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    After Deploying Image, reboot loop; Dell e6520; Fog 0.32

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      silentsoul
      last edited by

      It works perfect if i make the changes to default using the text menu. But if i switch to gui it hangs, I think I need a clarification on:

      [LIST]
      [*]Edit /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default to include the following DEFAULT option (only set this if you’re using the text based menu) and LABEL entry:
      [/LIST]

      gui default.

      DEFAULT vesamenu.c32
      MENU TITLE FOG Computer Cloning Solution
      MENU BACKGROUND fog/bg.png
      MENU MASTER PASSWD $1$0VRbLZUP$Jg1l3BT4NEtJmxyFo8MSG.
      MENU HIDDEN
      MENU AUTOBOOT

      menu color title1;36;44 #ffffffff #00000000 std

      LABEL fog.local
      localboot 0
      MENU DEFAULT
      MENU LABEL Boot from hard disk
      TEXT HELP
      Boot from the local hard drive.
      If you are unsure, select this option.
      ENDTEXT

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        BryceZ
        last edited by

        If you just want to modify fog.local so it looks like:
        [CODE]LABEL fog.local
        kernel chain.c32
        append hd0
        MENU DEFAULT
        MENU LABEL Boot from hard disk
        TEXT HELP
        Boot from the local hard drive.
        If you are unsure, select this option.
        ENDTEXT[/CODE]
        Pretty sure that’s what you’re wanting.

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          silentsoul
          last edited by

          That did it, would you mind if i tidied up the page on the wiki to make it a bit more clear?

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            BryceZ
            last edited by

            Go for it! I think I spent all of two minutes typing that up off the top of my head, so any clarifications or better wording would be greatly appreciated.

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              silentsoul
              last edited by

              Updated:
              [url]http://www.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Boot_looping_and_Chainloading[/url]

              Thanks BryceZ

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                ssx4life
                last edited by

                Thanks for updating the wiki. 😃 Things seem to be moving in a better direction with these new forums 🙂

                On a side note most Dell E series have this chain loading issue.

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                  dvlsg
                  last edited by

                  Used BryceZ’s instructions to help resolve my problem with bootlooping as well (we typically only have the Dell Latitude E series in our organization).
                  Just wanted to say thanks for the wiki, it was very helpful.

                  Is there any talk of including chainloading in newer versions of FOG?

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                    BryceZ
                    last edited by

                    Chainloading is a workaround for a bug most often seen with Dell BIOS, and does add additional levels of complexity that do not need to exist for everyone. So the developers are hesitant to build chainloading in. And as long as it’s simple to implement after the fact they’d prefer to keep it that way.

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                      dvlsg
                      last edited by

                      Interesting. Makes sense, though. Thanks for the response! I’ll keep that in mind whenever I’m working with Dell machines.

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                        Nicoli
                        last edited by

                        This is the first issue I ran in to after 3 years of using FOG on a 500+ client network.

                        [url]http://www.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Boot_looping_and_Chainloading[/url]

                        Easy to follow instructions and works a treat! Thanks for all the help everyone

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                          Erik Tank
                          last edited by

                          We have a whole slew of Optiplex 790 Dells, and after applying this fix, the graphical menu displays, counts down from 3, then the countdown starts over again. I am using the exact syslinux version as the guide shows. I have setup a new fog server and tried the setup instructions and it behaves the same way. So either I am doing something identically wrong after following the guide, or perhaps this fix does not work on the Optiplex 790s? Any help?

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                            Erik Tank
                            last edited by

                            For anyone with my problem described - it was due to me spelling kernel improperly… I had kernal chain.c32 instead of kernel chain.c32… live and learn. 🙂

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