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    • Raymond BellR
      Raymond Bell Testers
      last edited by Raymond Bell

      @george1421 said in Lenovo M70a Pxe boot:

      rebuild iPXE

      I am running 1.5.9
      These M70a are UEFi only
      All other computers iPxe boot fine BOIS or UEFI
      Not sure how to do the compile script

      This is the video one of my techs sent me of the issue.```
      https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xb_qhRQoy46maZNsukWgL0e43QqYdaXE/view?usp=sharing

      Raymond Bell
      WiKi: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

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      • george1421G
        george1421 Moderator @Raymond Bell
        last edited by george1421

        @raymond-bell This answer really depends on how you installed fog. If you used the git method then change to the fogproject directory, in there is utils/FOGiPXE/buildipxe.sh Run that script and it will rebuild ipxe with the current version. The FOG server WILL need internet access to download the latest build of iPXE source code.

        Once the build is complete the quickest way to copy the files over is to rerun the fog installer script OR search for snponly.efi with find / -name snponly.efi This will find the location of the just compiled files. Copy the ones you use from this location to /tftpboot When you pxe boot once again pay attention to the iPXE version and build number. Your picture sows 1.20.1+ with a build version of [g4bd0] I suspect the build version will change. If it does not then the iPXE files didn’t get updated correctly.

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        • Raymond BellR
          Raymond Bell Testers @george1421
          last edited by

          @george1421
          Updated iPXE via instructions still not working
          IMG_8934.jpg

          Funny thing is i got it to boot into fog after about 3 reboots and when i click full host reg it hangs on bzImage… 0%
          IMG_8933.jpg

          DHCP is set up like this

          2021-10-12 09_58_17-Window.png

          Raymond Bell
          WiKi: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

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          • george1421G
            george1421 Moderator @Raymond Bell
            last edited by

            @raymond-bell Do do we know what boot file is being sent to the target computer? Is it snponly.efi or ipxe.efi?

            Lately we’ve seen better success with snponly.efi as the uefi firmware has now matured. snponly.efi is to uefi as undionly.kpxe is to bios. Both use the built in network drivers in the network card’s firmware.

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            • Raymond BellR
              Raymond Bell Testers @george1421
              last edited by

              @george1421
              I am not sure what file it is using… So i change dhcp to look like
              2021-10-12 10_38_06-Window.png
              this so it will only use snponly.efi and it is still hanging on this and rebooting
              IMG_8934.jpg

              Raymond Bell
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              • george1421G
                george1421 Moderator @Raymond Bell
                last edited by

                @raymond-bell If you have a dumb switch (unmanaged $20USD cheepie, etc) place that between the building switch and the pxe booting computer. See if that resolves the issue. This could be a spanning tree or green ethernet issue. We’ve hit on the hard problems to solve I can think of already.

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                • Raymond BellR
                  Raymond Bell Testers @george1421
                  last edited by

                  @george1421 Ok tried a dummy switch and same issue but after reboots couple time it goes to fog screen the click full host reg and it hangs on

                  bzImage . . . 0%

                  Raymond Bell
                  WiKi: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

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                  • george1421G
                    george1421 Moderator @Raymond Bell
                    last edited by

                    @raymond-bell said in Lenovo M70a Pxe boot:

                    Ok tried a dummy switch and same issue but after reboots couple time it goes to fog screen the click full host reg and it hangs on
                    bzImage . . . 0%

                    OK this is a new one. It can’t initialize the network adapter but after several reboots it does but then fails to transfer bzImage.

                    Have you checked to see if the firmware is up to date on this computer including the nic driver firmware (this would be a hardware thing not related to any OS level driver).

                    Do all of this model act this way or only this one unit.

                    What kind of network adapter are you using? Is it built into the mobo or is it an external usb attached network adapter?

                    If this all fails to give us results we can always get it imaged form usb booting right into FOS Linux. There are some caveats to this, but we CAN still get the imaging job done.

                    Please help us build the FOG community with everyone involved. It's not just about coding - way more we need people to test things, update documentation and most importantly work on uniting the community of people enjoying and working on FOG!

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                    • Raymond BellR
                      Raymond Bell Testers @george1421
                      last edited by Raymond Bell

                      @george1421
                      We just got in 3 of these M70a and they all do the same thing
                      Firmware looks to be up to date
                      Network adapter is built in

                      And i have never used the FOS Linux

                      Raymond Bell
                      WiKi: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

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                      • george1421G
                        george1421 Moderator @Raymond Bell
                        last edited by

                        @raymond-bell said in Lenovo M70a Pxe boot:

                        And i have never used the FOS Linux

                        You have, but you’ve never directly interacted with it.

                        The concepts are here: https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/7727/building-usb-booting-fos-image Understand your caveats and why this isn’t the first choice.

                        The concept here is that you will boot bzImage and init.xz from the USB stick and bypass iPXE and its interaction with your hardware. Look at the chat bubble in the upper right corner of this page for a few more hints.

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