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    TFTP not working (Fog 1.1.1 on Ubuntu 12.04 Server)

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      ianabc Testers
      last edited by

      Can you tftp the file on the fog server itself? (I mean run the tftp get above on the fog server). If so I would suspect the client or an intervening firewall: from memory TFTP might uses 69 as a control port but the actual transfer takes place on other port(s).

      EDIT Also, if you use tcpwrappers, take a look in your hosts.allow and hosts.deny

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        BBBBlaine
        last edited by

        ianabc: Yes, downloading the file works from the fog server itself with the command “tftp 10.1.0.21 -c get undionly.kpxe”

        I can SSH to this server from my workstation, and the hosts.allow/hosts.deny files don’t have anything in them but comments.

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          ianabc Testers
          last edited by

          Given that, my best guess would be a firewall somewhere between the server and your client. As I mentioned above, TFTP does weird things with it’s port choices, disabling the firewall(s) for a few seconds could save you a lot of time in debugging.

          If you have another machine (e.g. another linux server on the same switch as your fog server), you could try tftp from there and rule out networking/firewall issues on the fog server.

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            BBBBlaine
            last edited by

            Okay I noticed something strange… TFTP’ing into the server from the local shell downloads the file, but it is 0 kb in size:
            [CODE]root@PCI-FOG:~# tftp 10.1.0.21 -c get undionly.kpxe
            root@PCI-FOG:~# ls -al undionly.kpxe
            -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 19 11:51 undionly.kpxe
            [/CODE]

            I checked the original file and it also appears to be 0 kb:
            [CODE]root@PCI-FOG:/tftpboot# ls -al
            total 2496
            drwxr-xr-x 2 fog root 4096 Jun 17 13:35 .
            drwxr-xr-x 25 root root 4096 Jun 18 08:11 …
            -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 840 Jun 17 13:35 boot.txt
            -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 291 Jun 17 13:35 default.ipxe
            -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 389702 Jun 17 13:35 ipxe.kkpxe
            -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 389750 Jun 17 13:35 ipxe.kpxe
            -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 391231 Jun 17 13:35 ipxe.krn
            -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 389766 Jun 17 13:35 ipxe.pxe
            -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 25340 Jun 17 13:35 memdisk
            -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 16794 Jun 17 13:35 pxelinux.0.old
            -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 165088 Jun 17 13:35 snponly.efi
            -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 102777 Jun 17 13:35 undionly.kkpxe
            -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 0 Jun 18 11:51 undionly.kpxe
            -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 382650 Jun 17 13:35 undionly.kpxe.INTEL
            -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 102841 Jun 17 13:35 undionly.pxe
            -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 147728 Jun 17 13:35 vesamenu.c32
            [/CODE]

            So I deleted undionly.kpxe and renamed undionly.kkpxe to undionly.kpxe now.

            I tried PXE booting another server and it comes up with an error when trying to boot:
            [CODE]
            iPXE 1.0.0+ (7fe0) – Open Source Network Boot Firmware – http://ipxe.org
            Features: NFS FTP HTTP HTTPS iSCSI DNS TFTP VLAN AoE bzImage ELF MBOOT PXE PXEXT Menu
            Configuring (net0 00:1e:c9:d7:ee:de)… ok
            Could not start download: Operation not supported (http://ipxe.org/3c092003)
            PXE-M0F: Exiting Broadcom PXE ROM.[/CODE]

            Now what? I’m wondering if I’m using the correct boot file, or if it got messed up somehow during installation o_O

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              ianabc Testers
              last edited by

              Yeah, it sounds like you’re on the right track. my undonly.kpxe looks slightly different
              [CODE]
              $ cd /tftpboot
              $ ls -l undionly.kpxe
              -rw-r–r–. 1 fog root 102825 Jun 17 14:46 undionly.kpxe
              $ md5sum undionly.kpxe

              2967e86058a2ed5fbc159f722a62e211 undionly.kpxe
              [/CODE]

              If you untar a copy of the fog installer somewhere then you can copy out the file, it should be under packages/tftp/undionly.kpxe. Copy that into place and see if you are back in business.

