Solved Lenovo Thinkpad E460 Unable to Register
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FOG version 1.2.0 - kernel Kernel - 3.19.3 TomElliottUSB Date : July 22, 2015 Version : 3.19.3
FOG Type: TomElliottUSB Arch Type: (x86_64)
Lenovo Thinkpad e460. Error message when attempting to register - “Unable to register host for the following reasons”
No reason given after this. The screen scrolls through the hardware information. -
I should have noted this is a Windows 7 - 64bit laptop.
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If you are running 1.2.0 then you should update to the latest kernel for 1.2.0 stable which is 4.1.2. The version 3.19.x doesn’t contain the required network driver for that hardware.
A better choice would be to upgrade to version 1.3.0-rc2 to get the advanced kernel and support for uefi systems, gpt disks, NVMe disks, and windows 10 (I understand your question is about win7).
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Thanks for the reply. I guess another problem is that I’m not seeing the latest kernels in the kernel updater on my FOG server. The kernel I have installed is the latest one available according to my server. Can the kernel be manually downloaded or what can I do to get the server seeing the latest kernels.
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@phil_pancrazio You can download them from here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/freeghost/files/KernelList/ (not sure why they don’t show up in the normal place). You will have to save the x64 image as bzImage and the x86 image as bzImage32 . These files go into the fog server in /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe
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I found where I could download kernel 4.1.2. I manually installed it and this has resolved my problem. Do you have a link to instructions on how to upgrade to ver 1.3.0-rc2? Thanks for the help.
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@phil_pancrazio This will upgrade you to 1.3.0-rc2 https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Upgrade_to_trunk
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Thanks for all the help. You pointed me in the right direction and the problems have been resolved.