iPXE boot Lenovo m725s
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@mcturnan87 Ok, lets see if we can bypass iPXE and see if FOS Linux is happy with that network adapter. If FOS isn’t happy then debugging iPXE is a bit pointless.
The instructions are here: https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/7727/building-usb-booting-fos-image read all of the parts before you begin. Because of the way the forum works, the sections are not in contiguous order. Also look at the forum chat bubble for some additional hits.
The idea is to boot FOS Linux from a usb drive, which will bypass the need for iPXE. This is used sometimes for systems that have a broken UEFI boot loader.
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@george1421 thank you, this was actually going to be my next step. Appreciate you heading me off with some solid info to work with.
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@mcturnan87 said in iPXE boot Lenovo m725s:
We do have the same NIC in our laptops and they are getting to the FOG ok.
Just wanted to mention that same NIC model doesn’t mean same behavior per se. Quite often the NIC itself is a different minor version or has a different flash ROM version. As well UEFI firmware is playing a major roll here. Different firmwares can mean different behaviors. See if there is a UEFI firmware upgrade for your machines.
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@Sebastian-Roth Found a firmware update for the model and took a peek at it’s change log. Didn’t see anything relating to PXE in recent changes. Ran it anyway to bring it current. No changes in PXE boot behavior.
@george1421 Ran a capture job before I left Friday using the FOSLinux usb boot method. Checking the deploy sometime today.
As always, thanks for you help you two!