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                BBBBlaine
                last edited by

                [CODE]root@PCI-FOG:~/fog_1.1.1/packages/tftp# cp undionly.kpxe /tftpboot/undionly.kpxe
                root@PCI-FOG:~/fog_1.1.1/packages/tftp# chmod 644 /tftpboot/undionly.kpxe
                root@PCI-FOG:~/fog_1.1.1/packages/tftp# ls -al /tftpboot/
                total 2600
                drwxr-xr-x 2 fog root 4096 Jun 19 14:39 .
                drwxr-xr-x 25 root root 4096 Jun 18 08:11 …
                -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 840 Jun 17 13:35 boot.txt
                -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 291 Jun 17 13:35 default.ipxe
                -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 389702 Jun 17 13:35 ipxe.kkpxe
                -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 389750 Jun 17 13:35 ipxe.kpxe
                -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 391231 Jun 17 13:35 ipxe.krn
                -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 389766 Jun 17 13:35 ipxe.pxe
                -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 25340 Jun 17 13:35 memdisk
                -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 16794 Jun 17 13:35 pxelinux.0.old
                -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 165088 Jun 17 13:35 snponly.efi
                -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 102777 Jun 17 13:35 undionly.kkpxe
                -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 102825 Jun 19 14:39 undionly.kpxe
                -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 382650 Jun 17 13:35 undionly.kpxe.INTEL
                -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 102841 Jun 17 13:35 undionly.pxe
                -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 147728 Jun 17 13:35 vesamenu.c32
                [/CODE]

                So now it looks like I have the same size pxe boot file as you, so I tried PXE booting the server again and…
                [CODE]Could not configure console: Input/output error (http://ipxe.org/1d8c2139)
                Could not boot: Input/output error (http://ipxe.org/1d8c2139)
                Could not boot: Input/output error (http://ipxe.org/1d8c2139)[/CODE]

                The link in the error message says that the error originated from vesafb.c (line 114)
                [CODE]/**
                103 * Convert VBE status code to iPXE status code
                104 *
                105 * @v status VBE status code
                106 * @ret rc Return status code
                107 */
                108 static int vesafb_rc ( unsigned int status ) {
                109 unsigned int code;
                110
                111 if ( ( status & 0xff ) != 0x4f )
                112 return -ENOTSUP;
                113 code = ( ( status >> 8 ) & 0xff );
                114 return ( code ? -EIO_VBE ( code ) : 0 );[/CODE]

                I have no idea how to resolve this. Any ideas?

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                  ianabc Testers
                  last edited by

                  I don’t know iPXE (or PXE) well so I’m not sure what the sequence is, but just comparing the file sizes in the directories, my default.ipxe looks different from yours. I’ll md5sum everything in that directory to let you compare
                  [CODE]
                  $ md5sum *
                  e98752ef921d9ae727e8056550a6c9a5 boot.txt
                  418b6eb51122fcdab90ec8c7ed80ef85 default.ipxe
                  48f6c6d1b580a4a8b64f20c13d0dd683 ipxe.kkpxe
                  326f7de6b826275725cd0728e4f5c194 ipxe.kpxe
                  828b8ccf956cf63ef4d20b46c4a13698 ipxe.krn
                  565956b5a03307ba52b38a45edc61291 ipxe.pxe
                  2c44adda31db993665f51a8717af3985 memdisk
                  3794629cd0a52cf5d20df3984319de1b pxelinux.0.old
                  ffb7b9176e3d40eca5903364def6753d snponly.efi
                  418b7656f88e07e591947e6a0f11694f undionly.kkpxe
                  2967e86058a2ed5fbc159f722a62e211 undionly.kpxe
                  dc15ad8391f21429be2db7d6922aed41 undionly.kpxe.INTEL
                  b9c71e3130f2a5963c15ab157fcf695b undionly.pxe

