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[Wayne Workman]

You can troubleshoot PXE booting using this tutorial, it’s really through: [url]http://fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Troubleshoot_TFTP[/url]

[fredlwal]

is there a log file that I can send about the pxe boot issue?

[Wayne Workman]

Sort of… there’s a script that’s still under development that you could try. It produces a log file that has lots of important configuration in it… It’s attached, along with sample output. The sample output is no use to you, it just shows what the output might look like.

Also, you might be better off just giving us screen-shots of the errors you’re seeing. Maybe a TCPDump of the communications, too: [url]http://fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/TCPDump[/url]

For more info on the troubleshooting script, look through this thread. And keep in mind, it’s still a very new thing.
This script doesn’t change anything, either. It just collects information. [url]http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/lets-make-scripts.12551/[/url]

[url=“/_imported_xf_attachments/1/1900_FogScript.zip?:”]FogScript.zip[/url]

[fredlwal]

this is what I get when I run the script.

t_tiger@fogsrv1:~/Downloads$ ./TroubleshootFog.sh
status: Unknown job: tftpd-hpa
status: Unknown job: isc-dhcp-server
status: Unknown job: rpcbind
status: Unknown job: vsftpd
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert ‘ip_tables’: Operation not permitted
iptables v1.4.21: can’t initialize iptables table `filter’: Table does not exist (do you need to insmod?)
Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
./TroubleshootFog.sh: line 92: sestatus: command not found
cat: /etc/dnsmasq.d/ltsp.conf: No such file or directory

[Wayne Workman]

Try this one, instead please.

It will create a text file in the location that it was run in. Post that file.

[url=“/_imported_xf_attachments/1/1905_troubleshoot.zip?:”]troubleshoot.zip[/url]

[fredlwal]

Where does it store the log file at, that you would need to look at?

[Wayne Workman]

This particular script stores the log in the place where the script is run from.

[fredlwal]

here u go

[url=“/_imported_xf_attachments/1/1908_DebianFog.txt?:”]DebianFog.txt[/url]

[Wayne Workman]

Can you post a screen shot of the error you’re seeing?

[Wayne Workman]

[quote=“Joseph Hales, post: 45708, member: 18131”]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]/etc/default/isc-dhcp-server[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#555555][FONT=Arial]We want to serve DHCP only on eth1 interface to we need to configure it that way. Edit the file and save it.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#555555][FONT=Courier New]sudo vim /etc/default/isc-dhcp-server[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#555555][FONT=Arial]The line will look like this before you change it[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#555555][FONT=Courier New]INTERFACES=“”[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#555555][FONT=Arial]And after you change it, it will look like this:[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#555555][FONT=Courier New]INTERFACES=“eth1”[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#555555][FONT=Arial]Now you should stop and start the DHCP server.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#555555][FONT=Courier New]sudo service isc-dhcp-server stop[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#555555][FONT=Arial] (if the service is already running; skip if it’s not running)[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#555555][FONT=Courier New]sudo service isc-dhcp-server start[/FONT][/COLOR][/quote]

Going off of what Mr. Hales posted, you might also want to restrict DHCP to your eth0 interface. I see in the log file you provided that there are several interfaces on this machine.

[fredlwal]

t_tiger@fogsrv1:~/Downloads$ ./troubleshoot.sh
status: Unknown job: tftpd-hpa
status: Unknown job: isc-dhcp-server
status: Unknown job: rpcbind
status: Unknown job: vsftpd
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert ‘ip_tables’: Operation not permitted
iptables v1.4.21: can’t initialize iptables table `filter’: Table does not exist (do you need to insmod?)
Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
./troubleshoot.sh: line 92: sestatus: command not found
cat: /etc/dnsmasq.d/ltsp.conf: No such file or directory
t_tiger@fogsrv1:~/Downloads$

[Wayne Workman]

I’m sorry, I should have been more clear.

Can you take a picture with a camera of the errors you see when you try to network-boot a computer ?

[Wayne Workman]

I’ve viewed a picture that fredlwal sent me.
The target host isn’t receiving DHCP. “No DHCP or proxyDHCP offers were received”

We should check the status of the DHCP service.
What is the output of this?
[CODE]sudo service isc-dhcp-server status[/CODE]

After that, try restarting the service:
[CODE]sudo service isc-dhcp-server restart[/CODE]

[fredlwal]

DOING THE RESTART COMMAND WORKED!!! Your the greatest!!

[fredlwal]

[quote=“Wayne Workman, post: 45935, member: 28155”]I’ve viewed a picture that fredlwal sent me.
The target host isn’t receiving DHCP. “No DHCP or proxyDHCP offers were received”

We should check the status of the DHCP service.
What is the output of this?
[CODE]sudo service isc-dhcp-server status[/CODE]

After that, try restarting the service:
[CODE]sudo service isc-dhcp-server restart[/CODE][/quote]

Well, today I copied over another image onto the server and I made sure that the name was exactly the same but when I booted a client computer i’m connecting to dhch but TFTP gives me this

"TFTP…
PXE-E32:
PXE-M0F
Selected boot device failed. Press any key to Reboot the system "

[Wayne Workman]

[url]http://fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Troubleshoot_TFTP[/url]