Acer Laptop UEFI PXE works in general (WDS), but I tried it with FOG and it runs through code and boots from hard drive.
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Then I did more research and someone said "If you’re into doing this stuff repetitively, look into FOG.
It was a bit of a hassle to install - I was expecting an ISO, but a manual for my OS was available.
Copy and paste.
Flawless.I tried it with a VM and BAM, FOG Project pops right up.
BEAUTIFUL! I will definitely keep this…The only problem I’m having is with my laptop. UEFI is enabled, secure boot is off, and network boot works… I believe it sees the FOG thing, but quickly just runs through code and exits.
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Make sure to check DHCP has the right settings, I had this problem as well a week or two ago with a newer laptop having UEFI.
Default BIOS file name
undionly.kpxe
UEFI 32 bit file name
ipxe32.efi
UEFI 64 bit file name
ipxe.efi -
There are options if you need to dynamically shift between bios (legacy) and uefi mode. If you need this you will need to explain your network design a bit more.
But @JzJad is correct. You must use the proper boot kernel for the mode of computer you are booting.
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@george1421 seem’s newer laptops are just about the only thing i have ran into with this problem, across the few thousand devices I use FOG with.
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@JzJad Right almost all systems being produced today are uefi. Some still allow bios mode, some are only uefi. If you have a mixed fleet (some old and some new) you need to setup Win2012+ dhcp, isc-dhcp, or dnsmasq to dynamic send the right file. This make life a bit easier than having to change dhcp option 67 every time you need to boot something different.
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@george1421 Yeah as for work we have it done, I run a way to beefy pfsense at home and just never bothered to set the options untill working on a laptop last week lol
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@JzJad If you run pfsense then you can have it supply the right boot file. There is a boot file field for legacy as well as uefi. pfsense is sweet.
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@george1421 Yeah, if I didn’t mention I already set them so I wont have to deal with it later, and yeah 8-core 8GB RAM, that is until I get a nice Mini-PC with some NVME storage later.
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@rowebil @george1421 Have you ever tried ipxe7156.efi for your Acer System? I have to use this for HP X2’s or MS Surface’s since ipxe.efi will not boot them propperly in UEFI mode.
https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/9005/uefi-pxe-boot-how-to-do-it (don’t wonder i have used ipxe.efi there but this has changed to ipxe7156.efi)
FYI: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=BIOS_and_UEFI_Co-Existence