                  2e3f0be8f5e63ff99812a140795beffc vesamenu.c32
                  [/CODE]
                  And here is my default.ipxe
                  [CODE]
                  #!ipxe
                  cpuid --ext 29 && set arch x86_64 || set arch i386
                  params
                  param mac0 ${net0/mac}
                  param arch ${arch}
                  isset ${net1/mac} && param mac1 ${net1/mac} || goto bootme
                  isset ${net2/mac} && param mac2 ${net2/mac} || goto bootme

                  :bootme
                  [/CODE]

                  The missing (and corrupt??) files are weird. A reinstall might fix it, but it’s probably better if we can figure out what has gone wrong this time.

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                  • Tom ElliottT
                    Tom Elliott
                    last edited by

                    [quote=“ianabc, post: 30876, member: 24548”]And here is my default.ipxe
                    [CODE]
                    #!ipxe
                    cpuid --ext 29 && set arch x86_64 || set arch i386
                    params
                    param mac0 ${net0/mac}
                    param arch ${arch}
                    isset ${net1/mac} && param mac1 ${net1/mac} || goto bootme
                    isset ${net2/mac} && param mac2 ${net2/mac} || goto bootme

                    :bootme
                    [/CODE]

                    The missing (and corrupt??) files are weird. A reinstall might fix it, but it’s probably better if we can figure out what has gone wrong this time.[/quote]

                    The default.ipxe you’re seeing looks wrong to me, unless you cut out the last line because of IP?
                    The last line should be set to something like:
                    chain 192.168.1.1/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php##params

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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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                      ianabc Testers
                      last edited by

                      [quote=“Tom Elliott, post: 30877, member: 7271”]The default.ipxe you’re seeing looks wrong to me, unless you cut out the last line because of IP?
                      The last line should be set to something like:
                      chain 192.168.1.1/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php##params[/quote]

                      Yes, sorry! that line is indeed in my default.ipxe - lazy copy pasting!

                      [CODE]
                      #!ipxe
                      cpuid --ext 29 && set arch x86_64 || set arch i386
                      params
                      param mac0 ${net0/mac}
                      param arch ${arch}
                      isset ${net1/mac} && param mac1 ${net1/mac} || goto bootme
                      isset ${net2/mac} && param mac2 ${net2/mac} || goto bootme
                      :bootme
                      chain http://MY IP HERE/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php##params
                      [/CODE]

                      Actually BBBBLaine, now that I think about it, your default.ipxe IS going to be different from mine, it’ll have your fog server’s IP address in it. Can you verify that the contents of your ipxe file that is chain loaded look sane? (point a browser at [url]http://MY[/url] IP HERE/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php##params). Here’s mine
                      [CODE]
                      [COLOR=#000000]#!ipxe
                      cpuid --ext 29 && set arch x86_64 || set arch i386
                      colour --rgb 0xff6600 2
                      cpair --foreground 7 --background 2 2
                      console --picture http://MY IP HERE/fog/service/ipxe/bg.png --left 100 --right 80
                      prompt --key 0x1b --timeout 3000 Booting… (Press Escape to access the menu) && goto menuAccess || sanboot --no-describe --drive 0x80
                      :menuAccess
                      login
                      params
                      param mac0 ${net0/mac}
                      param arch ${arch}
                      param username ${username}
                      param password ${password}
                      param menuaccess 1
                      param debug 0
                      isset ${net1/mac} && param mac1 ${net1/mac} || goto bootme
                      isset ${net2/mac} && param mac2 ${net2/mac} || goto bootme
                      :bootme
                      chain http://MY IP HERE/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php##params[/COLOR]
                      [/CODE]

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                        BBBBlaine
                        last edited by

                        In this [URL=‘http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/dell-optiplex-320.10872/’]other thread[/URL] where the same issue seems to be happening, somebody suggested trying different boot files.

