ACPI BiOS Error

[celsoares]

@george1421 said in ACPI BiOS Error:

were able to register this computer but fails on image capture then go into the host definiti

I wanted to say that I had no problem registering the host through the client.
When I give the order to upload the image, this problem appears.

I had already tried to change the Kernel parameters but gave another error.
Is there another solution to bypass ACPI?

[george1421]

@celsoares What computer are you trying to clone?
Turning acpi off should not have caused a core dump (kernel panic == I give up)

[celsoares]

@george1421
First of all, I would like to thank you for your availability in solving this problem.

The PC that will be colonized is an HP compaq dc7800p it is a little old but it works well with win10 with 4Gb RAM and I have more than 100 machines of these. So the FOG server would be very useful.

Know someone who can help?

[george1421]

@celsoares said in ACPI BiOS Error:

HP compaq dc7800p

Since this acpi error is a communication error between the linux kernel and the firmware, I have to ask do you have installed the latest firmware (BIOS) for this HP computer?

[celsoares]

@george1421

yes … I already verify it.

[celsoares]

@george1421
The strangest thing about it all is that I can register the host using the target PC, it gives an ACPI warning but everything goes well.

When I upload the image, ACPI does not let it continue. Stays in a infinit loop.

[george1421]

@celsoares OK I find another post in the forum that talks about this model computer. https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/14446/hp-dc7800-not-working-with-acpi-off?_=1657277366871

The person in that thread used an older linux kernel to image the computer. (old computer == old kernel [maybe])

You can get the older FOS Linux kernels here:
https://fogproject.org/kernels/old/

Download 4.15.2 as mentioned in the post
https://fogproject.org/kernels/old/Kernel.TomElliott.4.15.2.64

Download this file then rename it to bzImage4.15.2

Copy that file to the FOG server in /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe directory. When you show the directory on the fog server you should have both bzImage and bzImage4.15.2.

Now back in the fog web ui, Edit the host definition again for this target computer. Remove the acpi=off kernel parameter and then enter bzImage4.15.2 in the kernel field. Lets see if we can get this older computer running on this older kernel as mentioned in the other thread.

[george1421]

@celsoares said in ACPI BiOS Error:

When I upload the image, ACPI does not let it continue. Stays in a infinit loop

I agree that is very strange since same kernel is running in both cases.

[celsoares]

@george1421
Sorted out! Thank you so much for the availability…

I got to see this post but never tried this solution

[george1421]

@celsoares said in ACPI BiOS Error:

Sorted out! Thank you so much for the availability…

Just for clarity for the next person who finds this thread: Did you install the 4.15.2 kernel and it worked correctly?

If yes, you can create a fog settings group for those 100 HP computers to apply that kernel name to all devices with out having to hand edit each host record.