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    • george1421G
      george1421 Moderator @Sebastian Roth
      last edited by

      @Sebastian-Roth Ugh, I remember that time now… 😖

      I can say that iPXE booting on the 7010 with A18 firmware still does not work. I do see there is an A21 bios out there where the change log mentions fixing uefi booting. I will give that update a shot later this morning. I can say that the FOS Live usb boot drive does work without issue with the 7010.

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      • george1421G
        george1421 Moderator
        last edited by

        Still no joy with the 7010 and the A21 firmware efi booting either snponly.efi or ipxe.efi. Both hang at initializing devices after receiving the ipxe boot loader.

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        • Wayne WorkmanW
          Wayne Workman @george1421
          last edited by

          @george1421 said:

          Still no joy with the 7010 and the A21 firmware

          Dell really screwed up on this one.

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            gwhitfield
            last edited by

            I checked the VM was set to E1000 and EFI booting. When I enter the URL I get the following:

            #!ipxe
            set fog-ip 192.168.1.53
            set fog-webroot fog
            set boot-url http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}
            #!ipxe
            cpuid --ext 29 && set arch x86_64 || set arch i386
            iseq ${platform} efi && set key 0x1b || set key 0x1b
            iseq ${platform} efi && set keyName ESC || set keyName Escape
            prompt --key ${key} --timeout 3000 Booting… (Press ${keyName} to access the menu) && goto menuAccess || chain -ar ${boot-url}/service/ipxe/grub.exe --config-file=“rootnoverify (hd0);chainloader +1”
            :menuAccess
            login
            params
            param mac0 ${net0/mac}
            param arch ${arch}
            param platform ${platform}
            param username ${username}
            param password ${password}
            param menuaccess 1
            param debug 1
            isset ${net1/mac} && param mac1 ${net1/mac} || goto bootme
            isset ${net2/mac} && param mac2 ${net2/mac} || goto bootme
            :bootme
            chain -ar http://192.168.1.53/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php##params

            Thank you all for helping out. Sorry I couldn’t get back to reply earlier than this!

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              gwhitfield
              last edited by

              Another thought I had was that we also use MDT for creating images that can be put on a boot flash. I have no problem with booting the 7010 UEFI using the MDT boot files. I was able to deploy a .wim file yesterday with no issues. I’m inexperienced with the process and the files but I’m wondering if there isn’t a boot file that we can pull from the MDT process and add it to the FOG repository?

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              • Wayne WorkmanW
                Wayne Workman @gwhitfield
                last edited by

                @gwhitfield It’s missing kernel parameters.

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                  gwhitfield @Wayne Workman
                  last edited by

                  @Wayne-Workman said:

                  @gwhitfield It’s missing kernel parameters.

                  Sorry to appear dense, but I don’t know what the output SHOULD look like, nor what to do to get it that way. I’m handicapped by a lack of in-depth knowledge on how it works. I apologize if I have missed a how-to I suppose?

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                  • Wayne WorkmanW
                    Wayne Workman @gwhitfield
                    last edited by Wayne Workman

                    @gwhitfield Heres what mine looks like.

                    Keep in mind, this iPXE script is generated dynamically based on the parameters passed to it (the mac addresses of the computer). I didn’t pass any parameters to the page, which is why the script says item --gap Host is NOT registered!

                    What version of FOG are you using now? Did you upgrade to trunk as suggested?

                    #!ipxe
                    set fog-ip 10.2.1.11
                    set fog-webroot fog
                    set boot-url http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}
                    cpuid --ext 29 && set arch x86_64 || set arch i386
                    goto get_console
                    :console_set
                    colour --rgb 0x00567a 1 ||
                    colour --rgb 0x00567a 2 ||
                    colour --rgb 0x00567a 4 ||
                    cpair --foreground 7 --background 2 2 ||
                    goto MENU
                    :alt_console
                    cpair --background 0 1 ||
                    cpair --background 1 2 ||
                    goto MENU
                    :get_console
                    console --picture http://10.2.1.11/fog/service/ipxe/bg.png --left 100 --right 80 && goto console_set || goto alt_console
                    :MENU
                    menu
                    colour --rgb 0xff0000 0 ||
                    cpair --foreground 1 1 ||
                    cpair --foreground 0 3 ||
                    cpair --foreground 4 4 ||
                    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.quickimage Quick Image
                    item fog.multijoin Join Multicast Session
                    item fog.sysinfo Client System Information (Compatibility)
                    choose --default fog.local --timeout 5000 target && goto ${target}
                    :fog.local
                    sanboot --no-describe --drive 0x80 || goto MENU
                    :fog.memtest
                    kernel memdisk iso raw
                    initrd memtest.bin
                    boot || goto MENU
                    :fog.reginput
                    kernel bzImage32 loglevel=4 initrd=init_32.xz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 keymap= web=10.2.1.11/fog/ conosoleblank=0 loglevel=4 mode=manreg
                    imgfetch init_32.xz
                    boot || goto MENU
                    :fog.reg
                    kernel bzImage32 loglevel=4 initrd=init_32.xz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 keymap= web=10.2.1.11/fog/ conosoleblank=0 loglevel=4 mode=autoreg
                    imgfetch init_32.xz
                    boot || goto MENU
                    :fog.quickimage
                    login
                    params
                    param mac0 ${net0/mac}
                    param arch ${arch}
                    param username ${username}
                    param password ${password}
                    param qihost 1
                    isset ${net1/mac} && param mac1 ${net1/mac} || goto bootme
                    isset ${net2/mac} && param mac2 ${net2/mac} || goto bootme
                    :fog.multijoin
                    login
                    params
                    param mac0 ${net0/mac}
                    param arch ${arch}
                    param username ${username}
                    param password ${password}
                    param sessionJoin 1
                    isset ${net1/mac} && param mac1 ${net1/mac} || goto bootme
                    isset ${net2/mac} && param mac2 ${net2/mac} || goto bootme
                    :fog.sysinfo
                    kernel bzImage32 loglevel=4 initrd=init_32.xz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 keymap= web=10.2.1.11/fog/ conosoleblank=0 loglevel=4 mode=sysinfo
                    imgfetch init_32.xz
                    boot || goto MENU
                    :bootme
                    chain -ar http://10.2.1.11/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php##params ||
                    goto MENU
                    autoboot
                    