                        Tried undionly.kpxe.INTEL:
                        [CODE]http://10.1.0.21/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php… ok
                        http://10.1.0.21/fog/service/ipxe/bg.png...transmit timed out
                        transmit timed out
                        38%transmit timed out
                        transmit timed out
                        transmit timed out
                        51%[/CODE]

                        Tried undionly.pxe:
                        This boot file only reboots the server immediately after it loads. I don’t see anything useful come up on the screen.

                        Tried vesamenu.c32:
                        PXE doesn’t do anything after getting an IP from DHCP… just sits there.

                        Tried ipxe.kkpxe:
                        Just like with undionly.pxe… server reboots

                        Tried ipxe.kpxe:
                        Server reboots

                        Tried ipxe.pxe:
                        Server reboots

                        Tried ipxe.krn:
                        [CODE]This image cannot be loaded from a floppy disk.[/CODE] <-- What?? o.O

                        Tried pxelinux.0.old (it’s worth a shot, I guess):
                        [CODE]Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/
                        Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/44454c4c-5100-1057-804d-b2c04f4e4731
                        Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/01-00-1e-c9-d7-ee-de
                        Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/0A010106
                        Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/0A01010
                        Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/0A0101
                        Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/0A010
                        Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/0A01
                        Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/0A0
                        Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/0A
                        Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/0
                        Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/default
                        Unable to locate configuration file

                        Boot failed: press a key to retry, or wait for reset…
                        [/CODE]

                        At this point, I’m stuck.

                        Does anybody have a WORKING installation of Fog 1.1.1? If so, what distro of linux is it running on? Maybe I’m just running into a bug?

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                          ianabc Testers
                          last edited by

                          I’m running it on RHEL 6.5 and also Centos 5. Do you have any other clients you can try to iPXE boot? the VESA thing might be a hardware issue.

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                            BBBBlaine
                            last edited by

                            [quote=“ianabc, post: 30881, member: 24548”]
                            Actually BBBBLaine, now that I think about it, your default.ipxe IS going to be different from mine, it’ll have your fog server’s IP address in it. Can you verify that the contents of your ipxe file that is chain loaded look sane? (point a browser at [url]http://MY[/url] IP HERE/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php##params). Here’s mine
                            [CODE]
                            [COLOR=#000000]#!ipxe
                            cpuid --ext 29 && set arch x86_64 || set arch i386
                            colour --rgb 0xff6600 2
                            cpair --foreground 7 --background 2 2
                            console --picture http://MY IP HERE/fog/service/ipxe/bg.png --left 100 --right 80
                            prompt --key 0x1b --timeout 3000 Booting… (Press Escape to access the menu) && goto menuAccess || sanboot --no-describe --drive 0x80
                            :menuAccess
                            login
                            params
                            param mac0 ${net0/mac}
                            param arch ${arch}
                            param username ${username}
                            param password ${password}
                            param menuaccess 1
                            param debug 0
                            isset ${net1/mac} && param mac1 ${net1/mac} || goto bootme
                            isset ${net2/mac} && param mac2 ${net2/mac} || goto bootme
                            :bootme
                            chain http://MY IP HERE/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php##params[/COLOR]
                            [/CODE][/quote]

