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      Epsilon52 @george1421
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      @george1421 Hey again GodKing George,

      So Im going to include all the relevent bootorder info. I found if I try to do the boot options in any other way it just boots through PXE and nothing else. (it wont let me upload the pictures)

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        Epsilon52 @george1421
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        @george1421 a.jpg c.jpg b.jpg

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          george1421 Moderator @Epsilon52
          last edited by george1421

          @epsilon52 Ok you are missing a setting in the bios configuration. On the network tab, you need to tick the “Enable uefi network stack” (or something named similar. Its usually at the very top of the network configuration page) to be able to pxe boot in uefi mode.

          Then you will be able to set the pxe booting first in the boot order if you want to do that.

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            Epsilon52 @george1421
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            @george1421 Oh, Gottcha yup i clicked the checkbox for that and eneabled w/pxe. Do I need to change any of the other settings i have set now after doing that?1

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              Epsilon52 @Epsilon52
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              like… as i sit here it is rebooting over and over but it just isnt automatically booking to the PXE boot. the FOG client just reboots it and windows pops back up and it reboots it again. Any ideas possibly @Sebastian-Roth

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                Sebastian Roth Moderator
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                @Epsilon52 Well, do you actually see PXE boot up messages on the screen when it reboots???

                In case you are not sure you might take a video and post a link here.

                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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                  Epsilon52 @Sebastian Roth
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                  @sebastian-roth No I do not. The fog client restarts the PC and it boots into windows even though the other options are enabled. I figured the FOG client would automatically cause it to boot into the PXE on restart. If I change the boot order it boots PXE every time and wont boot to windows. I would record it but its litterly just “restarting…Black screen…Dell logo…Dell logo again… windows repeat every 5 min”

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                    Sebastian Roth Moderator
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                    @epsilon52 said in I think i may be just dumb:

                    I figured the FOG client would automatically cause it to boot into the PXE on restart.

                    No it does not.

                    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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                      Sebastian Roth Moderator
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                      @epsilon52 said in I think i may be just dumb:

                      If I change the boot order it boots PXE every time and wont boot to windows.

                      There is what we call the “chainload from disk after PXE boot” that should just boot you Windows if there is no task scheduled for this host in bootup.

                      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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                        Epsilon52 @Sebastian Roth
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                        @sebastian-roth so if i set a task someone has to physically be at the machine to pxe boot? So right now i have a Capture task set on my test host and the task is going through to the PC causing it to restart. so shouldent the chainload cause it to boot to pxe to do the qued task?

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                          george1421 Moderator @Epsilon52
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                          @epsilon52 Just to be sure we understand what is going on here.

                          When you change the pxe boot first in the boot order. The computer pxe boots and do you see the FOG iPXE menu?

                          And where its failing is after the iPXE menu times out instead of booting into windows it just reboots?

                          -OR-
                          Are you never seeing the FOG iPXE menu?
                          Do I understand where its failing?

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                            Epsilon52 @george1421
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                            @george1421

                            So when i change the boot order to allow ipv4 and ipv6 pxe boot it boots through them every time never showing me the pxe screen. then eventually getting to the windows screene where the fog client sees a task and reboots the computer cycleing it through ipv4 and 6 and back to windows.

                            When i set the windows boot manager first in the order it just cycles through rebooting windows over and over.

                            In both instances i never see the pxe menu unless I turn legacy settings on and boot the legacy onboard nic setting.

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                              george1421 Moderator @Epsilon52
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                              @epsilon52 said in I think i may be just dumb:

                              So when i change the boot order to allow ipv4 and ipv6 pxe boot it boots through them every time never showing me the pxe screen. then eventually getting to the windows

                              OK so your computer tries to pxe boots and then fails to pxe boot and windows starts. You NEVER see the FOG iPXE menu? If this is the case, then we can focus on the pxe booting process.

                              What specifically do you have configured for dhcp options 66 and 67? These would be values you set in your network’s dhcp server. The pxe booting computer uses the values stored in 66 and 67 to know where the FOG server is and what boot loader to download.

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                                Epsilon52 @george1421
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                                @george1421 In the current settings that is correct i never see the ipxe menue.

                                I see them when I turn all the legacy support stuff and book from the legacy onboard nic but that is the ONLY time.

                                For 66 I have "boot Server Host Name: and the fog ip 10.10..
                                For 67 I have “Bootfile Name: undionly.kpxe”

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                                  george1421 Moderator @Epsilon52
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                                  @epsilon52 So the next question, is the target computer in bios or uefi mode?

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                                    Epsilon52 @george1421
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                                    @george1421 System information says UEFI

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                                      george1421 Moderator @Epsilon52
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                                      @epsilon52 You are sending the wrong boot file then. Please change option 67 to ipxe.efi then it will boot.

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                                        Epsilon52 @george1421
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                                        @george1421 thats been done but it is still skipping the ipxe screens.

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                                          george1421 Moderator @Epsilon52
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                                          @epsilon52 Its not displaying any error message and in the bios you have the network adapter setup as the first boot item?

                                          You don’t see an error about NBF or anything like that?

                                          Is the FOG server on the same subnet as the pxe booting computer? There has to be something missing from your environment. It should boot.

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                                            Epsilon52 @george1421
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                                            @george1421 alright by putting the pxe ipv4and 6 first in the boot order it has booted the ipxe menus and is doing the capture. im not sure this will be a good fix as i belive it is going to boot the ipxe menues every time the computer is started now. i will update after it completes the task to see if the chainloading works.

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