INQUIRY: Network
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@Sebastian-Roth sorry for the confusion again. I was trying to fix the issue quickly, so I know that it did not make sense. I have created the hosts, but I am not sure how to capture the image. When I click on capture in the task tab I am routed to the Host general information. Do I have to export hosts? Also, would I need to fill out everything on the general host information such as host product key, kernel arguments, Host init, host primary key, BIOS, EFI exit type?
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@Dv27842 said in INQUIRY: Network:
When I click on capture in the task tab I am routed to the Host general information.
This is usually because there is no image associated to this host. Make sure you create an image definition in the web UI, associate the host with this and then capture the image data.
Also, would I need to fill out everything on the general host information such as host product key, kernel arguments, Host init, host primary key, BIOS, EFI exit type?
Nope, all those mentioned can be left as default.
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@Sebastian-Roth I created the images associated with the hosts, but it is still directing me to host info.
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@Sebastian-Roth I was finally able to get it. I am at the confirm tasking menu now. I am not sure I understand the tasking. So, if you can give me more information ti make sure I am choosing the correct option, let me know. Thank you.
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@Dv27842 Can you please take a picture of the screen and post that here? It’s very hard to guess at what stage you exactly are at the moment.
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@Sebastian-RothI am here now. disregard the last question. How do I know if the image has actually been captures, also I need to know if the GPU’s have been captured as the second machine that I deployed to has some faulty GPU’s.
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@Dv27842 said in INQUIRY: Network:
How do I know if the image has actually been captures,
Usually people have physical access to the machines they capture or deploy and see if it works or not. Tasks that finish vanish from the list of “Active Tasks” that you’ve just posted a picture off. So these two tasks (one capture, one deploy) are still not finished. The icons in the “Status” column tell us that the host hast not PXE booted to start this task yet. So make sure your hosts boot up via PXE to receive and work on the task.
also I need to know if the GPU’s have been captured as the second machine that I deployed to has some faulty GPU’s.
I am not sure I understand what you mean by that. Usually I use GPU for Graphics Processing Unit and this has nothing to do with imaging as I understand it. FOG pulls the data from a host’s hard drive (HD, SSD, NVMe, …) and can push it back out to one or a mass of other hosts.
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@Sebastian-Roth I am not sure how to PXE boot I tried the f2 and f12. Also, by GPU I mean the driver not the hardware if it can be pushed to one or more hosts than you have answered my question. Thanks.
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@Dv27842 said in INQUIRY: Network:
I am not sure how to PXE boot I tried the f2 and f12.
PXE boot is the main thing you need to understand and get to work if you want to use FOG. You can search the forum for USB booting if you like but it’s not officially supported.
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@Sebastian-Roth Okay, so if I wanted to do this on the GPU servers I would have to do the same thing? If it is on the same network it should be able to PXE boot. Do you have any suggestions as to why it would not PXE boot. I checked BIOS and there is no option to enable PXE.
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@Dv27842 There is no chance that we can help you without knowing which server you have. We’d need to know at least make and model, best if you can take pictures of all the BIOS screens and post here so we actually see what you have.
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@Sebastian-Roth If you are referencing the GPU servers I would not not worry about that as someone else will be working on this for now. If you do need the name make and model of the servers we have here they are the Dell PowerEdge R720 also the machines that I am trying to PXE boot off of are Acer Predator V1.05 Predator 2.64. I will get the screenshots for you later, but hopefully this information will suffice.
I was able to get a PXE boot from BIOS, but I got an error saying “changeloading failed” I have seen a forum on this issue. I will continue to troubleshoot from the directions in that forum, but if you have any suggestion considering from the above parapgraph let me know. Thanks
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@Dv27842 said in INQUIRY: Network:
Dell PowerEdge R720
Found a video on PXE booting R630, not the same but maybe close enough: https://www.dell.com/support/contents/de/de/debsdt1/videos/videoPlayer/k1ajZzdjoBzjZi446Qb1UlHpziX2v2bx
Acer Predator V1.05 Predator 2.64
Can’t find too much regarding those version numbers. Can you send a link pointing to that product?
I was able to get a PXE boot from BIOS, but I got an error saying “changeloading failed”
That’s probably when there is no task scheduled to capture or deploy the machine it defaults to chainload the OS from your local hard drive. Though this can be a bit picky especially with your server hardware I suppose.
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@Sebastian-Roth Acer Predator 17 GX-792-7448 17.3" Gaming Laptop Computer - Black Intel Core i7-7700HQ Processor; NVIDIA GeForce GTX1080 8GB GDDR5X VR Ready; 16GB DDR4-2400 RAM; 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD
this the laptop info. I added the wrong one. Thanks.
I will test the method that you said. I will have to test different things out.
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@Sebastian-Roth Do you think I can troubleshoot the issue through iPXE command line. If so do you have information on commands I can follow for FOG?
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@Dv27842 I’ve been kind of loosely following this thread, so if I get this wrong please understand.
You are trying to pxe boot this Acer. I don’t know Acer computers, but on the dells if the target computer is in uefi mode you need to enable the uefi network stack as well as pxe booting in the network configuration panel in the bios.
If your firmware doesn’t have pxe boot support in uefi bios then your only option is to boot from a usb stick. I have a few tutorials on how to create a usb boot stick. The easiest way is to create a usb stick to boot iPXE to bypass the on board PXE roms.
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@george1421 I was able to enable everything except network stack, there is no advanced setting to enable this and it not in BIOS. I will have to boot iPXE from a usb stick. If you can please link the tutorials so that I can get started. Thank you.
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for number 4.From a functioning FOG server copy /tftpboot/ipxe.efi to your windows computers. (pscp from putty tools works great)
Do I have to build the file? if so would I use this https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=IPXE#Compile?
