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    • sudburrS
      sudburr
      last edited by

      Alrighty… something’s working.

      I’ve been stepping up through the kernels and have landed on unofficial 3.15.3 that appears to be working … okay-ish.

      I’m grabbing a linux server vm right now and it spitting up errors like watermelon seeds along the likes of:

      bug: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code partclone.image/2520

      … but it is still working through the upload.

      Now to blow it all away back to bare metal and see what fixes are really needed.

      [ Standing in between extinction in the cold and explosive radiating growth ]

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      • sudburrS
        sudburr
        last edited by

        … but wait! There’s more!

        This current configuration with this kernel works but is extremely slow to proceed after “/init.xz… ok” on the physical machines I was using for testing. It eventually pops up a failure to configure the network adapter. (an Intel® 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection)

        [ Standing in between extinction in the cold and explosive radiating growth ]

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        • sudburrS
          sudburr
          last edited by

          Alright, here is where I’m at:

          01> Login Ubuntu Server 14.04 (x64) / Execute BASH Shell as SuperUser

          sudo su

          02> Change Hostname

          hostname servername

          03> Install a new HDD
          ( [url]https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingANewHardDrive[/url] )

          lshw -C disk
          fdisk /dev/sd?
          n p 1 <enter> <enter> w

          04> Quick Format Second HDD as NTFS

          mkfs.ntfs -Q /dev/sdb1
          mkdir /mnt/temp
          mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/temp
          ls -la /mnt/temp
          umount /mnt/temp

          05> Attach Second Volume by Appending AutoMount Entry to File System Table

          vim /etc/fstab
          “i”

          all spacing is tabs

          FOGStore for images

          /dev/sdb1/imagesntfsdefaults00

          [ESC], [SHIFT]“:”, “wq”

          06> Create MountPoint

          mkdir /images

          07> Set permissions on /images

          chmod 777 /images

          08> Mount the New Volume

          mount /images

          09> Download latest SVN of FogProject

          cd /opt

          wget [url]http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/freeghost/FOG/fog_1.1.2/fog_1.1.2.tar.gz[/url]
          or ?
          wget --no-check-certificate [url]http://mastacontrola.com/fog_trunk.tar.bz2[/url]

          10> Extract

          tar -zxf fog_1.1.2.tar.gz

          11> Disable Firewall for Fog

          ufw disable

          12> Create DHCP Reservation

          reboot

          13> Login Ubuntu Server 14.04 (x64) / Execute BASH Shell as SuperUser

          sudo su

          14> Install Fog

          cd /opt/fog_1.1.2/bin/
          ./installfog.sh

          @ What version of Linux would you like to run the installation for?
          2
          @ What type of installation would you like to do?
          n
          @ What is the IP address to be used by this FOG Server?
          <verify the reservation address>
          @ Would you like to setup a router address for the DHCP server?
          n
          @ Would you like to setup a DNS address for the DHCP server and client boot image?
          n
          @ Would you like to change the default network interface from eth0?
          n
          @ would you like to use the FOG server for DHCP service?
          n
          @ This version of FOG has internationalization support, would you like to install the additional language packs?
          n
          @ Would you like to donate computer resources to the FOG Project?
          n
          @ Are you sure you wish to continue?
          y
          @ Press enter to acknowlege this message.
          <enter>
          @ Configuring mysql-server-5.5
          <password>
          @ Did you leave the mysql password blank during install?
          n
          @ Please enter your mysql password:
          <password>
          @ Press [Enter} key when database is updated/installed.

          Using a browser visit [url]http://0.0.0.0/fog/management[/url]
          Select: Install/Upgrade Now
          @ Update / Install Successful!

          <enter>
          @ Send Notification?
          n

          @ Script done, file is /var/log/foginstall.log

          15> Restart

          reboot

          16> Login Ubuntu Server 14.04 (x64) / Execute BASH Shell as SuperUser

          sudo su

          17> Update hostname file with server’s new name

          vim /etc/hostname
          “I”
          servername
          [ESC], :wq

          18> Update hosts file for server’s new name
          vim /etc/hosts
          “I”
          line 2 : 127.0.1.1 servername.domainservername
          [ESC], :wq

          19> Restart

          reboot

          20> Configure DHCP Options for PXE for Subnet Scope

          Option 066 Boot Server Host Name “0.0.0.0”
          Option 67 Bootfile Name “undionly.kpxe”

          21> Change Web Interface User Account

          Visit [url]http://servername/fog/management[/url]
          Login as user: fog password: password
          Change username to: <username> / password: <password>

          22> WorkAround for Hyper-V iPXE compatability

          vim /var/www/fog/lib/fog/BootMenu.class.php
          “I”
          old line 600 : print “console – picture …”
          new line 600 : // print “console – picture …”
          [ESC], :wq

          23> Update Kernel (from Developer’s site – [url]https://mastacontrola.com/fogboot/kernel/bzImage[/url])

          cd /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe
          mv bzImage bzImage_orig
          mv bzImage32 bzImage32.orig

          wget --no-check-certificate [url]http://mastacontrola.com/fogboot/kernel/bzImage[/url]
          wget --no-check-certificate [url]http://mastacontrola.com/fogboot/kernel/bzImage32[/url]

