Dell Vostro 5470

[Felipo]

Just tried with latest kernel:

Preparing backup location - DONE
Looking for hard disks - DONE
Using hard disk /dev/sda

udevd[1986]: inotify_add_watch(6, /dev/sda2, 10) failed: No such file or directory
udevd[1985]: inotify_add_watch(6, /dev/sda1, 10) failed: No such file or directory

[Felipo]

Boot with DEBUG mode:

fdisk -l

Device Boot Start End Blocks ID System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 206847 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 206848 976771071 488282112 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

[Tom Elliott]

what is the output of:
[code]gdisk -l /dev/sda[/code]

[Felipo]

gdisk -l /dev/sda

Found valid MBR and GPT. Witch do you want to use?

Using MBR:
2 partitions, one with 100mb, other with 465.7 Gb, both MICROSOFT BASIC DATA.

Using GPT
Using GPT and creating fresh protective MBR
Disk /dev/sda: 976773168 sectors, 465.8 gb
Logical sector size 512 bytes

Nothing listed.

[Tom Elliott]

Run these commands:
[code]fixparts /dev/sda
w[/code]

Follow thru with the rest of the code, cancel the debug code and regenerate your upload task. Reboot the client and it should upload properly.

[Felipo]

Yes!! It worked!!
Thanks TOM and JAYMES! I owe you guys a BBQ whenever you guys come to Brazil!

Just to know, that was being caused by that GPT partition? And why? I don’t want to do the same mistake.
I dont remember anything related to GTP partition during the instalation or any step of the process.

[Junkhacker]

i would guess that whatever method you used to re-partition didn’t wipe the boot sector, where the GPT/MBR information is stored

[Felipo]

I used the partition manager from Windows Install Disk. Wiped everything. The disk was clear. Then created 1 partition to Windows (and he automatically created that 100mb partition). Thats all.

[Junkhacker]

yeah, that doesn’t wipe everything.

[Felipo]

Good to know. Thanks guys. I’ll put some information here, so I think you can lock this thread.

Situation: Dell Vostro 5470 was unable to send image to FOG server after full wipe and Windows 7 reinstalled.

Current config:

• Fog Version: 1.1.2
• Image Settings:
  • Windows 7
  • Multiple Partitions Image - Single Disk (Not resizable)
• Kernel: default from install

Common messages:
[CODE]Preparing backup location - DONE
Looking for hard disks - DONE
Using hard disk /dev/sda

udevd[1986]: inotify_add_watch(6, /dev/sda2, 10) failed: No such file or directory
udevd[1985]: inotify_add_watch(6, /dev/sda1, 10) failed: No such file or directory[/CODE]

Problem: Windows Partition from Windows 7 DVD doesn’t wipe the disk properly. There is a GPT partition causing problems.
Problem found using:
[CODE]gdisk -l /dev/sda[/CODE]

FIXING:

• Change kernel to [URL=‘http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeghost/files/Kernels/Kernel-3.14.2.TomElliott/’][B][FONT=sans-serif][COLOR=#006699]Kernel-3.14.2.TomElliott[/COLOR][/FONT][/B][/URL] ([url]http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeghost/files/Kernels/Kernel-3.14.2.TomElliott/[/url])
  • Access server using PUTTY.

[CODE]su -
cd /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/freeghost/Kernels/Kernel-3.14.2.TomElliott/Kernel.TomElliott.3.14.2.64
mv Kernel.TomElliott.3.14.2.64 dell5470
[/CODE]

• Access FOG Server via WEB
• Edit HOST (alredy registered)
• Change HOST KERNEL to dell5470
• Still in hosts, go to BASIC TASK, Advanced, DEBUG
• Start the network boot on this host

In debug mode:
[CODE]fixparts /dev/sda
y
w
y
[/CODE]

• Insert new UPLOAD task on the host (make sure to remove the DEBUG task).
• Reboot, upload image

You can make a backup of the bzImage and make the new kernel default

[CODE]cp bzImage bzImageBKP
cp dell5470 bzImage[/CODE]

[Tom Elliott]

To be honest I don’t think you even needed to change your kernel

[Felipo]

It didn’t worked with the default kernel.
I guess this will be specific with Dell Vostro 5470. (the kernel part)

[Tom Elliott]

I’m sorry, I forget you’re using FOG 0.32?

[Felipo]

Hello!

No, I’m using FOG 1.1.2, but i did upgrade from 0.32.