                            Here is what I see when I browse to [url]http://10.1.0.21/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php##params[/url]
                            [CODE]#!ipxe
                            cpuid --ext 29 && set arch x86_64 || set arch i386
                            colour --rgb 0xff6600 2
                            cpair --foreground 7 --background 2 2
                            console --picture http://10.1.0.21/fog/service/ipxe/bg.png --left 100 --right 80
                            :MENU
                            menu
                            colour --rgb 0xff0000 0
                            cpair --foreground 0 3
                            item --gap Host is NOT registered!
                            item --gap – -------------------------------------
                            item fog.local Boot from hard disk
                            item fog.memtest Run Memtest86+
                            item fog.reginput Perform Full Host Registration and Inventory
                            item fog.reg Quick Registration and Inventory
                            item fog.sysinfo Client System Information (Compatibility)
                            choose --default fog.local --timeout 3000 target && goto ${target}
                            :fog.local
                            exit || goto MENU
                            :fog.memtest
                            kernel memdisk iso raw
                            initrd memtest.bin
                            boot || goto MENU
                            :fog.reginput
                            kernel bzImage32 root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 ip=dhcp dns=10.1.0.3 keymap= web=10.1.0.21/fog/ consoleblank=0 loglevel=4 mode=manreg
                            imgfetch init_32.xz
                            boot || goto MENU
                            :fog.reg
                            kernel bzImage32 root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 ip=dhcp dns=10.1.0.3 keymap= web=10.1.0.21/fog/ consoleblank=0 loglevel=4 mode=autoreg
                            imgfetch init_32.xz
                            boot || goto MENU
                            :fog.sysinfo
                            kernel bzImage32 root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 ip=dhcp dns=10.1.0.3 keymap= web=10.1.0.21/fog/ consoleblank=0 loglevel=4 mode=sysinfo
                            imgfetch init_32.xz
                            boot || goto MENU
                            autoboot
                            [/CODE]

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                            • Tom ElliottT
                              Tom Elliott
                              last edited by

                              The only files you should be trying are:
                              ipxe.pxe
                              ipxe.kpxe
                              ipxe.kkpxe
                              undionly.pxe
                              undionly.kpxe
                              undionly.kkpxe

                              I’d first start by trying the (same named) files in:
                              [url]https://svn.code.sf.net/p/freeghost/code/trunk/packages/tftp/[/url]

                              Just replace the file name with undionly.kpxe (so you don’t have to change dhcp stuff).
                              Example:
                              [code]wget -O /tftpboot/undionly.kpxe https://svn.code.sf.net/p/freeghost/code/trunk/packages/tftp/undionly.pxe
                              wget -O /tftpboot/undionly.kpxe https://svn.code.sf.net/p/freeghost/code/trunk/packages/tftp/undionly.kpxe
                              wget -O /tftpboot/undionly.kpxe https://svn.code.sf.net/p/freeghost/code/trunk/packages/tftp/undionly.kkpxe
                              wget -O /tftpboot/undionly.kpxe https://svn.code.sf.net/p/freeghost/code/trunk/packages/tftp/ipxe.pxe
                              wget -O /tftpboot/undionly.kpxe https://svn.code.sf.net/p/freeghost/code/trunk/packages/tftp/ipxe.kpxe
                              wget -O /tftpboot/undionly.kpxe https://svn.code.sf.net/p/freeghost/code/trunk/packages/tftp/undionly.kkpxe[/code]

                              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)

                              Please support FOG if you like it: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Support_FOG

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                                BBBBlaine
                                last edited by

                                [quote=“Tom Elliott, post: 30885, member: 7271”]The only files you should be trying are:
                                ipxe.pxe
                                ipxe.kpxe
                                ipxe.kkpxe
                                undionly.pxe
                                undionly.kpxe
                                undionly.kkpxe

                                I’d first start by trying the (same named) files in:
                                [url]https://svn.code.sf.net/p/freeghost/code/trunk/packages/tftp/[/url]

                                Just replace the file name with undionly.kpxe (so you don’t have to change dhcp stuff).
                                Example:
                                [code]wget -O /tftpboot/undionly.kpxe https://svn.code.sf.net/p/freeghost/code/trunk/packages/tftp/undionly.pxe
                                wget -O /tftpboot/undionly.kpxe https://svn.code.sf.net/p/freeghost/code/trunk/packages/tftp/undionly.kpxe
                                wget -O /tftpboot/undionly.kpxe https://svn.code.sf.net/p/freeghost/code/trunk/packages/tftp/undionly.kkpxe
                                wget -O /tftpboot/undionly.kpxe https://svn.code.sf.net/p/freeghost/code/trunk/packages/tftp/ipxe.pxe
                                wget -O /tftpboot/undionly.kpxe https://svn.code.sf.net/p/freeghost/code/trunk/packages/tftp/ipxe.kpxe
                                wget -O /tftpboot/undionly.kpxe https://svn.code.sf.net/p/freeghost/code/trunk/packages/tftp/undionly.kkpxe[/code][/quote]

