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      george1421 Moderator @dureal99d
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      @dureal99d From your image below its working. Well an iPXE kernel is getting loaded. So that should removed dnsmasq from the issues. Is your fog server at 192.168.1.1?

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        dureal99d @george1421
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        @george1421 NO, its at 192.168.1.109

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          george1421 Moderator @dureal99d
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          @dureal99d Interesting because in the picture its thinks your fog server is 192.168.1.1 because that is where its trying to load the default.ipxe file from. I can’t remember off the top of my head where that setting comes from, its either from FOG or the next-server value from dhcp.

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            dureal99d @dureal99d
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            @george1421 at current my config looks like this

            dhcp-match=set:efi-x86_64,option:client-arch,7
            dhcp-boot=tag:efi-x86_64,ipxe.efi
            dhcp-boot=undionly.kpxe,,192.168.1.109```
            
            in the dnsmasq setting of ddwrt.
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            • george1421G
              george1421 Moderator @dureal99d
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              @dureal99d I started another thread where I’ve been documenting my travels with dnsmasq and uefi here: https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/8677/dnsmasq-bios-and-uefi

              My config is pretty close. I can pxe boot a uefi system. Right now its hanging on the iPXE kernel initializing devices… But I did have to compile the latest dnsmasq program because the one for my distribution did not work even with the updated config file.

              Looking at your config file I would have to say you need to update this line:
              dhcp-boot=tag:efi-x86_64,ipxe.efi

              to this:
              dhcp-boot=tag:efi-x86_64,ipxe.efi,,192.168.1.109

              Just like you did for the bios undionly line.

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              • Wayne WorkmanW
                Wayne Workman @george1421
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                FYI to everyone, the sourcecode for dnsmasq can always be found on Simon Kelley’s website, here:
                http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/

                And general info can be found here:
                http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html

                There’s a mailing list as well, where you can ask a question, and he will respond - all emails are archived on his site forever - he needs to make a book out of them IMHO. I’ve been on his mailing list for about a year, he is very active and I normally get an email once a day with all the questions and replies from the previous day.

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                  Wayne Workman @george1421
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                  @george1421 Perhaps we should give instructions in the BIOS/UEFI coexistence article for getting the right dnsmasq source and compiling it, and configuring?

                  I know this won’t be a permanent problem as eventually all distros will have the working version, but that could be years.

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                  • george1421G
                    george1421 Moderator @Wayne Workman
                    last edited by george1421

                    @Wayne-Workman With the libraries mentioned I can get really close to the distro had, except for one module that didn’t seem to impact ipxe booting. But your idea of updating the wiki pages for dnsmasq is not a bad idea. I sure would like to get a solid boot before updating anything, but the key was to use dnsmasq 2.76 and the updated config to get it to boot anyway.

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                      dureal99d @george1421
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                      @george1421 said in UEFI won boot tools via fog menu.:

                      @dureal99d I started another thread where I’ve been documenting my travels with dnsmasq and uefi here: https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/8677/dnsmasq-bios-and-uefi

                      My config is pretty close. I can pxe boot a uefi system. Right now its hanging on the iPXE kernel initializing devices… But I did have to compile the latest dnsmasq program because the one for my distribution did not work even with the updated config file.

                      Looking at your config file I would have to say you need to update this line:
                      dhcp-boot=tag:efi-x86_64,ipxe.efi

                      to this:
                      dhcp-boot=tag:efi-x86_64,ipxe.efi,,192.168.1.109

                      Just like you did for the bios undionly line.

                      I will try that config and report back.

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                        Sebastian Roth Moderator
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                        @dureal99d I might be able to help you with understanding how the TFTP URL (in your case tftp://192.168.1.1/default.ipxe) is build. You need to check out the embedded script that comes compiled into the binaries we provide - find the code here: https://github.com/FOGProject/fogproject/blob/dev-branch/src/ipxe/src-efi/ipxescript

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                          dureal99d @Sebastian Roth
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                          @Sebastian-Roth ok cool!!!

