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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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            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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                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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                    drew2268
                    last edited by

                    okay thank you

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                      BPSTravis Developer
                      last edited by

                      through the server for Tom’s custom kernel.

                      There are lots of defaults that can be done through the GUI but Tom’s requires you to add it without the GUI unless you go to FOG 33b.

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                        drew2268
                        last edited by

                        okay thank you

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                          drew2268
                          last edited by

                          how do i set it for the host or as the default kerenal for all hosts , sorry this is the first time Ive ever done any thing with the kerenals

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                          • Tom ElliottT
                            Tom Elliott
                            last edited by

                            You just copy it to the /tftpboot/fog/kernel/ directory as bzImage
                            A sample of commands you could perform this with would be:
                            [code]cd /tftpboot/fog/kernel/
                            mv bzImage bzImage.orig.2014MAR11
                            wget --no-check-certificate -O bzImage https://mastacontrola.com/fogboot/kernel/bzImage32
                            [/code]

                            That should do the trick for you.

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                              drew2268
                              last edited by

                              thank you so much

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                                mkstreet
                                last edited by

                                i found this thread while searching for my hardware. I’m not sure if my problem would be fixed by this kernel or not?

                                I have Lenovo M72z and it PXE boots ok, but if I choose (or it times out on the pxe menu) to the first option: “boot from local disk”… well, it doesn’t happen.

                                I get a black screen that says “Booting from local disk…” in the upper left corner, then it hangs there forever.

                                As far as I can tell, everything else seems to be ok. I can upload and deploy images. Sometimes when I multicast, one computer in the group (of five computers) won’t wake (for unknown reasons) and then the multicast will be stuck at “Please Wait” (blue screen) until I go power up the offending hardware. Then it takes off fine.

                                After I deploy an image, it tries to reboot and I get to the black screen “booting from local disk” hang (as noted above) again. When I hit ESC to skip the pxe menu, I can get in just fine… but then it will reboot once the first time after a deploy after a minute or so… I think this must be a delayed reboot command from FOG left over from the image deploy (because the black screen hang didnt ever complete successfully).

                                I did the hardware inventory option and I noticed a message fly by about unknown/unrecognized BIOS “please report”. Though I am not sure where to report this?

                                Here are the results from the hardware inventory of a typical machine:

                                System Manufacturer
                                LENOVO

                                System Product
                                3554CTO

                                System Version
                                ThinkCentre M72z

                                System Serial Number
                                PBG8GDG

                                System Type
                                Desktop

                                BIOS Vendor
                                LENOVO

                                BIOS Version
                                F6KT32AUS

                                BIOS Date
                                09/03/2013

                                Motherboard Manufacturer
                                LENOVO

                                Motherboard Product Name
                                MAHOBAY

                                Motherboard Version
                                NOK

                                Motherboard Serial Number

                                Motherboard Asset Tag

                                CPU Manufacturer
                                Intel® Corporation

                                CPU Version
                                Intel® Core™ i5-3470S CPU @ 2.90GHz

                                CPU Normal Speed
                                2900 MHz

                                CPU Max Speed
                                2900 MHz

                                Memory
                                3433056 kB

                                Hard Disk Model
                                WDC WD10EZEX-08RKKA0

                                Hard Disk Firmware
                                80.00A80

                                Hard Disk Serial Number
                                WD-WCC1S6883074

                                ++ ++ ++ ++
                                Fog Server:
                                O/S Ubuntu V14.0x, 64-bit
                                Fog Software: v3121

                                Deploy Computers:
                                O/S Windows 7, 64 bit
                                HDD: about 300 GB

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                                • Tom ElliottT
                                  Tom Elliott
                                  last edited by

                                  [quote=“mkstreet, post: 27254, member: 24215”]i found this thread while searching for my hardware. I’m not sure if my problem would be fixed by this kernel or not?

                                  I have Lenovo M72z and it PXE boots ok, but if I choose (or it times out on the pxe menu) to the first option: “boot from local disk”… well, it doesn’t happen.

                                  I get a black screen that says “Booting from local disk…” in the upper left corner, then it hangs there forever.[/quote]

                                  Change the exit type within the GUI. There are two types, exit and sanboot. For your setup, try with exit. It’s defaulted to sanboot.

                                  Location is: FOG Configuration->FOG Settings->FOG Boot Settings->FOG_BOOT_EXIT_TYPE

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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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                                    mkstreet
                                    last edited by

                                    [quote=“Tom Elliott, post: 27259, member: 7271”]Change the exit type within the GUI. There are two types, exit and sanboot. For your setup, try with exit. It’s defaulted to sanboot.

                                    Location is: FOG Configuration->FOG Settings->FOG Boot Settings->FOG_BOOT_EXIT_TYPE[/quote]

                                    Hi Tom,

                                    Thanks for the reply. I will try that on Monday. Would this FOG_BOOT_EXIT_TYPE affect all exits to the local disk boot – and not just boots-after-deploy? I have this same get-stuck “Booting from local disk…” when I choose “1” from the PXE menu.