                                Okay I’m trying each of those one by one…
                                With undionly.pxe I get:
                                Reboot after “Initialising devices”

                                With undionly.kpxe I get:
                                [CODE]Could not start download: Operation not supported (http://ipxe.org/3c092003)[/CODE]
                                With undionly.kkpxe I get:
                                [CODE]Could not configure console: Input/output error (http://ipxe.org/1d8c2139)
                                Could not boot: Input/output error (http://ipxe.org/1d8c2139)
                                Could not boot: Input/output error (http://ipxe.org/1d8c2139)[/CODE]
                                With ipxe.pxe I get:
                                [CODE]transmit timed out…
                                transmit timed out…
                                transmit timed out…[/CODE]
                                With ipxe.kpxe I get:
                                [CODE]Configuring (net0 00:1e:c9:d7:ee:de)…
                                [/CODE] then the server reboots with no error message

                                EDIT maybe I will try this on a different machine to see if maybe there’s just some problem with this server… It is a Dell PowerEdge 2900 - refurbished (I mean the server I’m using to try PXE boot at least. The Fog server is a Virtual Machine on ESXi 5.5)

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                                  ianabc Testers
                                  last edited by

                                  [quote=“BBBBlaine, post: 30888, member: 24687”]

                                  EDIT maybe I will try this on a different machine to see if maybe there’s just some problem with this server… It is a Dell PowerEdge 2900 - refurbished (I mean the server I’m using to try PXE boot at least. The Fog server is a Virtual Machine on ESXi 5.5)[/quote]

                                  That sounds like a good idea, it would be informative to see some different PXE clients. Good luck!

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                                    BBBBlaine
                                    last edited by

                                    I tested PXE booting on a Dell Latitude D630 laptop (yes, very old, but it was the closest machine to me besides my workstation) and it worked with the undionly.kpxe boot image from [url]https://svn.code.sf.net/p/freeghost/code/trunk/packages/tftp/[/url] !

                                    The PowerEdge 2900 server still doesn’t boot with it… I will test with a different 2900 tomorrow to see if it’s just something wrong with this particular box or what. If it’s not working on any 2900, then I don’t think Fog could serve as a replacement for Acronis in our environment, as 90% of the servers we deploy to buildings are 2900’s.

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                                      ianabc Testers
                                      last edited by

                                      Glad to hear your PXE server is working! For the 2900 it might be worth double checking the network card settings in the BIOS or sticking the service tag into dell.com and looking for updated firmware.

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                                        Michael Konz
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                                        [quote=“BBBBlaine, post: 30873, member: 24687”][CODE]root@PCI-FOG:~/fog_1.1.1/packages/tftp# cp undionly.kpxe /tftpboot/undionly.kpxe
                                        root@PCI-FOG:~/fog_1.1.1/packages/tftp# chmod 644 /tftpboot/undionly.kpxe
                                        root@PCI-FOG:~/fog_1.1.1/packages/tftp# ls -al /tftpboot/
                                        total 2600
                                        drwxr-xr-x 2 fog root 4096 Jun 19 14:39 .
                                        drwxr-xr-x 25 root root 4096 Jun 18 08:11 …
                                        -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 840 Jun 17 13:35 boot.txt
                                        -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 291 Jun 17 13:35 default.ipxe
                                        -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 389702 Jun 17 13:35 ipxe.kkpxe
                                        -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 389750 Jun 17 13:35 ipxe.kpxe
                                        -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 391231 Jun 17 13:35 ipxe.krn
                                        -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 389766 Jun 17 13:35 ipxe.pxe
                                        -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 25340 Jun 17 13:35 memdisk
                                        -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 16794 Jun 17 13:35 pxelinux.0.old
                                        -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 165088 Jun 17 13:35 snponly.efi
                                        -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 102777 Jun 17 13:35 undionly.kkpxe
                                        -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 102825 Jun 19 14:39 undionly.kpxe
                                        -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 382650 Jun 17 13:35 undionly.kpxe.INTEL
                                        -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 102841 Jun 17 13:35 undionly.pxe
                                        -rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 147728 Jun 17 13:35 vesamenu.c32
                                        [/CODE]