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                      gwhitfield @Wayne Workman
                      last edited by

                      What version of FOG are you using now? Did you upgrade to trunk as suggested?

                      Ubuntu 14.04.4, FOG 1.2.0, rev 6365. I didn’t update yet but plan to as soon as I can today. I neglected to mention that I did have a positive UEFI boot and was able to upload from and re-deploy a test image to a Dell E5550 a few days ago using snponly.efi so I thought maybe I’ve just changed something accidentally since then that would be simple to identify.

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                      • Wayne WorkmanW
                        Wayne Workman @gwhitfield
                        last edited by

                        @gwhitfield Have you watched all the movies in the “Tremors” franchise?

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                        • george1421G
                          george1421 Moderator
                          last edited by

                          The root if the issue here is (the Dell 7010). The 7010 will not completely boot the iPXE kernel. This is needed for FOG to function correctly. Its not an issue with FOG, but a compatibility issue between a component that FOG uses (iPXE) and the Dell 7010 EFI firmware. When you MDT boot you can use either cdrom or usb flash drive. This process doesn’t use iPXE so I would expect this to work. I can also boot the 7010 into the FOG Live debugger using a usb (similar to the way MDT boots). But again this doesn’t use iPXE to boot.

                          What needs to happen.

                          1. Dell fixes their silly firmware
                          2. The iPXE guys can work out a method to patch iPXE to work around this issue.
                          3. You switch back to BIOS booting for this hardware platform.

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                            gwhitfield @Wayne Workman
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                            @Wayne-Workman -only saw the first one, enjoyed it immensely for no good reason.

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                            • Wayne WorkmanW
                              Wayne Workman @gwhitfield
                              last edited by

                              @gwhitfield said:

                              I neglected to mention that I did have a positive UEFI boot and was able to upload from and re-deploy a test image to a Dell E5550 a few days ago using snponly.efi

                              https://www.youtube.com/embed/iWo14lBhXWc

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                                gwhitfield @george1421
                                last edited by

                                When you MDT boot you can use either cdrom or usb flash drive. This process doesn’t use iPXE so I would expect this to work.

                                I’m fairly certain I PXE booted the 7010 UEFI using WDS to deploy the MDT image. Only reason I’m uncertain at all is simply how many different imaging related projects I have going on… I will be able to test/confirm later today or tomorrow.

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                                • Wayne WorkmanW
                                  Wayne Workman @gwhitfield
                                  last edited by

                                  @gwhitfield said:

                                  I’m fairly certain I PXE booted the 7010 UEFI using WDS to deploy the MDT image.

                                  WDS doesn’t use iPXE.

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                                    gwhitfield @Wayne Workman
                                    last edited by

                                    @Wayne-Workman - Ahhh…they appeared similar enough in the netboot phase that I got the impression it was the same technology. I been duped.

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                                      gwhitfield @Wayne Workman
                                      last edited by

                                      @Wayne-Workman said:

                                      https://www.youtube.com/embed/iWo14lBhXWc

                                      Oh sht that’s funny!!!
                                      #1- I gotta see that movie again. It feels like 20 years since…
                                      #2 - I apologize. I know just enough to be dangerous and under the circumstances sometimes it’s hard to know what’s relevant to the discussion much less what’s important.

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                                      • Wayne WorkmanW
                                        Wayne Workman @gwhitfield
                                        last edited by

                                        @gwhitfield There are 5 of them now. They are all worth watching, in order, with the wife/gf.

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                                          gwhitfield @Wayne Workman
                                          last edited by

                                          @Wayne-Workman said:

                                          @gwhitfield It’s missing kernel parameters.

                                          I upgraded to trunk and no change. I was hoping the kernel parameters issue would be resolved automagically since I never intentionally made any changes to anything except putting different efi boot file names in DHCP. I looked and can tell there’s tons of info on kernel parameters and editing the boot menu but isn’t there a default setup that should be in place with a re-install? Do I need to edit something now?

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                                          • Wayne WorkmanW
                                            Wayne Workman @gwhitfield
                                            last edited by

                                            @gwhitfield What boot file are you using at the moment? What mode (uefi/bios) is the target computer in right now? Is this a Optiplex 7010 or … something else?

                                            We need to know all your testing details.

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