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    lunde326 @Wayne Workman
    last edited by Jul 15, 2016, 10:21 PM

    @Wayne-Workman alternatively what would be the method for least amount of steps. 4-5 steps is no problem, such that a simple manual can be made.
    Something like boot -> select download image -> select loan Pc image -> run

    I would like to use this one server for all my Fog needs. It’s all going to be on an isolated network. Apart from those 20 identical loan machines we are going to image sets of identical machines (5-10x of the same machine) so a menu where you would select your correct prepared master image and just hit download would be great.

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      Wayne Workman @lunde326
      last edited by Jul 15, 2016, 10:25 PM

      @lunde326 Then the “Deploy Image” boot menu item is what you want.

      Those steps can vary depending on how you have the firmware setup on these loan computers. If these computers are setup to boot to the network first, then steps would be 1. power on, 2. select “Deploy Image” with the arrow keys, press enter, 3. provide username and password, 4. pick the image with the arrow keys and press enter. Keep in mind, if the “Loan” image is assigned to these “loan” computers, then the correct image will be pre-selected and if no input is given before the count down, it’ll just use that. If you don’t want to have the network setup as the first boot item (and it’s probably best not to have it that way since they are loan computers and it would slow down boot times), It’d be 5 steps. You’d insert a step in the above steps, after powering on, tap the alternative boot device hot key (on Dell, it’s F12), and the rest would be the same.

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      L 1 Reply Last reply Jul 15, 2016, 10:31 PM Reply Quote 1
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        lunde326 @Wayne Workman
        last edited by Jul 15, 2016, 10:31 PM

        @Wayne-Workman great stuff, and thanks for the fast replies. Will try this out

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          Tom Elliott @lunde326
          last edited by Jul 15, 2016, 10:40 PM

          @lunde326 One caveat. The deploy image/quick image method will work, but it requires a User login.

          If you’re running trunk versions of fog, however, you can edit the deploy image menu item and supply that information in place of the login commands. This would be what I would recommend. I think you would also need to add the qihost.

          So, theoretically, your Deploy Image menu parameters would go from:

          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
          

          To:

          params
          param mac0 ${net0/mac}
          param arch ${arch}
          param username fog
          param password password
          param qihost 1
          isset ${net1/mac} && param mac1 ${net1/mac} || goto bootme
          isset ${net2/mac} && param mac2 ${net2/mac} || goto bootme
          

          Notice the first element shows ${username} and ${password}. This is actually correct. In the second I replaced those fields with actual text values. (Of course change the fog portion to whatever user you want to use, and the respective password).

          Also notice the login line seen in the first one is no longer present. This is so you aren’t presented with the login information.

          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

          L 1 Reply Last reply Jul 19, 2016, 7:19 PM Reply Quote 1
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            lunde326 @Tom Elliott
            last edited by Jul 19, 2016, 7:19 PM

            @Tom-Elliott @Wayne-Workman Thanks for the help so far.
            I’ve successfully made my “golden” image. and deployed it to the 4 available loan PC’s. everything around that works great.
            but after the deployment the disk size is only around 30 GB ( image size +2 GB). and i have to go into disk management and grow the disk with the remaining 870 GB.
            Any tips?

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              Tom Elliott @lunde326
              last edited by Jul 19, 2016, 7:19 PM

              @lunde326 is the image type set to resizable?

              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

              L 1 Reply Last reply Jul 19, 2016, 7:26 PM Reply Quote 0
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                lunde326 @Tom Elliott
                last edited by Jul 19, 2016, 7:26 PM

                @Tom-Elliott Yeah, single disk resizable.

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                  Tom Elliott
                  last edited by Jul 19, 2016, 7:51 PM

                  Are you running a current version of fog? Meaning trunk or the rc ?

                  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

                  L 1 Reply Last reply Jul 19, 2016, 7:55 PM Reply Quote 0
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                    lunde326 @Tom Elliott
                    last edited by Jul 19, 2016, 7:55 PM

                    @Tom-Elliott alt text

                    T 1 Reply Last reply Jul 19, 2016, 7:56 PM Reply Quote 0
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                      Tom Elliott @lunde326
                      last edited by Jul 19, 2016, 7:56 PM

                      @lunde326 when and what version did you use to capture the image?

                      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

                      L 1 Reply Last reply Jul 19, 2016, 7:58 PM Reply Quote 0
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                        lunde326 @Tom Elliott
                        last edited by Jul 19, 2016, 7:58 PM

                        @Tom-Elliott The server has been off internet access since it was configured running on an isolated network. so i was using the version in my image above.
                        did the capture earlier today. same with the deployments.

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                          Wayne Workman @lunde326
                          last edited by Jul 19, 2016, 10:00 PM

                          @lunde326 fog 1.3.0 RC1 is out, I’d really recommend you connect the server to the net in order to update, then go back to the isolated network.

                          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!
                          Daily Clean Installation Results:
                          https://fogtesting.fogproject.us/
                          FOG Reporting:
                          https://fog-external-reporting-results.fogproject.us/

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                            lunde326 @Wayne Workman
                            last edited by Jul 20, 2016, 9:03 AM

                            @Wayne-Workman Will do. thanks

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                              lunde326 @Wayne Workman
                              last edited by Jul 22, 2016, 8:24 PM

                              @Wayne-Workman Hmm, still does it in the latest version (leaves computer with a disk size 2GB larger than the image, and you have to grow the remaining X GB to make it full capacity again). image captured and deployed on the 1.3.0 RC1. The captured machine was that way after capture, and the machines that had been deployed to also.

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