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    • fry_pF
      fry_p Moderator @Avaryan
      last edited by fry_p

      @Sebastian-Roth I got my hands on a Pro 4 and tested all 76 of the .efi files you had up in drive. I made notes. Let me know if you need more info. It seems to have worked up until the 5/4/17 commit.

      EDIT: They took my surface away for a user before I was able to test the svn folder on the Google Drive folder you shared @Sebastian-Roth šŸ˜ž

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        Sebastian Roth Moderator
        last edited by Sebastian Roth

        @fry_p Thanks heaps for testing the binaries so far! What does USB error mean? PXE boots fine or not?

        From your tests it looks like the code change on EFI timer (git 757ab9) broke things. Is anyone else able to verify this (and test the SVN binaries too) before I get in contact with the iPXE devs? @Avaryan @Scott-Adams? You just need to test 04_ipxe.efi and 05_ipxe.efi! Plus testing the binaries in the svn subfolder would be highly appreciated as well. Find it all here.

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        • AvaryanA
          Avaryan
          last edited by

          I love how I started this topic and have made 0 contributions, lol.

          Apparently the Surface 4 is in ā€œhigh demandā€; which is why it’s taking so long to come in. Eventually I’ll get my hands on one.

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          • fry_pF
            fry_p Moderator @Sebastian Roth
            last edited by fry_p

            @Sebastian-Roth I should have just put ā€œOKā€ instead. With just the Surface Pro Ethernet adapter, I always get a USB error past the pxe boot, when it is preparing to image. I can use a powered USB hub to get it to work in those situations. You can change those to avoid confusion, but they pxe booted fine up until the commit you specified. If I can get my hands on another in the near future, I’ll get those svn versions as well.

            @Avaryan , you can see that my Surfaces keep getting deployed to users before I can finish testing! They are certainly in high demand around where I work. You are right about that

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            • AvaryanA
              Avaryan
              last edited by

              Was informed that the Surface devices came in today. May have one next week.

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                Sebastian Roth Moderator
                last edited by Sebastian Roth

                Right after verifying the tests on 04/05_ipxe (see below) you can also try the debug enabled iPXE binary (DEBUG=efi_timer) to see where it hangs/loops. Find 00_efi_timer_ipxe.efi in the same google drive folder as mentioned below.

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                • AvaryanA
                  Avaryan
                  last edited by

                  Finally got a Surface Pro 4 to work with.

                  I’m not even sure where to start with this thing, lol. The USB NIC is from Dell.

                  I’ve disabled Secure Boot and Trusted Platform Module and left PXE Network as the only boot option. Doesn’t seem to do anything.

                  Where do I go from here?

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                  • fry_pF
                    fry_p Moderator @Avaryan
                    last edited by fry_p

                    @avaryan From what I understand, it will only pxe boot from a microsoft dongle.

                    From the Website
                    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/ethernet-adapters-and-surface-device-deployment

                    ā€œThird-party Ethernet adapters are also supported for network deployment, although they do not support PXE boot. To use a third-party Ethernet adapter, you must load the drivers into the deployment boot image and you must launch that boot image from a separate storage device, such as a USB stickā€

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                    • AvaryanA
                      Avaryan
                      last edited by

                      Does FOG support UEFI?

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                      • george1421G
                        george1421 Moderator @Avaryan
                        last edited by

                        @avaryan yes, fog supports uefi. You need to tell your dhcp server to send the name ipxe.efi to the target computer instead of undionly.kpxe.

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                        • AvaryanA
                          Avaryan @george1421
                          last edited by

                          @george1421 Do you think this would enable FOG to work with the Surface? And through the 3rd party dongle?

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                          • fry_pF
                            fry_p Moderator @george1421
                            last edited by fry_p

                            @george1421 @Avaryan If I am not mistaken, you should try the ipxe7156.efi until we have this figured out right? Newer ones don’t work with the surface.

                            EDIT: If you have a mixed environment, I’d recommend looking at this page UEFI and BIOS Co-Existence in FOG

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                            • AvaryanA
                              Avaryan @fry_p
                              last edited by

                              @fry_p Wouldn’t the 3rd party dongle still effect this?

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                              • fry_pF
                                fry_p Moderator @Avaryan
                                last edited by

                                @avaryan I have never tried anything but the Microsoft Dongle. It may certainly be worth a try.