                                        So now it looks like I have the same size pxe boot file as you, so I tried PXE booting the server again and…
                                        [CODE]Could not configure console: Input/output error (http://ipxe.org/1d8c2139)
                                        Could not boot: Input/output error (http://ipxe.org/1d8c2139)
                                        Could not boot: Input/output error (http://ipxe.org/1d8c2139)[/CODE]

                                        After some testing I think, that this should be a vesa framebuffer problem. This can be resolved by deleting line 540 (background picture) from /var/www/fog/lib/fog/BootMenu.class.php

                                        The link in the error message says that the error originated from vesafb.c (line 114)
                                        [CODE]/**
                                        103 * Convert VBE status code to iPXE status code
                                        104 *
                                        105 * @v status VBE status code
                                        106 * @ret rc Return status code
                                        107 */
                                        108 static int vesafb_rc ( unsigned int status ) {
                                        109 unsigned int code;
                                        110
                                        111 if ( ( status & 0xff ) != 0x4f )
                                        112 return -ENOTSUP;
                                        113 code = ( ( status >> 8 ) & 0xff );
                                        114 return ( code ? -EIO_VBE ( code ) : 0 );[/CODE]

                                        I have no idea how to resolve this. Any ideas?[/quote]

                                        So now it looks like I have the same size pxe boot file as you, so I tried PXE booting the server again and…
                                        [CODE]Could not configure console: Input/output error (http://ipxe.org/1d8c2139)
                                        Could not boot: Input/output error (http://ipxe.org/1d8c2139)
                                        Could not boot: Input/output error (http://ipxe.org/1d8c2139)[/CODE]

                                        After some testing I think, that this should be a vesa framebuffer problem. This can be resolved by deleting line 540 (background picture) from /var/www/fog/lib/fog/BootMenu.class.php

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                                          Tom Elliott
                                          last edited by

                                          I only added the console information because it’s prettier.

                                          It works on most systems, but occasionally we see this message. I’m aware of the problem and if you don’t need to have the picture I can remove it to make it more usable.

                                          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)

                                          Please support FOG if you like it: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Support_FOG

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                                            BBBBlaine
                                            last edited by

                                            [quote=“Michael Konz, post: 31327, member: 24796”]So now it looks like I have the same size pxe boot file as you, so I tried PXE booting the server again and…
                                            [CODE]Could not configure console: Input/output error (http://ipxe.org/1d8c2139)
                                            Could not boot: Input/output error (http://ipxe.org/1d8c2139)
                                            Could not boot: Input/output error (http://ipxe.org/1d8c2139)[/CODE]

                                            After some testing I think, that this should be a vesa framebuffer problem. This can be resolved by deleting line 540 (background picture) from /var/www/fog/lib/fog/BootMenu.class.php[/quote]

                                            Sorry about the delay since my last post here…

                                            I commented out line 540 of /var/www/fog/lib/fog/BootMenu.class.php like you suggested and it worked! I got to the Fog menu! However… When I try to do Quick Registration or Full Registration, I get an error:
                                            [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/HSWXzOd.jpg[/IMG]
                                            It continues until I see this:
                                            [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/YDcuyv5.jpg[/IMG]

                                            After that, it keeps scrolling down until I see nothing but a blank screen, and nothing appears in the Fog host inventory.

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