          24> Update to latest undionly.kpxe

          cd /tftpboot
          mv undionly.kpxe undionly.kpxe.orig

          wget [url]https://svn.code.sf.net/p/freeghost/code/trunk/packages/tftp/undionly.kpxe[/url] -O /tftpboot/undionly.kpxe

          iPXE is working. The problem now is finding a kernel that works on both the physical hardware and Hyper-V virtual machines…

          So far I’ve tried for bzImage:
          3.15.3 original32 for 1.1.2
          3.15.1 original for 1.1.2
          3.14.3 original for 1.0.1
          3.14.2
          3.12.5
          I used 3.12.5 on 0.32 successfully.

          [ Standing in between extinction in the cold and explosive radiating growth ]

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          • netbootdiskN
            netbootdisk
            last edited by

            Had the same problem with 1.1.2 and Hyper-V 2012R2.

            I just made the {fogwebdir}/lib/fog/BootMenu.class.php line 600 hack conditional…

            [PHP]
            if (substr($_REQUEST[‘mac’],0,8)==“00:15:5d”){
            print “# Hyper-V MAC address detected - no console background\n”;
            } else {
            print “console --picture $this->booturl/ipxe/bg.png --left 100 --right 80\n”;
            }
            [/PHP]

            …Now all users still see the corporate branded background - and I can still capture master images in Hyper V 🙂

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            • sudburrS
              sudburr
              last edited by

              What kernel (bzImage) are you using ?

              [ Standing in between extinction in the cold and explosive radiating growth ]

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              • sudburrS
                sudburr
                last edited by

                Loving the conditional code. All my system samples accept the iPXE 1.0.0.0 (53653) that comes with Fog 1.2.0 (svn 2041) after the conditional code is injected; now at line 601-605.

                I will branch off into my own Topic next post as I report on my testing the menu options and kernel.

                [ Standing in between extinction in the cold and explosive radiating growth ]

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                • S
                  SuP3R_Ch1cKeN
                  last edited by

                  Worked for 1.0.1. Different line number however. Thanks a lot netbootdisk.

                  FOG Server OS: CentOS 7
                  FOG Version: FOG 1.2.0

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                  • K
                    KKTwenty101
                    last edited by KKTwenty101

                    Apologies for grave digging but this seemed to be the best thread for the same issue (I searched on google and on the forum but couldn’t find a homogeneous solution. Anyway for others searching the same issue. I too had FOG 1.2 working fine on physical hardware but my hyper-v VMs were throwing up http://ipxe.org/2d8c203b “could not boot” errors. This is indeed due to a change needed in /fog/lib/fog/BootMenu.class.php - hyper-v cannot render the bg.png apparently.

                    for me, the line print "console --picture $this->booturl/ipxe/bg.png needed commenting out. Or you can make it conditional (on mac address)

                    if (substr($_REQUEST[‘mac’],0,8)==“00:15:5d”){
                    print “# Hyper-V MAC address detected - no console background\n”;
                     } else {        
                    print "console --picture $this->booturl/ipxe/bg.png --left 100 --right 80\n";
                    }
                    

                    Again sorry for grave digging but since this is top of the google tree then hopefully this can help someone else.

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                    • Tom ElliottT
                      Tom Elliott @KKTwenty101
                      last edited by

                      @KKTwenty101 I’d highly recommend moving to trunk as there is no more need to comment out the console lines.

                      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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                      • K
                        KKTwenty101
                        last edited by

                        I did try to upgrade to SVN trunk but that brought nothing but errors and woe for me. I had INPUT/OUTPUT ipxe errors on client boot, it hung on sending inventory to server, http500 errors when I tried to manually check a mac via HTTP, “getbanner()” PHP errors in the console so in effect I gave it up as a bad one as I don’t have time to strip down and reinstall from scratch (I attempted to upgrade a working 1.2.0 to SVN trunk) at the moment (i’ll have a go installing from SVN trunk at some point and import the SQL configuration when I get a chance - I need to really as im running at about 600Mb/min on PIGZ 3 which is way slower than the old partimage 0.32 of close to 2Gb/Min I was used to)

                        I’ll do that again some time…

                        Ironically, SVN trunk calls bg.png from BootMenu.class.php, would that cause an issue? (I tried commenting that out in my failed attempt but since I was getting http500 errors on http mac ipxe calls then this wasn’t the real problem I was having)

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                        • Tom ElliottT
                          Tom Elliott @KKTwenty101
                          last edited by

                          @KKTwenty101 I’ve fixed the inventory send bug now, but I need to know more about this getbanner error’s you’re talking about.

                          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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                          • K
                            KKTwenty101 @Tom Elliott
                            last edited by KKTwenty101

                            @Tom-Elliott

                            I have a fresh centos VM install that I can use, i’ll have a look today and install SVN trunk from scratch. There could well have been something in the SQL backup restore that SVN didn’t like. I’ll post in a fresh thread so that this doesn’t get polluted too much.

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