Image deployed to laptop but hangs at Exiting PXE boot when not hardwired

[rinfog]

Acer A315 laptop.
Golden image made on VMWare and set to boot to BIOS. Laptop is set to boot from Legacy and not UEFI.
Image deployed successfully and machines will boot into Windows if hardwired. If we try and boot wireless it hangs at “Exiting PXE ROM” message.
Tried forcing boot to HDD using F12 but I only get a black screen with a cursor.

[fry_p]

@rinfog I hope you do not speak of trying to PXE Boot off of WIFI. This is not supported in my mind.

What I think you mean is without a hardwired Ethernet Cable, the PC will not boot? My first thought is that something is funky with the boot order. Please clarify a few things:

FOG Server version and FOG Client Version
FOG Server Linux distribution
If you are indeed talking about PXE over wifi
If you are instead speaking of booting post-imaging the client

[rinfog]

FOG Server = 1.5.7
FOG Client = Smart Installer 0.11.16
FOG Server Linux distro = CentOS 7
I am not trying to PXE boot over wifi, this is indeed post-imaging the client.

[fry_p]

@rinfog said in Image deployed to laptop but hangs at Exiting PXE boot when not hardwired:

FOG Server = 1.5.7
FOG Client = Smart Installer 0.11.16
FOG Server Linux distro = CentOS 7
I am not trying to PXE boot over wifi, this is indeed post-imaging the client.

Thanks for the information. I also just saw in the OP that you are getting a black cursor when manually booting into Windows without it being hardwired. May I ask if you are attempting to join a domain at all with the FOG client or another method? Do you sysprep the image as well prior to capture?

[rinfog]

The machine already joined the domain and installed all snapins (while connected via Ethernet).
We did use sysprep on the image prior to capture.

[fry_p]

@rinfog said in Image deployed to laptop but hangs at Exiting PXE boot when not hardwired:

The machine already joined the domain and installed all snapins (while connected via Ethernet).
We did use sysprep on the image prior to capture.

Ah, so this is not the first boot after imaging… Very strange. May I ask what SATA operation you have enabled for the client? We always recommend AHCI and not RAID ON. You should be able to verify this setting in the bios somewhere.

[rinfog]

Yes the machine boots into Windows fine as long as the Ethernet cable is connected.
SATA operation is set to AHCI.

[fry_p]

@rinfog said in Image deployed to laptop but hangs at Exiting PXE boot when not hardwired:

Yes the machine boots into Windows fine as long as the Ethernet cable is connected.
SATA operation is set to AHCI.

If you boot into the machine with it hard wired, does Event Viewer show anything out of the ordinary for previous failed wireless boots?

[rinfog]

I don’t see anything that stands out.

[Sebastian Roth]

@rinfog said in Image deployed to laptop but hangs at Exiting PXE boot when not hardwired:

Yes the machine boots into Windows fine as long as the Ethernet cable is connected.

This sounds really strange! Are you really able to replicate this problem more than once by disconnecting/re-connecting Ethernet cable before you boot Windows??

[rinfog]

@Sebastian-Roth Yes if I plug in and reboot it works fine.

[rinfog]

@fry_p did you have any other thoughts on this issue?

[fry_p]

@rinfog I apologize, I am away from the project as I am home recovering from surgery. I will certainly bump this for visibility.