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    Deploying Ubuntu 12.04 LTS image not working.

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    • K
      kelly.bettendorf
      last edited by

      Ok so i know this works i have gotten it to work before but now when i try and deploy my newly created ubuntu 12.04lts image the system restarts and freezes at a black screen that says booting… after about 1 min or so it restarts and repeats.

      I think im doing something wrong with my upload process for the image. its been quite some time since i have uploaded any linux images for redeployment.

      FOG settings,
      Image:
      Image name-ubuntu
      Storage Group-Default
      Image type- Multiple partition image disk single disk.

      On the host:

      host image- ubuntu
      host OS- Linux(50)

      When creating the ubuntu master image i did a custom partitioning for installing ubuntu in ext3 and to use the whole disk.

      before i upload the ubuntu master image i boot to the live CD and run fsck /dev/sda1 which then says the disk is clean. shutdown the system and start the upload.

      [SIZE=2]An [/SIZE]alternative[SIZE=2] thought, if i created the master image on a smaller hard drive then uploaded it as a RAW would that work for deploying the ubuntu image?[/SIZE]

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        kelly.bettendorf
        last edited by

        Reading other threads i found a possible fix by removing[SIZE=2] grub2 and install grub legacy? i’m unsure how to do this but does anyone know if this could fix my issue?[/SIZE]

        [SIZE=2]Thanks again everyone![/SIZE]

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        • Jaymes DriverJ
          Jaymes Driver Developer
          last edited by

          Have you deployed to these machines in the past?

          Is the image not deploying? or is it not loading your pxe boot screen?

          I’ve not deployed a linux image yet 😞 but I will help troubleshoot as best I can.

          Just let me know in full detail what you are doing to deploy your image, I’m sure we can work through it together.

          WARNING TO USERS: My comments are written completely devoid of emotion, do not mistake my concise to the point manner as a personal insult or attack.

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            kelly.bettendorf
            last edited by

            Yes i have deployed windows OS to them in the past and the PXE screen comes up. at the end of image deployment fog shows task completed.

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              kelly.bettendorf
              last edited by

              I know FOG itself is working just fine as i just imaged multiple other computers with windows images. its just related to my ubuntu image im not sure why.

              Or i should say what’s causing this issue.

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              • Jaymes DriverJ
                Jaymes Driver Developer
                last edited by

                Okay good I was just trying to make sure the fog server was working as expected.

                You can try the setting “Multipartition (all Disks)” this will capture all the disks and all the partitions for transfer, try to push your image again. If this fails, we will try to revert grub.

                WARNING TO USERS: My comments are written completely devoid of emotion, do not mistake my concise to the point manner as a personal insult or attack.

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                • Jaymes DriverJ
                  Jaymes Driver Developer
                  last edited by

                  To downgrade GRUB2 to GRUB:

                  This works only when your boot is not broken!!!

                  Open a terminal.

                  Optional: Make backup copies of the main GRUB 2 directories and files.
                  sudo cp /etc/default/grub /etc/default/grub.old

                  sudo cp -R /etc/grub.d /etc/grub.d.old

                  sudo cp -R /boot/grub /boot/grub.old

                  [B]Remove GRUB 2[/B]
                  sudo apt-get purge grub-pc

                  The system will be unbootable until another bootloader is installed!!! DO NOT REBOOT!

                  [B]Install GRUB 0.97[/B]
                  sudo apt-get install grub

                  We still have to create the [B]menu.lst[/B] and [B]stage1/stage2[/B]
                  sudo grub-install /dev/sdX
                  Choose the correct device (sda, sdb, etc), normally the one on which Ubuntu is installed.

                  sudo update-grub

                  Tab to “Yes” when prompted.
                  Reboot

                  Clean and upload again.

                  WARNING TO USERS: My comments are written completely devoid of emotion, do not mistake my concise to the point manner as a personal insult or attack.

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                  • K
                    kelly.bettendorf
                    last edited by

                    Yea tried that and multipartition for multiple hard drives ( only using 1 hard drive) same result.

                    Thanks for help

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                    • K
                      kelly.bettendorf
                      last edited by

                      I will give that a try and let everyone know how it goes.

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                      • K
                        kelly.bettendorf
                        last edited by

                        OK! changing to the older grub did the trick!

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                        • Jaymes DriverJ
                          Jaymes Driver Developer
                          last edited by

                          Awesome, Noted for future attempts! Thanks for letting us know it worked!~

                          WARNING TO USERS: My comments are written completely devoid of emotion, do not mistake my concise to the point manner as a personal insult or attack.

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                          • Tom ElliottT
                            Tom Elliott
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                            [quote=“kelly.bettendorf, post: 18241, member: 5100”]OK! changing to the older grub did the trick![/quote]

                            If you get a chance, can you try the latest of FOG? fractal13, one of the developers now, found quite a few “tricks” to maybe allow this to work.

                            If you’re able to test at all and just let us know if this works for you as well, that would be amazing. What this would, ultimately, mean is you no longer have to do the “old grub” trick.

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                              kelly.bettendorf
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                              [quote=“Tom Elliott, post: 30007, member: 7271”]If you get a chance, can you try the latest of FOG? fractal13, one of the developers now, found quite a few “tricks” to maybe allow this to work.

                              If you’re able to test at all and just let us know if this works for you as well, that would be amazing. What this would, ultimately, mean is you no longer have to do the “old grub” trick.[/quote]

                              Tom,

                              I will be working on are districts ubuntu image soon and will give this a try, I will let you know what i find.

                              I will capture the ubuntu image (will be running Ubuntu 12.04 and FOG 1.1) without altering GRUB and then i will try deploying to one of our student labs.

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