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    • B
      BPSTravis Developer
      last edited by

      PXE-E7B is a cannot find boot server error. Are you using FOG for DHCP? What version of FOG is this, and what is the host’s OS?

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        drew2268
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        I have pxe booted before with a m71z and a m72z and they all pxe boot with no error and clone to the host image which is a windows 7 image, but when i try to pxe boot a m73z i get the error above (PXE-E7B), im running fog version .32

        Thanks again for helping me figure this issue out

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        • B
          BPSTravis Developer
          last edited by

          Ok, so this machine can’t even get an IP from your DHCP server? Have you tried enabling legacy boot mode?

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            drew2268
            last edited by

            Ive tried legacy and auto mode on this machine

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            • B
              BPSTravis Developer
              last edited by

              If you boot the machine into the image currently on(load into windows) it can it receive an IP address from your DHCP server right?

              Nothing else at this point would be due to FOG. DHCP is DHCP.

              The IP address is required before the PC even knows the FOG server exists.

              This should go without question but you are using an ethernet cable right? And you’ve tried a spare Ethernet cable just in case the original went bad.

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                drew2268
                last edited by

                Yes it does receive and ip address when i boot and image into windows and i have tried a number of different cable with the same out come so far

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                • Tom ElliottT
                  Tom Elliott
                  last edited by

                  Are options 66/67 proper, are you using FOG as the DHCP server, or using your current network setup?

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                  • Jaymes DriverJ
                    Jaymes Driver Developer
                    last edited by

                    Have you ever imaged any of your machines with FOG?

                    Do you have another model of computer that will pxe boot?

                    Did you set up Options 66/67 like Tom suggested? It is part of the installation script that tells you to add values to your DHCP server. If you can not modify your DHCP server we have a work around.

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                      BPSTravis Developer
                      last edited by

                      This sounds like an issue with this particular machine being able to do LAN booting as it will not even talk to your DHCP server until it is actually running the OS.

                      Lenovo has really good support, have you tried contacting them yet? Maybe they can shed some light on this.

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                        drew2268
                        last edited by

                        Im using fog as the DHCP server i have tried 2 other models and the pxe boot with no issues and deploy and upload images, the other models are the m71z, and m72z, ive done hp elite books as well the only machine ive had issues pxe booting so far is the m73z.

                        ill have to check options 66/67 im not quite sure if i have access to modify it

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                        • Tom ElliottT
                          Tom Elliott
                          last edited by

                          Have you tested that things are working since you started seeing these issues?

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                          • Jaymes DriverJ
                            Jaymes Driver Developer
                            last edited by

                            At this point I would scour the BIOS and check settings, if you can pxe boot other clients and not this particular model, the problem most likely lies in the hardware, or the BIOS settings.

                            If adjusting the BIOS settings does not have an affect or if you have already exhausted all methods to enable the LAN Option Rom, Pxe boot options, Next server options, etc then I would contact Lenovo and see if there is a BIOS Flash that you can acquire to make the units PXE boot.

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                              drew2268
                              last edited by

                              yes the M71z and M72z and hp elite books still upload and deploy with no issues, i also have already contacted lenovo and sent them a pc as well to tested a new bios on the machine here. lenovo states right out of the box the machine works but when they sent the machine back right out of the box it still dint pxe boot and all settings are the same in bios as they left them.

                              i dont know if this may help but Would knowing my setup help as well, cause to make this even weirder. the m71z, m72z have no problem pxe booting from a dell switch power connect 6224, but when i connect the m73z it never pxes boot . so i decide to take a direct connection from the wall and to the computer and took the switch out of the picture [ATTACH=full]575[/ATTACH] and it pxe boots but hangs here, let me know if this helps

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                              • Tom ElliottT
                                Tom Elliott
                                last edited by

                                Looks like a problem with the kernel.

                                Try mine:
                                [url]https://mastacontrola.com/fogboot/kernel/bzImage32[/url]

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                                  drew2268
                                  last edited by

                                  okay thank you would the kernel effect how it boots through a switch and why some devices work and others don’t?

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                                  • Tom ElliottT
                                    Tom Elliott
                                    last edited by

                                    No it shouldn’t, but we never know what could be causing an issue. If removing the switch fixes the problem, it would seem likely there was a problem with the switch in the first place.

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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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                                      drew2268
                                      last edited by

                                      okay im going to try the kernel ill update shortly with the findings thanks guys for all the help so far 🙂

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                                        drew2268
                                        last edited by

                                        Okay sorry to ask this but how do i upload that kernel though the web interface, or do i have to do it on the server ?

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                                        • B
                                          BPSTravis Developer
                                          last edited by

                                          You will need to copy it over to the server and then set that kernel for that one host or all hosts(default kernel).

                                          It goes in the directory /tftpboot/fog/kernel.

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                                            drew2268
                                            last edited by

                                            does the kernel update have to be updated through the server or can it be done through the gui

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