IPxe Initialising devices erro

[zago123]

Hi,

I need help,

I have a stock of computers to format by fog, but these computers are in error, do not leave this part, is initialising devices and crashes in that, I can not boot the pxe and fog.

my fog is working normally with other computers, version 1.4.4.

thanks

[Sebastian Roth]

@zago123 Well, please tell us more about the computer model you have issues with. Exact model name, ethernet card (screenshot of the details from Windows device manager for example).

The picture you posted looks like you are booting those machines in legacy BIOS mode (using undionly.kpxe). Have you tried switching to UEFI (using ipxe.efi binary) yet?

[Quazz]

Some devices need a different boot binary to load correctly.

Try ipxe.pxe instead of undionly.kpxe for example

[Sebastian Roth]

@Quazz Yes, very true that is.

@zago123 You may even try undionly.kkpxe (note the double ‘k’). This definitely helps in some cases - I just keep forgetting about this as it is less and less the case.

[zago123]

config computer : itautec sm 3330

I think this model only exists here in Brazil

http://www.itautec.com.br/media/713650/placa-mae-sm3330_itautec_ jan2011-v1.pdf

[Sebastian Roth]

@zago123 Ok, so the manual states it has a Realtek 8111DP Gigabit NIC onboard. That’s good to know. In our (not at all complete) hardware list in the wiki you find several RTL8111 based chips mentioned in the motherboard section. As well on the iPXE drivers page the RTL8111 is listed. So there is a good chance you can make this work.

As suggested try different iPXE binaries like realtek.kpxe, realtek.kkpxe, ipxe.pxe and undionly.kkpxe for starters.

[zago123]

@sebastian-roth

sorry,
I’m a beginner in this part, could you explain better how?

[Sebastian Roth]

@zago123 What is serving the DHCP offers in your network? Is it the FOG server, a Windows DHCP server, a router, plus maybe dnsmasq or something entirely different? I can’t give you a general answer before I know how your setup looks like.

As an advice if someone else (network team) does all the DHCP stuff, tell them to look into changing the DHCP option 67 (a.k.a. bootfile name).

[zago123]

@sebastian-roth

i use ubuntu server, i use isc-dhcp-server, I’ll try to change
I’m going to add dhcp 66 and 67 in the configuration file dhcpd.conf

[Sebastian Roth]

@zago123 You already have those options in dhcpd.conf. Just exchange undionly.kpxe with the other things we mentioned and see if you can make the machines boot properly.

[zago123]

@sebastian-roth

ok, i will try, thanks for the help

[zago123]

I managed to solve it, thank you all.

I switched the undionly.kpxe to undionly.kkpxe (double kk).

My machines that already worked with undionly.kpxe still worked with undionly.kkpxe? or will I have to do one more line of code class for the undionly.kkpxe?

[Sebastian Roth]

@zago123 said in IPxe Initialising devices erro:

My machines that already worked with undionly.kpxe still worked with undionly.kkpxe? or will I have to do one more line of code class for the undionly.kkpxe?

There is no Yes-or-No answer to this. Some Ethernet cards are just different (say a bit buggy). There is nothing wrong with using undionly.kkpxe as long as it works for you. If it does for all your machines then stick to it.

[zago123]

@sebastian-roth

ok, thanks for the help