 7 install disk. I did all steps. The Rebuildbcd and fixboot threw me an error. That’s when i discovered the next steps necessary.[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=14px][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT]
[COLOR=#000000][SIZE=14px][FONT=Helvetica][FONT=Calibri]THEN…[/FONT][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][SIZE=14px][FONT=Helvetica][FONT=Calibri][/FONT][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]
[SIZE=15px][FONT=Helvetica][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Calibri]1: Boot into gparted[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=15px][FONT=Helvetica][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Calibri]2: Right click on partition with windows[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=15px][FONT=Helvetica][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Calibri]3: Flag as boot[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=15px][FONT=Helvetica][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Calibri]4: Run windows recovery to fix any other errors (using startup repair, and sometimes when it scans for OS’s it repairs automatically) Run windows recovery startup repair twice.[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=15px][FONT=Helvetica][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=15px][FONT=Helvetica][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[FONT=Calibri][FONT=Helvetica][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=15px]I followed each step listed in order and was able to [/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=15px]successfully[/SIZE][/COLOR][FONT=Helvetica][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=15px] complete this operation. UEFI is here to stay so I hope that .33 supports GPT partitions and UEFI,[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri][FONT=Helvetica][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=15px][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/FONT]

‘My goal is to make an image for a particular brand and model of laptop that is as complete as possible (drivers and software) so I can blast it out to student laptops as quickly as possible and have as little to do after imaging as possible.’

I’m the same , I really don’t have the time to create and run scripting , and also have little time to tweak and R&D . My FOG install runs well just as long as I don’t get off the reservation too much. I think my Dell 390’s , 9010’s and all of my laptops are requiring more TLC than I realize.

I also have this problem. We had this set up as our imaging service and it stopped working. Same as above. Any help would be great!

Chris

Just a heads up, I am pretty new to ubuntu and any extra info you could give me would be HUGE in my learning process. I checked the folders, made the changes but for the life of me cannot find this mac address file. I think I am just lost in my newby-ways. Please give more insight 🙂

If your using windows DHCP, check the details that has been entered for option 67 for that DHCP scope.

From what I can see in the log, the FOG service is duplicating the MAC address and appending it to the MAC string. The devices only have one NIC, so I’m not sure why it’s doing this. Instead of 00:11:22:33:44:55 for a MAC string, you get 00:11:22:33:44:55|00:11:22:33:44:55, which doesn’t have any jobs associated with it. Anyone else seen this/have a workaround? I don’t want to have to recompile the service again.

Really old thread here but I’ve run into this issue. New FOG user and have successfully inventoried and imaged PCs but I’m unable to do either full or quick inventory on an HP 550 laptop. PXE boot and then select the option… blank screen after that. I checked the Working Hardware list and saw nothing that indicated I would need to do anything special.

I’m running stock 0.32 so swapping kernels is something I have no experience with as of yet. Is there a better kernel to use that is more compatible than the stock kernel?

Did that second recommendation ever work?
[FONT=Consolas]I am experiencing this problem in Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop (package: tftpd-5.2-1ubuntu1). The tftpd daemon does not start when the computer starts up, even though the tftpd-hpa job starts. As far as I can tell, the problem is that the tftpd service is starting before the network is properly configured. The problem seemed to go away when I changed the line
start on runlevel [2345]
in /etc/init/tftpd-hpa.conf to
start on (local-filesystems and net-device-up IFACE!=lo)[/FONT]
[FONT=Consolas]?[/FONT]

I googled “dnsmasq junk command line” and found some interesting results. Have you had a look yet to see if anything applies to you?