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      Phantox Jada
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      Hi All,

      Total noob here trying to install and run Fog. I have ran into some issues though. We have fog installed and running underneath a user account. The server is up and running with no issue, but we cannot get any of our computers on campus to load undionly.kpxe or any other boot file.

      I am running Ubuntu 13.10 on vmware with fog 1.2.0. I have tried fog 1.1.1 and fog 1.1.2, but had the same issue.The test vm from 2009 does work though, but we don’t want to be running on old outdated test server.

      On DHCP, we have port 66 with the correct IP address and port 67 with undionly.kpxe.

      I have tried ipxe.kkpxe, ipxe.kpxe, ipxe.pxe, pxelinux.0.old (won’t work because of no configuration file), undionly.kkpxe, undionly.kpxe, unionly.kpxe.INTEL, undionly.pxe. The pxe and ipxe and Undionly.kpxe starts configuring to eth0 but goes to “press a key to reboot.” Undionly.kkpxe comes up with error 3c092003.

      I have tried most of the suggestions at [url]http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/ipxe-issue.10528/[/url] with no avail. I was able to get the fog menu once with [URL=‘https://sourceforge.net/p/freeghost/code/1312/tree/trunk/packages/tftp/undionly.kpxe?format=raw’][I]https://sourceforge.net/p/freeghost/code/1312/tree/trunk/packages/tftp/undionly.kpxe?format=raw[/I][/URL][I]. [/I]And that was after like 10 retries. And I haven’t seen it since.

      The test client is an old HP Pavilion a1610n with Nvidia nforce 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet. We have other clients, Lenovo and HP, but none of them will boot either.

      Like I said earlier, I am a noob and I have no idea what could be wrong here. Any help would be appreciative. Maybe I am missing something that is apparent to everyone else, but I have tried for over a week to try to get this fog server up and running correctly. I would love to get Fog up and running.

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      • JunkhackerJ
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        you said “pxelinux.0.old (won’t work because of no configuration file)” does that mean that it loaded, and you saw something different then the other attempts?

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          Phantox Jada
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          Yes. It tried to load a lot of pxelinux.cfg files, but couldn’t find any.

          Here is a photo of what comes up :
          [url]http://postimg.org/image/nqz4377z1/[/url]

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          • JunkhackerJ
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            and you can log in to the fog web interface?

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              Phantox Jada
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              Yes, I can login through the web gui with no issues at all. I can create users, view and change settings. Everything.

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              • JunkhackerJ
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                does the file default.ipxe exist in the tftpboot directory, and does the address listed inside it under “chain http…” look correct for your fog server?

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                  Phantox Jada
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                  Default.ipxe does exist. The ip address is correct. I don’t know about the rest.

                  chain [url]http://172.16.1.85/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php##params[/url]

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                  • JunkhackerJ
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                    what do you see if you go to this address from a web browser?
                    [url]http://172.16.1.85/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php[/url]
                    also, you said “We have fog installed and running underneath a user account.”
                    did you install fog with root privileges?

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                      Phantox Jada
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                      I get a page that looks to have the setup for the fog menu. I can post what it says if you want.

                      I ran the command “sudo ./installfog.sh” After install and updating the schema, I logged into the fog web interface with no issue. Then I restarted the vm and logged back in as the user that installed fog. This user account that I log in is not root or the fog user account created from fog installer. It’s a standard account that was created when I installed ubuntu. Does that answer your question?

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                      • JunkhackerJ
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                        good, that is what is to be expected at that address.
                        yes, that answers my question, and it sounds like the proper install procedure.
                        are you using a server or desktop version of Ubuntu?
                        what kind of network hardware is between the client and the server?

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                          Phantox Jada
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                          I am using Ubuntu 13.10 LTS desktop on vmware player. I am new to linux, so I decided to try to ease into it with a desktop version over straight command line with the server.

                          2 Intellinet switches. Our DHCP server is connected to the main intellinet switch. Our DHCP and DNS are on the same server.

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                          • JunkhackerJ
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                            i recommend using the server version. the desktop version might have a firewall or something that’s getting in your way. i don’t know, i’m pretty new to linux myself 😉

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                              Phantox Jada
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                              Hmmm, I guess I will check google to see if there is a way to make sure the firewall is off. I don’t even know if it is on or not.

                              I might try the server install later. I rather get the desktop version working though.

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                              • JunkhackerJ
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                                honestly, the server version is the way to go. once you have fog running, you’ll be doing everything you need from the web interface. and if you need to do anything more then that (such as upgrade the server or delete files manually) you can use filezilla to ftp in or putty to ssh in. you’ll never need to physically sit in front of the server once it’s running.

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                                  Phantox Jada
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                                  That sounds like a win. I will try the server and reinstall fog 1.2 on it. If I have the same issues, I guess I will just continue this thread.

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                                    Phantox Jada
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                                    So, I took your suggestion and install ubuntu 12.04 server on vmware player and installed fog. I am still not able to get the client to boot from pxe boot. Any suggestions?

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                                    • JunkhackerJ
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                                      what are you using for your DHCP server?

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                                        Phantox Jada
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                                        Um, I don’t really do much with the DHCP, my boss handles most of that. It’s on Windows Server 2008 R2. I just know the IPv4 scope options 66 and 67 are set like they should be. Is that what you were needing?

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                                        • Jaymes DriverJ
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                                          You could always try DNSMasq to proxy serve your bootfile and server, sometimes this can alleviate issues with finding the correct files.

                                          [url]http://fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Using_FOG_with_an_unmodifiable_DHCP_server/_Using_FOG_with_no_DHCP_server#DNSMASQ_settings_for_iPXE[/url]

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                                          • JunkhackerJ
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                                            Windows Server 2008 R2 doesn’t have any known issues delivering dhcp information correctly. a few others do, that’s why i was asking.

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