<![CDATA[FOG Very Slow to Deploy Image - Lenovo Neo 50Q Gen 4]]>Good morning! We have several Lenovo Neo 50Q Gen 4 machines that we just got. I used one to create a new image - it captured a 40GB image in about 5 minutes. When I send that same image out to any of these new machines it takes 30 minutes. If I send that image to any of our existing machines, it takes 5 minutes or so. I am thinking it must be a NIC driver issue, or some kind of write issue to the SSD or something like that.

Anyone have any ideas? I did look through the forum, but couldn’t find anything applicable.

Thanks!

Q

]]>http://forums.fogproject.org/topic/17698/fog-very-slow-to-deploy-image-lenovo-neo-50q-gen-4RSS for NodeMon, 13 Apr 2026 15:04:05 GMTFri, 18 Oct 2024 16:15:16 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to FOG Very Slow to Deploy Image - Lenovo Neo 50Q Gen 4 on Mon, 15 Sep 2025 22:00:19 GMT]]>Well, I have to admit, I opened this issue a while ago, and then didn’t really have time to play with it. I only have a handful of these machines, and while it’s a pain when I have to reimage one, I didn’t have time to spend a lot of time trying to figure this out. Well, today I had to reimage another one of them, and so just out of curiosity checked this thread again, and wouldn’t you know it, it seemed like the issue might be resolved…I updated the kernel, started imaging, and it is going in 5 minutes again!

Thanks so much for an amazing product and community!

Q

]]>http://forums.fogproject.org/post/157247http://forums.fogproject.org/post/157247Mon, 15 Sep 2025 22:00:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FOG Very Slow to Deploy Image - Lenovo Neo 50Q Gen 4 on Wed, 30 Jul 2025 02:11:55 GMT]]>Hi @rodluz

Just wanted to confirm that this update has worked. Now deploying my images in <5mins.

Thank you for your help.

]]>http://forums.fogproject.org/post/157021http://forums.fogproject.org/post/157021Wed, 30 Jul 2025 02:11:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FOG Very Slow to Deploy Image - Lenovo Neo 50Q Gen 4 on Mon, 28 Jul 2025 19:57:04 GMT]]>@Clebboii It is now a general release (not in experimental phase). You can update to the latest kernel and init from the FOG settings pages or using this link: https://github.com/FOGProject/fos/releases/tag/20250715

]]>http://forums.fogproject.org/post/157015http://forums.fogproject.org/post/157015Mon, 28 Jul 2025 19:57:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FOG Very Slow to Deploy Image - Lenovo Neo 50Q Gen 4 on Fri, 25 Jul 2025 02:16:35 GMT]]>Hi @rodluz,

Apologies for the late reply to this. Could you please provide me with the init.xz and bzImage for this experimental kernal?

]]>http://forums.fogproject.org/post/157001http://forums.fogproject.org/post/157001Fri, 25 Jul 2025 02:16:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FOG Very Slow to Deploy Image - Lenovo Neo 50Q Gen 4 on Tue, 01 Jul 2025 03:23:08 GMT]]>@Clebboii I just noticed an error in how FOG displays the experimental kernel/init releases. For now, please get it from here: https://github.com/FOGProject/fos/releases/tag/EXP_20250630

]]>http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156929http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156929Tue, 01 Jul 2025 03:23:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FOG Very Slow to Deploy Image - Lenovo Neo 50Q Gen 4 on Tue, 01 Jul 2025 01:48:42 GMT]]>@rodluz Absolutely, where can I find it?

]]>http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156926http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156926Tue, 01 Jul 2025 01:48:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FOG Very Slow to Deploy Image - Lenovo Neo 50Q Gen 4 on Mon, 30 Jun 2025 22:07:31 GMT]]>@Clebboii @olivier-bonnici I created an experimental kernel that includes the drivers to fix this issue. Would you be willing to test it and let us know how it goes?

]]>http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156924http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156924Mon, 30 Jun 2025 22:07:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FOG Very Slow to Deploy Image - Lenovo Neo 50Q Gen 4 on Wed, 25 Jun 2025 07:05:43 GMT]]>@george1421 @rodluz
Out of curiosity, when will this hit the production FOS image? Be handy to not need to purchase Dell Ethernet Adapters.

