OptiPlex 5480 All-in-One
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@the-dealman Yes that is what I needed.
Intel nic 8086:0d4c first introduced into linux kernel 5.5. So kernel 5.6.18 should work. With that said, there is probably firmware needed.
I need you to do this process to see what is missing.
- Manually register this computer with FOG.
- Schedule a capture or deploy task (doesn’t matter) but before you hit the schedule task button enable the debug checkbox. Then schedule the task.
- PXE boot the target computer.
- After several screens of text where you clear with the enter key you will be dropped to the FOS Linux command prompt.
- At the FOS Linux command prompt key in
dmsg | less. Search the entire log file. You are looking for “Failed to find file fw…” I need to see that section of the log file. It will list the missing firmware we need to bake into the kernel.
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@george1421
I followed those instructions but i just see a blank screen with a box that says standard input -
@the-dealman Well I tried to be like them cool linux kids and spit out commands left and right, but it seems I can’t spell worth a hoot.
Lets try this command with the missing e
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@george1421 okay that worked but i didn’t see any error that said “failed to find”
This section has some network information, does this help?
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@the-dealman I’m not seeing where its init’ing the network adapter in that screen shot. Will you upload the /var/log/messages file using this process and post it in this thread (I want to see the entire log file):
- Insert the usb drive into the target computer.
- issue this command from the debug console
lsblk - I identify the usb flash drive by its size in the list. For the reset of this lets assume it shows up and
/dev/sdb - Now let make a directory where we can mount that usb drive.
mkdir /ext - Lets connect the usb drive to that directory
mount /dev/sdb1 /ext - That command will mount the first partition on that usb stick to the /ext directory. Issue this command to see the contents of the usb drive
ls -la /ext - If you see what is expected then copy the log file to the use flash drive directory.
cp /var/log/messages /ext - When done unmount that usb drive with
unmount /ext - Now you will be able to remove the usb drive. Don’t remove it before you unmount it and the command completes.
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@The-Dealman Beside grabbing and uploading the messages log here (hopefully that will help) you might also run
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@sebastian-roth @Sebastian-Roth Hi i had to pivot away from this for a bit but now I can pick this up again. Please the log you requested
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@The-Dealman Can’t find anything too obvious in the messages output yet.
Meanwhile we uploaded a way newer Kernel, 5.10.19, would you give that a try?
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@sebastian-roth Sure. I will give that a try and report back
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@sebastian-roth I just tried both the 32 and 64 versions of that newer Kernel, 5.10.19 here is the error i get with both
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@The-Dealman Why do you use a subdirectory for this kernel? While it does show
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@sebastian-roth I didn’t want to overwrite the kernel that we are using by default for all computers. So i downloaded the newer Kernel, 5.10.19 and just specified that kernel in the host machine.
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@the-dealman said in OptiPlex 5480 All-in-One:
I didn’t want to overwrite the kernel that we are using by default for all computers. So i downloaded the newer Kernel, 5.10.19 and just specified that kernel in the host machine.
Not overwriting is wise. But where exactly did you put it? It should go to
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@sebastian-roth You correct, I just used the file of that new kernel and it worked.
