PXE-E32 error, unable to boot to fog from pxe

[Wayne Workman]

@K.Hays Look inside the bin directory (where the installfog.sh file is), you will find a error_log directory now. In there, there is an error log with the revision number appended to it. What’s at the bottom of that file?

[george1421]

@Wayne-Workman Just to note this is on ubuntu 12.04 from the OP.

[K.Hays]

@Wayne-Workman 7084

[Wayne Workman]

@K.Hays Right, so your current revision number is 7084, but inside that file are all the redirected outputs from the installation, and the last few lines will have info on the failure.

[K.Hays]

@Wayne-Workman Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/apache2-bin_2.4.16-4+deb.sury.org~precise+4_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/apache2-data_2.4.16-4+deb.sury.org~precise+4_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
thats whats at the bottom sorry not 7084

[Wayne Workman]

@K.Hays said in [PXE-E32 error:

@Wayne-Workman Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/apache2-bin_2.4.16-4+deb.sury.org~precise+4_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/apache2-data_2.4.16-4+deb.sury.org~precise+4_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
thats whats at the bottom sorry not 7084

@Tom-Elliott do you think this error is related to this: https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/7085/ubuntu-server-14-dhcp-fails

Also, @K-Hays please try re-running the installer now.

[Tom Elliott]

@Wayne-Workman I highly doubt it as its failing to install Apache.

[Wayne Workman]

@Tom-Elliott Right, my issue also started with that failing.

[K.Hays]

@Wayne-Workman now i got this
Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: password updated successfully

• Stopping FOG Computer Imaging Solution: FOGMulticastManager
  …done.
• Stopping FOG Computer Imaging Solution: FOGImageReplicator
  …done.
• Stopping FOG Computer Imaging Solution: FOGScheduler
  …done.
  mysql stop/waiting
  mysql start/running, process 25428
• Stopping web server apache2
• There are processes named ‘apache2’ running which do not match your pid file which are left untouched in the name of safety, Please review the situation by hand.

is this because i had my web gui open?

[Tom Elliott]

@Wayne-Workman I think it’s because he’s on an unsupported Ubuntu now. Lts is good for security but package lists trunk is expecting might not be available

[george1421]

@Tom-Elliott said in [PXE-E32 error:

@Wayne-Workman I think it’s because he’s on an unsupported Ubuntu now. Lts is good for security but package lists trunk is expecting might not be available

Wow this is quickly escalating to wiping and reloading the OS. Since he made references to trying multiple version of ubuntu. What is the one recommended OS that will work for sure with 1.2.0 trunk (since that will be the future of FOG).

[Tom Elliott]

@K.Hays I think it was from it failing to install the first time. Apache crashed ungrAcefully and the pod it expected to find no longer existed

[K.Hays]

@Tom-Elliott should i just reboot?

[Tom Elliott]

@george1421 I try to make them not care really but for 1.3/trunk I’d say 14 or higher for Ubuntu 8 of higher for Debian 6 or higher for rh based and 22 or higher fedora. I don’t think arch really cares lol.

[george1421]

@Tom-Elliott said in [PXE-E32 error:

@george1421 I try to make them not care really but for 1.3/trunk I’d say 14 or higher for Ubuntu 8 of higher for Debian 6 or higher for rh based and 22 or higher fedora. I don’t think arch really cares lol.

@Wayne-Workman is ^^ this something that should be noted in the wiki pages? (at least on the upgrade to trunk page)

[Wayne Workman]

@george1421 Because it’s broad and unbiased and advice that will help you avoid problems, yes.

[Wayne Workman]

@george1421 said in [PXE-E32 error:

@Tom-Elliott said in [PXE-E32 error:

@george1421 I try to make them not care really but for 1.3/trunk I’d say 14 or higher for Ubuntu 8 of higher for Debian 6 or higher for rh based and 22 or higher fedora. I don’t think arch really cares lol.

@Wayne-Workman is ^^ this something that should be noted in the wiki pages? (at least on the upgrade to trunk page)

https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Installation#Requirements

[K.Hays]

So, whats the consensus here. What do i need to do to get this setup.

[george1421]

@K.Hays said in [PXE-E32 error:

So, whats the consensus here. What do i need to do to get this setup.

I’d hate to say this, but if you have the time, nuke and pave this installation. If you want to continue with Ubuntu then go with 14.04 LTS. If you want the RHEL variant then Centos 7 (minimum installation). Then install the trunk version directly don’t install 1.2.0 stable first just install the trunk. You may still have external problems, but once we get you on a stable install then we can work on the external issue that may exist. I don’t like it that you’ve spent all this time to get FOG going. Its not that hard to get setup. But there are quite a few parts that the FOG project doesn’t have control over in play here.

[K.Hays]

So, i reinstalled ubuntu 14.04 and downloaded the trunk version of FOG, and it works! Haven’t tried to imaging anything yet as i am out of time but i will soon. Thanks to everyone who helped out with this problem, i appreciate it!
edit: Just started to upload an image successfully, thanks again for all the help! ill update this as soon as i know it completed without error.