]]>http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156913http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156913Wed, 25 Jun 2025 07:05:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FOG Very Slow to Deploy Image - Lenovo Neo 50Q Gen 4 on Fri, 20 Jun 2025 10:11:11 GMT]]>@rodluz said in FOG Very Slow to Deploy Image - Lenovo Neo 50Q Gen 4:

That is exactly what I did, I disabled the 8169 driver from the kernel config too.

Good going. That 8125 driver was originally in the linux kernel individually but then the driver was merged into the 8169 unified driver which has not kept up with the realtek hardware changes. I was getting lost trying to integrate a third party driver into the linux kernel. I could compile it as a module and add it to the init.xz but that is not a sustainable solution. If you have it integrated into the kernel for the 8169 (1GbE) and 8125 (2.5GbE) that should cover most of the common network adapters today from realtek (outside of the 10GbE stuff, but those haven’t hit the desktops yet).
Well done!

]]>http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156906http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156906Fri, 20 Jun 2025 10:11:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FOG Very Slow to Deploy Image - Lenovo Neo 50Q Gen 4 on Fri, 20 Jun 2025 04:08:20 GMT]]>@george1421 That is exactly what I did, I disabled the 8169 driver from the kernel config too.
I think I know what other issue you are talking about. The release that I posted earlier only has the 8168 driver.

I just uploaded a kernel with 8125, 8126, and 8168 drivers, if you want to try it out for that issue.
https://github.com/rluzuriaga/fos/releases/tag/EXPERIMENTAL_REALTEK_DRIVERS

]]>http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156904http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156904Fri, 20 Jun 2025 04:08:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FOG Very Slow to Deploy Image - Lenovo Neo 50Q Gen 4 on Thu, 19 Jun 2025 22:25:36 GMT]]>@rodluz said in FOG Very Slow to Deploy Image - Lenovo Neo 50Q Gen 4:

You are welcome to continue using the “OEM driver” kernel for now until I create a full upstream release.

What did you do here, did you fold in the realtek oem driver into the kernel build. I was looking at going this path for another open issue with a realtek 8125, where the oem driver solves a lot of the issues with the default universal drive 8169.

]]>http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156901http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156901Thu, 19 Jun 2025 22:25:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FOG Very Slow to Deploy Image - Lenovo Neo 50Q Gen 4 on Thu, 19 Jun 2025 22:22:46 GMT]]>@olivier-bonnici said in FOG Very Slow to Deploy Image - Lenovo Neo 50Q Gen 4:

tar xzf linux-6.14.9.tar.gz

Ah that explains the difference. You didn’t just rebuild the kernel you jump to the next version. The FOG developers typically only use long term supported kernel. Currently the latest long term kernel is 6.12.x, you used a development kernel 6.14.x which is not EOL (just means fixes and updates will not happen in this branch).

It looks like whatever was causing the slowness was resolved in 6,14.x and later versions of the linux kernel. Thank you for the clarification.

]]>http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156900http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156900Thu, 19 Jun 2025 22:22:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FOG Very Slow to Deploy Image - Lenovo Neo 50Q Gen 4 on Thu, 19 Jun 2025 07:51:07 GMT]]>@george1421
Here the command.

sudo apt install git build-essential flex bison libelf-dev
git clone https://github.com/FOGProject/fos
cd fos
./build.sh --kernel-only --arch x64
wget https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/linux-6.14.9.tar.gz
tar xzf linux-6.14.9.tar.gz
cd linux-6.14.9/
git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
git clone https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
make mrproper
wget -O .config https://github.com/FOGProject/fos/raw/master/configs/kernelx64.config
apt install build-essential fakeroot dpkg-dev perl libssl-dev bc gnupg dirmngr libncurses-dev libelf-dev flex bison lsb-release rsync dwarves
make menuconfig
make -j $(nproc) bzImage
cp arch/x86/boot/bzImage /home/ckern-linux/Bureau/bzImageReg6149

]]>http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156896http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156896Thu, 19 Jun 2025 07:51:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FOG Very Slow to Deploy Image - Lenovo Neo 50Q Gen 4 on Wed, 18 Jun 2025 23:26:33 GMT]]>@Clebboii Thank you so much for testing this! I now have a better idea of what needs to be done for future releases.
You are welcome to continue using the “OEM driver” kernel for now until I create a full upstream release.

