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    wlsnfmly @george1421
    last edited by Feb 22, 2017, 3:16 PM

    @george1421 I see the kkpxe in the tftp directory, but when trying to mod it, VI, the coding is all garbled, Is that normal?

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      Jaymes Driver Developer @wlsnfmly
      last edited by Jaymes Driver Feb 22, 2017, 9:27 AM Feb 22, 2017, 3:27 PM

      @wlsnfmly said in Lenovo m72 image issues:

      @george1421 I see the kkpxe in the tftp directory, but when trying to mod it, VI, the coding is all garbled, Is that normal?

      Yes, pxe files are compiled, you can’t just pop them open and edit them.

      https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Building_undionly.kpxe

      This explains how to build your own kpxe files if you are interested.

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        wlsnfmly @Jaymes Driver
        last edited by Feb 22, 2017, 3:40 PM

        @Jaymes-Driver Is there a special code that I would need to be able to allow the m72 to pxe? They have realtec nic’s and keep stalling. I found a few things on that wiki, but not sure what exactly to change to allow all systems to pxe. We basically run Lenovo and hp for everything we image, and with them failing, there isn’t a way for me to register, then select a different pxe option in fog

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          george1421 Moderator @wlsnfmly
          last edited by Feb 22, 2017, 3:41 PM

          @wlsnfmly If you’ve answered this already I apologies in advance.

          What mode bios (legacy) or uefi are these computers in?

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            sudburr @george1421
            last edited by Feb 22, 2017, 3:42 PM

            @george1421 M72e is a desktop, M72z is an All-in-One.

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              wlsnfmly @george1421
              last edited by Feb 22, 2017, 3:43 PM

              @george1421 I believe they are on bios verison 9ckt10a, which is the highest bios revision Lenovo offers.

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                george1421 Moderator @wlsnfmly
                last edited by george1421 Feb 22, 2017, 9:49 AM Feb 22, 2017, 3:44 PM

                @wlsnfmly OK we have a case of someone reusing a term.

                The firmware installed on your computer is 9ckt10a. What I’m asking is most modern devices support either legacy (bios) mode or uefi mode. That is a switch in the firmware setup pages to change. Which mode are these units running in. That info is used to decided what iPXE kernel should be sent.

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                  Jaymes Driver Developer @wlsnfmly
                  last edited by Feb 22, 2017, 3:46 PM

                  @wlsnfmly I wouldn’t be able to tell you. I have compiled the kpxe in the past to include the drivers for some of the Realtek nics on MSI boards, but that was back in 0.33b days. The all inclusive ones, or the other pxe files in the tftpboot have always been able to serve my purposes since.

                  It’s a trial and error thing, unless someone else knows which check boxes need to be checked, I built about every relevant looking thing into my kpxe files in order to get them booting, this made them rather large, but I didn’t mind as long as the machine did it’s imaging task.

                  I’m sorry this isn’t much help, but if you figure out which ones are intrinsically needed, I am sure Tom can start including them, and if you post your resolution(s) here, it’s guaranteed to benefit someone else in the future.

                  I apologize for not having the information in front of me, but if you can provide the model number of your Realtek nics, I can try to look up the information for you.

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                    sudburr
                    last edited by sudburr Feb 22, 2017, 9:48 AM Feb 22, 2017, 3:46 PM

                    Lenovo ThinkCentre M72e latest BIOS is f1kt71a.

                    Lenovo ThinkCentre M72z latest BIOS is f6kt44a.

                    What is the exact long name of your model?

                    eg: our M72z models are 3548C1U and 3548C8U .

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                      wlsnfmly
                      last edited by Feb 22, 2017, 3:59 PM

                      ok, so I changed the boot option back to the kpxe version, the version I had originally and now it is pxe booting.

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                        wlsnfmly @sudburr
                        last edited by Feb 22, 2017, 4:03 PM

                        @sudburr I checked, and the info I was pulling from was the wrong system. F1KT71A, sorry. Somehow though now the system is PXE booting just fine. The only change I made was to go back to the default undionly.kpxe option

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                          Jaymes Driver Developer @wlsnfmly
                          last edited by Feb 22, 2017, 5:02 PM

                          @wlsnfmly said in Lenovo m72 image issues:

                          The only change I made was to go back to the default undionly.kpxe option

                          This really is the recommended file.

                          Please let us know if you experience further issues with your systems pxe booting. I am not exactly certain why you experienced the issues you did, but I am glad you were able to resolve them.

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