                                    Do I need to be concerned about that message during FOG Hardware Inventory about unknown BIOS ?

                                    Sorry about not including the version info. I’m using… Fog Vers: 0.32 O/S: Ubuntu 12.04.04 LTS (Pangolin)

                                    ++ ++ ++ ++
                                    Fog Server:
                                    O/S Ubuntu V14.0x, 64-bit
                                    Fog Software: v3121

                                    Deploy Computers:
                                    O/S Windows 7, 64 bit
                                    HDD: about 300 GB

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                                    • JunkhackerJ
                                      Junkhacker Developer
                                      last edited by

                                      FOG_BOOT_EXIT_TYPE is only relevant for .33+ versions of Fog.
                                      does the computer boot properly when not connected to the network?

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                                      • Tom ElliottT
                                        Tom Elliott
                                        last edited by

                                        [quote=“mkstreet, post: 27353, member: 24215”]Hi Tom,

                                        Thanks for the reply. I will try that on Monday. Would this FOG_BOOT_EXIT_TYPE affect all exits to the local disk boot – and not just boots-after-deploy? I have this same get-stuck “Booting from local disk…” when I choose “1” from the PXE menu.

                                        Do I need to be concerned about that message during FOG Hardware Inventory about unknown BIOS ?

                                        Sorry about not including the version info. I’m using… Fog Vers: 0.32 O/S: Ubuntu 12.04.04 LTS (Pangolin)[/quote]

                                        As you’re using 0.32. There are two options to fix this issue for you.

                                        First is, if you’re able to, upgrade to 1.x.x FOG. The reason being is related to what I’ll ask you to try secondly. You will have to make a change on the DHCP Option 67 to be looking for file: undionly.kpxe as opposed to pxelinux.0 as was done in the past. 1.x.x does chainloading natively and should help with your issue. With it, you’ll be able to change the exit type of FOG as well, so if one doesn’t work, try the other and you should be good to go.

                                        Second, look up chainloading howto on the wiki. This should help you out if you can’t upgrade.

                                        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! Get in contact with me (chat bubble in the top right corner) if you want to join in.

                                        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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                                          mkstreet
                                          last edited by

                                          [quote=“Junkhacker, post: 27364, member: 21583”]FOG_BOOT_EXIT_TYPE is only relevant for .33+ versions of Fog.
                                          does the computer boot properly when not connected to the network?[/quote]

                                          If its not connected to the network, yes it will boot properly.
                                          It tries the network for about 40 seconds because PXE is our first boot device, then it gives up and goes on normally to the local HDD.
                                          If I press escape, it will exit trying PXE and go on normally as if it had given up on PXE too.

                                          ++ ++ ++ ++
                                          Fog Server:
                                          O/S Ubuntu V14.0x, 64-bit
                                          Fog Software: v3121

                                          Deploy Computers:
                                          O/S Windows 7, 64 bit
                                          HDD: about 300 GB

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                                            mkstreet
                                            last edited by

                                            [quote=“Tom Elliott, post: 27365, member: 7271”]As you’re using 0.32. There are two options to fix this issue for you.

                                            First is, if you’re able to, upgrade to 1.x.x FOG. The reason being is related to what I’ll ask you to try secondly. You will have to make a change on the DHCP Option 67 to be looking for file: undionly.kpxe as opposed to pxelinux.0 as was done in the past. 1.x.x does chainloading natively and should help with your issue. With it, you’ll be able to change the exit type of FOG as well, so if one doesn’t work, try the other and you should be good to go.

                                            Second, look up chainloading howto on the wiki. This should help you out if you can’t upgrade.[/quote]

                                            We’ve been using FOG a grand total of about two weeks.

                                            In the first week, we tried getting 1.0.0 FOG from SVN (this was just prior to 13-May-2014) and installing it (on Ubuntu 14.04). Since we are using static IP in this computer lab, we did try setting up FOG as ProxyDHCP with dnsmasq (btw, those are what the wiki chainloading links redirect to). We had trouble getting any of that to work. Though offhand all the things we encountered are a blur now.

                                            Our solution attempt was to go back to FOG 0.32 and Ubuntu 12.04.04. We did this and upload/deploy started working right away and so easily that our days/hours of earlier effort with 1.0.0 FOG and dnsmasq config seem like wasted hours of head-pounding-wall.

                                            Right now, it’s really only this issue of BOOT LOCAL DISK remaining and this Com Lab goes live in under 24 hours. If changing that FOG_EXIT_BOOT_TYPE is not an option, then I will have to wait until there is time to “play” with this again.

                                            ++ ++ ++ ++
                                            Fog Server:
                                            O/S Ubuntu V14.0x, 64-bit
                                            Fog Software: v3121

                                            Deploy Computers:
                                            O/S Windows 7, 64 bit
                                            HDD: about 300 GB

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