Cant PXE boot to fog server
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Hi i’m a new to using fog and im trying to PXE boot a new lenovo m73z, that wont connect to my fog server. Its not receiving and ip address from the dhcp server. does any one have any pointers to what i may be doing wrong?
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The PXE Error’s that come up after i try to PXE boot is PXE-E7B and PXE-M0F i hope this helps out more
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Do any other machines PXE boot OK?
Or have you just setup FOG for the first time and this is the first attempt at network booting from it? -
PXE-E7B is a cannot find boot server error. Are you using FOG for DHCP? What version of FOG is this, and what is the host’s OS?
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I have pxe booted before with a m71z and a m72z and they all pxe boot with no error and clone to the host image which is a windows 7 image, but when i try to pxe boot a m73z i get the error above (PXE-E7B), im running fog version .32
Thanks again for helping me figure this issue out
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Ok, so this machine can’t even get an IP from your DHCP server? Have you tried enabling legacy boot mode?
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Ive tried legacy and auto mode on this machine
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If you boot the machine into the image currently on(load into windows) it can it receive an IP address from your DHCP server right?
Nothing else at this point would be due to FOG. DHCP is DHCP.
The IP address is required before the PC even knows the FOG server exists.
This should go without question but you are using an ethernet cable right? And you’ve tried a spare Ethernet cable just in case the original went bad.
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Yes it does receive and ip address when i boot and image into windows and i have tried a number of different cable with the same out come so far
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Are options 66/67 proper, are you using FOG as the DHCP server, or using your current network setup?
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Have you ever imaged any of your machines with FOG?
Do you have another model of computer that will pxe boot?
Did you set up Options 66/67 like Tom suggested? It is part of the installation script that tells you to add values to your DHCP server. If you can not modify your DHCP server we have a work around.
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This sounds like an issue with this particular machine being able to do LAN booting as it will not even talk to your DHCP server until it is actually running the OS.
Lenovo has really good support, have you tried contacting them yet? Maybe they can shed some light on this.
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Im using fog as the DHCP server i have tried 2 other models and the pxe boot with no issues and deploy and upload images, the other models are the m71z, and m72z, ive done hp elite books as well the only machine ive had issues pxe booting so far is the m73z.
ill have to check options 66/67 im not quite sure if i have access to modify it
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Have you tested that things are working since you started seeing these issues?
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At this point I would scour the BIOS and check settings, if you can pxe boot other clients and not this particular model, the problem most likely lies in the hardware, or the BIOS settings.
If adjusting the BIOS settings does not have an affect or if you have already exhausted all methods to enable the LAN Option Rom, Pxe boot options, Next server options, etc then I would contact Lenovo and see if there is a BIOS Flash that you can acquire to make the units PXE boot.
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yes the M71z and M72z and hp elite books still upload and deploy with no issues, i also have already contacted lenovo and sent them a pc as well to tested a new bios on the machine here. lenovo states right out of the box the machine works but when they sent the machine back right out of the box it still dint pxe boot and all settings are the same in bios as they left them.
i dont know if this may help but Would knowing my setup help as well, cause to make this even weirder. the m71z, m72z have no problem pxe booting from a dell switch power connect 6224, but when i connect the m73z it never pxes boot . so i decide to take a direct connection from the wall and to the computer and took the switch out of the picture [ATTACH=full]575[/ATTACH] and it pxe boots but hangs here, let me know if this helps
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Looks like a problem with the kernel.
Try mine:
[url]https://mastacontrola.com/fogboot/kernel/bzImage32[/url] -
okay thank you would the kernel effect how it boots through a switch and why some devices work and others don’t?
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No it shouldn’t, but we never know what could be causing an issue. If removing the switch fixes the problem, it would seem likely there was a problem with the switch in the first place.
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okay im going to try the kernel ill update shortly with the findings thanks guys for all the help so far