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                            Sebastian Roth Moderator @dureal99d
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                            @dureal99d That said I am wondering if you have another DHCP server in your network that is answering requests as well. Possibly a router or something that is interfering with what dnsmasq is sending?!?

                            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)

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                              dureal99d @Sebastian Roth
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                              @Sebastian-Roth said in UEFI won boot tools via fog menu.:

                              @dureal99d I might be able to help you with understanding how the TFTP URL (in your case tftp://192.168.1.1/default.ipxe) is build. You need to check out the embedded script that comes compiled into the binaries we provide - find the code here: https://github.com/FOGProject/fogproject/blob/dev-branch/src/ipxe/src-efi/ipxescript

                              i tried the sugggested dhcp-boot=tag:efi-x86_64,ipxe.efi,,192.168.1.109 and it worked but the other stuff like the memtest and all will not work just the basic functions and uefi laptops i have find a boot file but crash or pause at initializing ipxe devices

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                                dureal99d @Sebastian Roth
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                                @Sebastian-Roth said in UEFI won boot tools via fog menu.:

                                @dureal99d That said I am wondering if you have another DHCP server in your network that is answering requests as well. Possibly a router or something that is interfering with what dnsmasq is sending?!?

                                I am using ddwrt and it is my dhcp server using its built in dnsmasq to attach clients to fog which works well in bios boot mode. no other dhcp exist.

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                                  Sebastian Roth Moderator
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                                  @dureal99d Have you tried dhcp-boot=tag:efi-x86_64,ipxe.efi,192.168.1.109,192.168.1.109 yet?? This only sets another option in the DHCP answer properly. Usually this does not make a difference but you never know how clients behave…

                                  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)

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                                    dureal99d @Sebastian Roth
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                                    @Sebastian-Roth said in UEFI won boot tools via fog menu.:

                                    dhcp-boot=tag:efi-x86_64,ipxe.efi,192.168.1.109,192.168.1.109

                                    no but i will try it

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                                      dureal99d @dureal99d
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                                      @Sebastian-Roth its so weird, this is my config as of right now dhcp-boot=undionly.kpxe,,192.168.1.109 dhcp-match=set:efi-x86_64,option:client-arch,7 dhcp-boot=tag:efi-x86_64,ipxe.efi,192.168.1.109,192.168.1.109

                                      downloads ipxe.efi

                                      yet if i take this line away dhcp-match=set:efi-x86_64,option:client-arch,7 away it will dowload the undioly.pxe file

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                                        dureal99d @dureal99d
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                                        @Sebastian-Roth I did create one of those uefi usb boot scenarios as was postd here on the forum but without the usb device selected at boot, no uefi based client will boot to fog unless i boot in legacy

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                                          dureal99d @dureal99d
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                                          @Sebastian-Roth @george1421 @Wayne-Workman @Senior-Developers id be willing to setup and configure another server “more than likely virtual” if I can still use ddwrt to provide dhcp to machines on my network and allow fog uefi and bios boot to co-exist. assuming it will make this process easier.

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                                            george1421 Moderator @dureal99d
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                                            @dureal99d I’ve kind of lost where this thread is going.

                                            Lets recap. You are using dnsmasq on dd-wrt to supply the missing bits needed to pxe boot a target computer in uefi mode. (I haven’t looked) but doesn’t dd-wrt use isc dhcp server? If so then dnsmasq is not required, since isc dhcp is all you need. There is a FOG wiki page on how to set it up. https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=BIOS_and_UEFI_Co-Existence

                                            Can you pxe boot a target computer into the fog ipxe menu and capture or deploy an image. If this doesn’t work then we need to understand what is going sideways. Beyond that if you are trying to pxe boot random applications not delivered with FOG then those need to be addressed. But we need to make a clear distinction is this a FOG issue or third party application issue.

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