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PXE cannot connect to new Lenovo Laptop

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    Jim Holcomb
    last edited by Nov 16, 2018, 5:25 PM

    PXE runs, then immediately dumps off to next boot-up device. I use FOG for imagine with literally dozens of other vendors, just not this laptop. Any ideas?

    Lenovo IdeaPad 330
    Win 10

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      Sebastian Roth Moderator
      last edited by Sebastian Roth Nov 17, 2018, 3:27 AM Nov 17, 2018, 9:25 AM

      @Jim-Holcomb What is serving DHCP in your network. Is it the FOG server or did you configure your existing DHCP to serve DHCP/PXE?

      To me this sounds like you only have legacy BIOS PXE setup (undionly.kpxe) but the new Lenovo Laptop is UEFI only.

      https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=BIOS_and_UEFI_Co-Existence

      Just guessing here. Could be anything else really. You might want to take a 60fps video (many smartphones can do this), then step through it and see if you can find an error message on screen. For video capturing rest the camera on a pile of books in front of the screen to get a steady picture.

      Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

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        Jim Holcomb
        last edited by Nov 19, 2018, 6:06 PM

        Sebastian, you could be right here. First, DHCP is handed by existing network DHCP. Yes I was using undionly as all the other hardware I was using was legacy. Where would I find and copy the bootfile for these new lenovo laptops to?

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          Jim Holcomb
          last edited by Nov 19, 2018, 7:14 PM

          … which bootfile do you think I should use, where can I find it, and where do I copy to?

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            Sebastian Roth Moderator
            last edited by Nov 19, 2018, 8:59 PM

            @Jim-Holcomb FOG has a selection of legacy BIOS and UEFI boot files available. They are all hosted in /tftpboot on your FOG server. If you use FOG as TFTP server then you simply need to specify the right boot file in your external DHCP server. If you use an external TFTP server as well just copy the right files from /tftpboot to that. For UEFI machines I’d suggest using ipxe.efi as boot file.

            Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

            Please support FOG if you like it: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Support_FOG

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              Jim Holcomb @Sebastian Roth
              last edited by Nov 19, 2018, 9:38 PM

              @Sebastian-Roth
              That worked! Thanks!

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                Athena
                last edited by Sep 11, 2019, 9:00 AM

                @Jim-Holcomb Hello can you help me to do the step by step process?about your answer. --> FOG has a selection of legacy BIOS and UEFI boot files available. They are all hosted in /tftpboot on your FOG server. If you use FOG as TFTP server then you simply need to specify the right boot file in your external DHCP server. If you use an external TFTP server as well just copy the right files from /tftpboot to that. For UEFI machines I’d suggest using ipxe.efi as boot file.

                I hope you help me. thanks.

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                  Sebastian Roth Moderator
                  last edited by Sep 11, 2019, 1:27 PM

                  @Athena What exactly do you need help with?

                  Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

                  Please support FOG if you like it: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Support_FOG

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