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    george1421 Moderator @alessandro19884
    last edited by Jul 11, 2024, 6:56 PM

    @alessandro19884 This issue is tricky in that it could be iPXE or FOS linux that is failing. I don’t think this has anything to do with your disk subsystem on the target computer. Its not to that point yet in the booting process.

    Lets first rebuild iPXE to the latest version because it could be the hand off from iPXE to FOS linux. Use these instructions to recompile iPXE on your fog server. https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/15826/updating-compiling-the-latest-version-of-ipxe

    The second part is lets update the FOS Linux kernel to the latest. In the Web UI under FOG Configuration -> Kernel update. Update to the latest version of version 6 of linux kernel.

    I would do one of the above at a time so we can identify what was actually at fault.

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      JJ Fullmer Testers @alessandro19884
      last edited by Jul 11, 2024, 7:15 PM

      @alessandro19884 That model and setup should work on 1.5.10 as I recall. We have lots of Z2 Gx machines.
      I would suggest for sure updating to the latest kernel and init as @george1421 mentioned. This sounds like a driver issue within fos

      For 1.5.10 you should be able to download the latest experimental bzImage kernel from the fog kernel update screen under configuration.
      You’ll have to update the init manually, there’s a doc on that here: https://docs.fogproject.org/en/latest/manual-kernel-upgrade

      If you don’t want to do the ipxe compile yourself you could also give the working-1.6 branch a try as it has the latest pull of ipxe. It’s a new web UI too.
      See https://docs.fogproject.org/en/latest/installation/server/install-fog-server/#choosing-a-fog-version for info on selecting a git branch to upgrade from.

      The latest versions of the dev-branch and working-1.6 also both have a GUI for the init.xz updates.

      Also as far as logs to check, there is a logviewer in the fog configuration menu that is very helpful.

      Some locations of logs with potentially helpful info:

      /opt/fog/log #various logs here
      /var/log/php-fpm/www-error.log

      Have you tried the FogApi powershell module? It's pretty cool IMHO
      https://github.com/darksidemilk/FogApi
      https://fogapi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
      https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/FogApi
      https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/12026/powershell-api-module

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        alessandro19884
        last edited by Jul 12, 2024, 10:55 AM

        Hi again, and thanks for your help.
        Here are some news:

        • updated kernel from GUI: new kernel 6.8.1 -> same black screen, but after the old line now I have a new one:
          EFI stub: Measured initrd data into PCR9

        • switch branch to “working-1.6” -> Now i have a cool new GUI but the same error

        • Log:
          I don’t have this path: /var/log/php-fpm/www-error.log
          but only these:
          /var/log/php8.1-fpm.log
          /var/log/php8.1-fpm.log.1
          with no useful info (i think)
          All the logs that are in this path: /opt/fog/log doesn’t grow when i try a PXE boot…

        I think that I should follow george1421 suggestion rebuilding iPXE and I’m reading this instruction:
        https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/15826/updating-compiling-the-latest-version-of-ipxe

        Thanks again to all!

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          alessandro19884
          last edited by Jul 12, 2024, 12:40 PM

          Update:
          I’ve also follow this instruction:
          https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/15826/updating-compiling-the-latest-version-of-ipxe
          with no luck
          9008a4e1-d0f3-4824-9870-4e342d059f4d-image.png

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            Tom Elliott @alessandro19884
            last edited by Jul 12, 2024, 12:42 PM

            @alessandro19884 Can you change your bootfile from snponly.efi to ipxe.efi and see if that works better?

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            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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              JJ Fullmer Testers @alessandro19884
              last edited by Jul 12, 2024, 12:49 PM

              @alessandro19884 After you updated to fog 1.6, you’d want to re-do the download of the latest kernel and init.
              Working 1.6 will already have the latest ipxe pull.

