Windows 7 Deployment FOG- SAD2 Driver tool

[mllinang]

hi Andyroo54

when i boot a vm , the Fog Computer Cloning Solution ( to peform Registration and Inventory) just appears and booting will be directed to HDD. i test on a physical machine booting nic on FOG and it was fine.

Note that my Fog Server is also a VM (from Vsphere).

I created also vmware_user with no password but still the same.

What could be the solution?

[falko]

[quote=“mllinang, post: 11356, member: 3541”]hi Andyroo54

when i boot a vm , the Fog Computer Cloning Solution ( to peform Registration and Inventory) just appears and booting will be directed to HDD. i test on a physical machine booting nic on FOG and it was fine.

Note that my Fog Server is also a VM (from Vsphere).

I created also vmware_user with no password but still the same.

What could be the solution?[/quote]

hi as this is not a question regarding this tutorial, can you start a new thread in the help section to keep this thread on track.

thanks

[mllinang]

this was a very good tutorial… thanks for the Author…

My only concern now is that even if i change the hostname, restarted the machine and after logging in back it returns to the original hostname… what to do?

[falko]

[quote=“mllinang, post: 11391, member: 3541”]this was a very good tutorial… thanks for the Author…

My only concern now is that even if i change the hostname, restarted the machine and after logging in back it returns to the original hostname… what to do?[/quote]
you need to change hostname via FOG web gui or disable fog renaming via FOG web ui

[mllinang]

i see… so this windows i just deployed cannot be renamed at all?

and will redploy an image after disabling fog renaming…

[falko]

windows should be picking up the name from its hostname as defined in FOG. (if you have the feature enabled)

if you want to change the name, change it in FOG and the pc will auto change its name.

2. or you can disable this auto-naming feature, and login to the pc and change it that way. without it reverting back to what it is named in FOG

[Kevin]

I found a copy of SAD2-120520 on my computer. It can be downloaded from here - [url]https://www.box.com/s/kto1xfr0ktyr0s4l334z[/url]

[mllinang]

hi,

i took 10-15minutes to got away from this prompt (see attached file) what could be the reason?

1. fogserver is a virtual machine from vpshere connected to 1gb switch port
2. fog client is a phyiscal machine connected to 1gb switch port

Though my imaging is sucessful, everything is fine except that i am being stucked on that mtftp connection…

Thanks

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[Kevin]

Do you have a second TFTP server on your network? I’ve never seen an MTFTP before.

[mllinang]

no i dnt have secondt TFTP… what could be the problem?

[mllinang]

Found this solution (which is relative to what we have in office)… i will try and let you know.

[url]http://scug.be/sccm/2011/01/13/configmgr-2007-pxe-boot-amp-mtftp-defaulting-and-make-you-wait-for-10-15-minutes/[/url]

[mllinang]

this solution worked for me!

Have anyone of you included Gparted for FOG server? Thanks

[RoidHead]

I am planning on attempting this. I have never did anything like this. Do I need a dedicated server for Fog? or can I put it on our corporate server?

[nb27alex]

[quote=“RoidHead, post: 11973, member: 4049”]I am planning on attempting this. I have never did anything like this. Do I need a dedicated server for Fog? or can I put it on our corporate server?[/quote]

If your corporate server runs Ubuntu, you could install it there, but depending on what services that server provides, FOG may reduce performance of the machine during imaging operations, since the HD and NIC become so busy moving huge amounts of data.

[nb27alex]

[quote=“RoidHead, post: 11973, member: 4049”]I am planning on attempting this. I have never did anything like this. Do I need a dedicated server for Fog? or can I put it on our corporate server?[/quote]

Also, realistically, you could just install Ubuntu on an older desktop PC and use that as your FOG server. You don’t necessarily need server grade hardware.

[Gaurus]

Hello,

you have a nice tutorial here…thx for that. Few things…you recommending use of fogprep, but after that you use generalize on sysprep which should by the same thing base on fog wiki([url]http://www.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/What_do_I_have_to_do_to_an_image_before_uploading%3F[/url]).
Second, I was deployed image with SAD rutine and everithing finish, but strange thing occur, after windows start, fogsystray hangs a and for example when I call itel graphic setting tool it crash. Same with windows media center for example. In image this problems not happens. Any ideas? anybody?