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                                • george1421G
                                  george1421 Moderator @fry_p
                                  last edited by

                                  @fry_p said in Microsoft Surface Pro 4:

                                  you should try the ipxe7156.efi until we have this figured out right

                                  You are 100% correct that specific ipxe kernel version works with the surface pros. I forgot all about that.

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                                  • george1421G
                                    george1421 Moderator @Avaryan
                                    last edited by

                                    @avaryan said in Microsoft Surface Pro 4:

                                    Wouldn’t the 3rd party dongle still effect this?

                                    The problem with 3rd party dognles is that they HAVE to be supported by the uefi roms on the target computer. While this next statement is not 100% correct, it pretty close. The uefi firmware is a bit more like a linux OS than bios interface. It is written in mostly C and requires kernel level drivers to interface with hardware. The hardware you want to plug in must be supported by the uefi firmware or be extended by onboard uefi firmware on the attached device.

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                                    • AvaryanA
                                      Avaryan
                                      last edited by Avaryan

                                      I’ve renamed and replaced the ipxe.efi file with the 7156 file. Didn’t allow me to PXE boot.
                                      I’ve had the option on the DHCP server changed from undionly.kpxe to ipxe.eft.

                                      No luck yet.

                                      edit: Saw this for the USB NIC that I was given to use:
                                      http://support.displaylink.com/knowledgebase/articles/913197-using-displaylink-ethernet-for-network-pxe-boot

                                      edit2: Netbooted another laptop while UEFI settings still in place. Got some message about NBP being too big. Never saw that before.
                                      Apparently this is because the device was configured to legacy boot. Can’t seem to switch it back to UEFI.

                                      edit3: Switched non-Surface laptop back to UEFI. Was able to boot to FOG menu. This at least should confirm that UEFI is setup correctly in my test environment.

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                                      • AvaryanA
                                        Avaryan
                                        last edited by

                                        Anyone have a supported Microsoft dongle they want to lend me? šŸ™‚

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                                        • x23piracyX
                                          x23piracy @Avaryan
                                          last edited by

                                          @avaryan yes with the microsoft usb nic that was available with the surce 3 pro:

                                          https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/store/d/surface-ethernet-adapter/8XZQPB7XL600/F2V0?s_kwcid=AL!4249!3!193172924768!!!g!304581659488!&WT.mc_id=de_datafeed_pla_google_pointitsem_surface&ef_id=WPnuUAAAACDihAuk:20170727201241:s
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                                          But their dock is also working:

                                          https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/store/d/microsoft-surface-dock/8QRH2NPZ0S0P/6JCW?s_kwcid=AL!4249!3!193172924768!!!g!304581659488!&WT.mc_id=de_datafeed_pla_google_pointitsem_surface&ef_id=WPnuUAAAACDihAuk:20170727201329:s
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                                          But i won’t work with the Surface Book with FOG for me, i actually have one Probook around and cannot get it work:
                                          https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/10375/surface-book-won-t-boot-the-kernel

                                          Regards X23

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                                          • S
                                            Sebastian Roth Moderator
                                            last edited by Sebastian Roth

                                            Wow, this got a lot of attention after being totally silent for a week.

                                            I think I need to mention that this is actually not about surface devices I reckon. In the last days I kept thinking about this issue and found that the problem is actually the USB NICs, not the device itself. While the host might still be part of the equation I am pretty sure that what we see (PXE boot issue on surface - and other devices - that is solved using ipxe7156.efi) is primarily caused by the USB NIC adapter - possibly in combination with the surface UEFI firmware. As far as I have seen this is always an issue with Realtek RTL8153 USB NICs.

                                            @Avaryan Most people are able to PXE boot their surface devices using the ipxe7156.efi binary and we are in the process of figuring out why this particular build is working but not the current ones.

                                            So again I am reaching out to all the people. @sarge_212 , @jhuesser, @Psycholiquid, @fry_p, @Scott-Adams, @xerxes2985, @dylan123, @ecicerkofski, @Arsenal101. If you have such a Realtek RTL8153 based USB NIC could you please try PXE booting (possibly in combination with a surface device but the issue might even occur with any other UEFI PC/laptop!) using the different binaries I provide here. You just need to test 04_ipxe.efi and 05_ipxe.efi! Plus testing the binaries in the svn subfolder would be highly appreciated as well. Post your results here. Might as well try 00_efi_timer_ipxe.efi which is a debug enabled binary. I’d really love to see the output when booting this too. Come on people please help us finding what’s causing this and get it fixed eventually.

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