              I’d suggest this kernel

              58ae282f-286d-4d1a-9bc0-3a89a3c04c67-image.png

              And this init

              3558bd54-aa38-4f0c-9617-fb3c5f4349aa-image.png

              Have you tried the FogApi powershell module? It's pretty cool IMHO
              https://github.com/darksidemilk/FogApi
              https://fogapi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
              https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/FogApi
              https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/12026/powershell-api-module

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                JJ Fullmer Testers @Tom Elliott
                last edited by Jul 12, 2024, 12:49 PM

                @Tom-Elliott said in HP Z8 Fury G5 Workstation Desktop PXE boot:

                @alessandro19884 Can you change your bootfile from snponly.efi to ipxe.efi and see if that works better?

                This is the other thing I was going to suggest

                Have you tried the FogApi powershell module? It's pretty cool IMHO
                https://github.com/darksidemilk/FogApi
                https://fogapi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
                https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/FogApi
                https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/12026/powershell-api-module

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                  george1421 Moderator @alessandro19884
                  last edited by Jul 12, 2024, 1:29 PM

                  @alessandro19884 said in HP Z8 Fury G5 Workstation Desktop PXE boot:

                  Update:
                  I’ve also follow this instruction:

                  Just to verify did you follow the instructions to rebuild ipxe? I’m finding it suspicious that the autoexec.ipxe file wasn’t found. That is something that should be compiled into ipxe. (fwiw: pictures speak better than words because we can see that its failing in ipxe (at least this time) ). The FOG delivered ipxe files has its own script built in and doesn’t use autoexec.ipxe (akin to DOS’ autoexec.bat file from 30 years ago).

                  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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                    Tom Elliott @george1421
                    last edited by Jul 12, 2024, 1:42 PM

                    @george1421 The autoexec.ipxe is from the newer builds of iPXE and is meant for executing things without network access or something like that

                    This message is perfectly fine and harmless. If it was missing the true embed script we’d not even get the point of it trying to load anything else. Just a heads up.

                    https://github.com/ipxe/ipxe/issues/643

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                    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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                      alessandro19884 @george1421
                      last edited by Jul 16, 2024, 3:38 PM

                      @george1421 yes, I can confirm I’ve followed the instruction with no errors…

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                        alessandro19884 @JJ Fullmer
                        last edited by alessandro19884 Jul 16, 2024, 10:11 AM Jul 16, 2024, 3:47 PM

                        @JJ-Fullmer I tried to do so but when I click on download I get an error, after the download I have a generic error:
                        a5533762-1adb-4dde-b5f5-0360dc23f8b9-image.png

                        EDIT:
                        @Tom-Elliott I’ve changed this conf file:
                        /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf

                        class "Legacy" {
                            match if substring(option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 20) = "PXEClient:Arch:00000";
                            filename "undionly.kkpxe";
                        }
                        class "UEFI-32-2" {
                            match if substring(option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 20) = "PXEClient:Arch:00002";
                            filename "i386-efi/ipxe.efi";
                        }
                        class "UEFI-32-1" {
                            match if substring(option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 20) = "PXEClient:Arch:00006";
                            filename "i386-efi/ipxe.efi";
                        }
                        class "UEFI-64-1" {
                            match if substring(option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 20) = "PXEClient:Arch:00007";
                            filename "ipxe.efi";
                        }
                        class "UEFI-64-2" {
                            match if substring(option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 20) = "PXEClient:Arch:00008";
                            filename "ipxe.efi";
                        }
                        class "UEFI-64-3" {
                            match if substring(option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 20) = "PXEClient:Arch:00009";
                            filename "ipxe.efi";
                        }
                        class "SURFACE-PRO-4" {
                            match if substring(option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 32) = "PXEClient:Arch:00007:UNDI:003016";
                            filename "ipxe.efi";
                        

                        I’ve replaced everywhere snponly.efi with ipxe.efi, but the result is the same…

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                          JJ Fullmer Testers @alessandro19884
                          last edited by Jul 16, 2024, 6:08 PM

                          @alessandro19884 Is that working-1.6? I would update your fog server, that error should be fixed in the latest version.

                          Have you tried the FogApi powershell module? It's pretty cool IMHO
                          https://github.com/darksidemilk/FogApi
                          https://fogapi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
                          https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/FogApi
                          https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/12026/powershell-api-module

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