[Elias Santiago]

I believe there is a way within the DPinstall script to create the necessary RemoveD.cmd for the cleanup.

I will try including these lines just before the final shutdown (where FOG service is restarted):

[CODE]ECHO @ECHO OFF > %SystemDrive%\Drivers\RemoveD.cmd
ECHO rd /s/q %SystemDrive%\D >> %SystemDrive%\Drivers\RemoveD.cmd
ECHO DEL /F /S /Q /A “%SystemDrive%\Drivers\SAD2-111118” >> %SystemDrive%\Drivers\RemoveD.cmd
ECHO rd /s/q %SystemDrive%\Drivers\SAD2-111118 >> %SystemDrive%\Drivers\RemoveD.cmd
ECHO EXIT >> %SystemDrive%\Drivers\RemoveD.cmd[/CODE]

I changed to [FONT=Consolas]%SystemDrive% to make it more compatible with different boot configurations. [/FONT]

[Elias Santiago]

After a few trial runs, here is what I did:

Modify the sysprep.inf file (with setupmgr.exe) so that:
1 - Completely Unattended = NO
2 - Additional commands = startup.cmd (Add this command, this will create a CMDLINES.TXT file under \sysprep\i386$oem$

include in [I][B]\sysprep\i386$oem$[/B][/I] as [I][B]startup.cmd[/B][/I]:
[B]cd %SystemDrive%\Drivers\SAD[/B]
[B]call DP_Install_Tool.cmd[/B]

in [I][B]\Drivers\SAD[/B][/I], edit [B][I]DP_Install_Tool.CMD[/I][/B]:

just after these lines:
[B]popd[/B]
[B]endlocal[/B]

include:
[CODE]ECHO @ECHO OFF > %SystemDrive%\Drivers\RemoveD.cmd
ECHO reg add HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce /v CMD0 /t REG_SZ /d “rd /s /q %SystemDrive%\Drivers” >> %SystemDrive%\Drivers\RemoveD.cmd
ECHO rd /s/q %SystemDrive%\D >> %SystemDrive%\Drivers\RemoveD.cmd
ECHO DEL /F /S /Q /A “%SystemDrive%\Drivers\SAD” >> %SystemDrive%\Drivers\RemoveD.cmd
ECHO rd /s/q %SystemDrive%\Drivers\SAD >> %SystemDrive%\Drivers\RemoveD.cmd
ECHO EXIT >> %SystemDrive%\Drivers\RemoveD.cmd

shutdown -r -c “Drivers Installed! Machine will now restart…”
call C:\Drivers\RemoveD.cmd
NET START “Fog Service”

[/CODE]

The RunOnce key added will delete the \Drivers\SAD directory on next reboot, since RemoveD.cmd can’t do it after erasing itself. But since the FOG service is restarted just after RemoveD.cmd, the FOG service will restart the computer (to rename it).

Tried many times and works like a charm!

Hope it helps!

[Elias Santiago]

small correction:

on:

[FONT=Consolas][CODE]ECHO reg add HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce /v CMD0 /t REG_SZ /d “rd /s /q %SystemDrive%\Drivers” >> %SystemDrive%\Drivers\RemoveD.cmd[/CODE][/FONT]
[FONT=Consolas]should be: [/FONT]
[FONT=Consolas][CODE]ECHO reg add HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce /v CMD0 /t REG_SZ /d “cmd /c rd /s /q %SystemDrive%\Drivers” >> %SystemDrive%\Drivers\RemoveD.cmd[/CODE][/FONT]

[Elias Santiago]

After some more testing, I found out the REG line, after /d instead of:

[FONT=Consolas]“cmd /c rd /s /q %SystemDrive%\Drivers”[/FONT]

SHOULD be:

[FONT=Consolas]“cmd /c “”“rd /s /q %SystemDrive%\Drivers””"[/FONT]

[FONT=Consolas](Yes 3 quotes to escape a single quote). That works magic! [/FONT][FONT=Consolas] [/FONT]