PXE boot hanging on HP Compaq Pro 4300 SFF PC + Nuc
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@george1421 Same thing
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@joesay OK we can then rule out spanning tree (networking infrastructure) from causing this.
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@joesay Ok reviewing your pictures of the network information check (2) the ethernet adapter should have an IP address listed for eth0. I just confirmed on my dev box. Its seeing the mac address, but its not seeing the IP address.
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@george1421 -LMAO- I know what were trying to accomplish
, I just wanted to show you the image to show you what I was doing. Saying done and showing something was actually done are two completely different things.Reaganomics - Trust, but verify
I appreciate you help - Its a great project - If I can get this work work I will support it moving forward - Thanks again
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@joesay Not sure I understand your post but thatâs OK.
What I want you to do is this.
- Manually register this host.
- Schedule a capture or deploy task it doesnât matter, BUT before you submit the task select the debug check box and then submit the job.
- PXE boot the target computer.
- After a few enter key presses on the target computer it will drop you to a linux command prompt.
- Once at the linux command prompt key in
ip addr showLets see if it picks up an IP address in debug mode.
Note for developers: The Compaq has a broadcom 57788 nic, and the nuc probably has a realtek nic.
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@george1421 Thanks heaps for pushing this and asking all the things you have. To me it kind of looks as if the broadcom NIC does not come up early enough to pick up an IP to be able to register.
@joesay So as George said, please register the client by hand and see what you get booting into a debug task. Maybe wait another 30 seconds when you get to the shell.
Here there is rumors about this BCM 57788 NIC.
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Ok - Thank you guys for your help - I donât have a bunch of time to try to figure this out. I was using Snap Deploy but that application is no longer any good and I have to move pretty fast on a replacement solution. I was hoping FOG would help but I guess my equipment has some issues.
Thanks again for your help - I greatly appreciate your time.
Please close this case - Have a great day.
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@joesay If you are short on time (as we all are most of the time) I am pretty sure FOG is one of the best choices available as the support here in the forum is faster than what you get pretty much everywhere else. There probably is no other tool around that works without any flaw and you will end up calling someone for support then anyway. All the best to you and I really hope youâll find your silver bullet soonâŠ
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@sebastian-roth I had some spare time this morning and decided to bypass all of my infrastructure to see if my infrastructure and/or other issues similar to spanning tree were causing the problem.
I setup an old NUC with Ubuntu 14.04 SVR and installed FOG. I took an old DD-WRT router and setup it up to work with the FOG server along with a $20 Switch.
Once everything was setup, I attempted to capture images for the three HP 4300 SFF computers along with the 2 NUC computers and I had âZeroâ issues.
There arenât any compatibility issues with the NICâs and the FOG server. Just wanted to let you know that bringing everything down to a very simple setup eliminated all of the issues we were having setting up FOG on a VM, inside its own vlan, etcâŠ
This setup works for us and wanted to update you as I think this is a good project and solution.
Thanks again for all of your help.
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@joesay You are welcome! Feel free to ask again and even open new threads if you run into issues again. We will try to help and get things fixed!
