PXE Boot via USB-->Ethernet Adapter Lenovo 13e.

[imagingmaster21]

I have a Lenovo 13e machine. It does not have a Ethernet port built in. So I am using a USB Adapter. I am trying to register the machine and when I do it freezes up on a black screen. I am not sure what the issue is. Is there some sort of BIOS Setting for this. It is able to reach the FOG menu fine though.

Any ideas?

[Wayne Workman]

@imagingmaster21 Look at this: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=USB_NIC_(usb_network_adapter)

[imagingmaster21]

Ok I see that, but my machine is not even registering as a host. Should I manually create it per its MAC address and give it those settings and try it?

[Wayne Workman]

@imagingmaster21 If I remember right, that’s how you need to do it. You’d create a host but give it the WiFi MAC, and put your USB NIC into the ignore list in FOG Configuration -> FOG Settings. Or something like that.

[imagingmaster21]

@wayne-workman
Ok I see that, but my machine is not even registering as a host. Should I manually create it per its MAC address and give it those settings and try it?

[imagingmaster21]

@wayne-workman
So should I give it the WiFi MAC or the MAC of the USB to Ethernet adapter?

[Wayne Workman]

@imagingmaster21 Try both. I don’t really remember exactly - but you can assign multiple MACs to a host via the web GUI. I think in order to use the USB NIC with more than one host, it has to be added to an ignore list in FOG Configuration.

[imagingmaster21]

@wayne-workman
I tried doing it with just the USB-Ethernet Adapter and tried pushing a capture task out to it and it gets stuck at ‘int.xz…ok’. I then tried it with both of the MAC address in host registration and still the same result. If I cancel the tasks I am still able to get to the FOG Menu.

[Wayne Workman]

@imagingmaster21 said in PXE Boot via USB-->Ethernet Adapter Lenovo 13e.:

it gets stuck at ‘int.xz…ok’.

Now we are in the weeds, because getting stuck there can be caused by a large number of things. I’m going to ping @Sebastian-Roth to please look at this thread.

[imagingmaster21]

@wayne-workman
@Sebastian-Roth

Also what do you mean by the ignore list?

[imagingmaster21]

@imagingmaster21
@Sebastian-Roth

Also I am using uefi BIOS settings on this. I am able to register other machines fine.

[Sebastian Roth]

@imagingmaster21 Welcome to the harsh jungle of buggy UEFI firmwares (or should I better call it “firm wars”?!)…

Please read my post here and feel free to go ahead and challenge this the debugging with me. But only if you’re sure you can keep it up. https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/10978/uefi-lenovo-miix-320-and-usb-ethernet

[imagingmaster21]

@sebastian-roth
@Wayne-Workman

So I see that you suggest changing the pxe binary to one of these:
snp.efi, snponly.efi, intel.efi, realtek.efi

Which one should I use for mine, I have all of these available to use. I guess I would just change it in my dhcpd file and run the FOG Installer again?

I have multiple machines that are requiring the usb-ethernet adapter (have this issue) and ones that have an ethernet port (currently no issue).

[Sebastian Roth]

@imagingmaster21 No need to rerun the installer. Just change in dhcpd.conf and restart the service. Just try one after the other…

[imagingmaster21]

@sebastian-roth

So I know I have to change the #option 67 option bootfile-name to the ones we are trying, but in my dhcp file screenshot I attached do I also have to change it in the class’s file names as well. I am guessing yes, but I want to check with you.

[Wayne Workman]

@imagingmaster21 If I were you, I would rewrite that configuration to look more like this: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=BIOS_and_UEFI_Co-Existence#Example_2

Then, for Arch:00007 just play with that filename.

[Sebastian Roth]

Worked on this in a chat session. Turns out that using snponly.efi does work for this model. This saves us a lot of debugging work. Great!

@Wayne-Workman Mind adding that to the working hardware list?

@imagingmaster21 See Waynes suggestion on following the configuration we have in the wiki. Definitely worth looking at even though you have it up and running now.

[Wayne Workman]

@imagingmaster21 Is this a thinkpad or a yoga? If you can, I’d like to have the full model number. Also, I need to know the model of the USB adapter you’re using - who makes it, and preferably a link to where it’s sold.

[imagingmaster21]

@Sebastian-Roth
@Wayne-Workman
I had to change it to the snponly.efi file for this to work. Seems to work fine with machines that support uefi bios.

[Wayne Workman]

@imagingmaster21 I need model numbers.