]]>http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156894http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156894Wed, 18 Jun 2025 23:26:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FOG Very Slow to Deploy Image - Lenovo Neo 50Q Gen 4 on Wed, 18 Jun 2025 22:48:27 GMT]]>@rodluz Success!

As we know the pre-release kernel did not work:

df3f94b4-2f5e-4005-9db6-a66792d8dc55-image.png

20250619_083808.jpg

However the experimental OEM driver did work:

be52e5b4-fc4f-400d-af5c-feaecbb74224-image.png

20250619_084402.jpg

Let me know if you need any further tests

]]>http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156893http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156893Wed, 18 Jun 2025 22:48:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FOG Very Slow to Deploy Image - Lenovo Neo 50Q Gen 4 on Wed, 18 Jun 2025 05:13:08 GMT]]>@Clebboii Sorry to double up on the requests… After you try the commands from my last reply, can you please try this kernel? https://github.com/rluzuriaga/fos/releases/tag/EXPERIMENTAL_OEM_Driver

Can you also try the ethtool command with this kernel please?

]]>http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156891http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156891Wed, 18 Jun 2025 05:13:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FOG Very Slow to Deploy Image - Lenovo Neo 50Q Gen 4 on Wed, 18 Jun 2025 04:46:28 GMT]]>@Clebboii Thanks for testing! Using the kernel I linked previously, can you run the following command and post the output please?
ethtool interface
interface would be your ethernet interface like eth0 or ens1. You can get it using the command ip a s

]]>http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156890http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156890Wed, 18 Jun 2025 04:46:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FOG Very Slow to Deploy Image - Lenovo Neo 50Q Gen 4 on Tue, 17 Jun 2025 22:57:01 GMT]]>@olivier-bonnici This kernel works:
cf3f2024-79eb-4875-8dfe-ce5a4774d414-image.png

Can you please describe what has changed so that @rodluz can make changes for next release?

]]>http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156889http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156889Tue, 17 Jun 2025 22:57:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FOG Very Slow to Deploy Image - Lenovo Neo 50Q Gen 4 on Tue, 17 Jun 2025 14:40:05 GMT]]>@Clebboii Acces granted.

]]>http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156882http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156882Tue, 17 Jun 2025 14:40:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FOG Very Slow to Deploy Image - Lenovo Neo 50Q Gen 4 on Tue, 17 Jun 2025 05:46:38 GMT]]>@rodluz Unfortunately still no better:
15e7c66b-d01e-47aa-b4c7-9a910ee59940-image.png

@olivier-bonnici I cannot test with link below as you have not allowed me access.

]]>http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156877http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156877Tue, 17 Jun 2025 05:46:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FOG Very Slow to Deploy Image - Lenovo Neo 50Q Gen 4 on Tue, 17 Jun 2025 05:01:26 GMT]]>@olivier-bonnici @Clebboii Sorry for the delay. Would either of you be willing to test another kernel? If so, please download it from here: https://github.com/rluzuriaga/fos/releases/tag/EXP_20250617

]]>http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156876http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156876Tue, 17 Jun 2025 05:01:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FOG Very Slow to Deploy Image - Lenovo Neo 50Q Gen 4 on Tue, 10 Jun 2025 16:53:45 GMT]]>@Clebboii said in FOG Very Slow to Deploy Image - Lenovo Neo 50Q Gen 4:

(Google Drive open link or GIT et

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LCmvgmUa8YvbG1fE95Yn_lDBhFXLs8At/view?usp=sharing

]]>http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156840http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156840Tue, 10 Jun 2025 16:53:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FOG Very Slow to Deploy Image - Lenovo Neo 50Q Gen 4 on Mon, 09 Jun 2025 22:39:52 GMT]]>@olivier-bonnici That link does not work for me. Can you please provide it another way (Google Drive open link or GIT etc.)?

]]>http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156838http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156838Mon, 09 Jun 2025 22:39:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FOG Very Slow to Deploy Image - Lenovo Neo 50Q Gen 4 on Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:11:59 GMT]]>@george1421 I tell me i recompile the kernel using https://kernel.org/ and the fog procedure.
Link to the modified bzimage
https://1fichier.com/?la6xpv8145lvfano9t98

]]>http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156827http://forums.fogproject.org/post/156827Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:11:59 GMT