Dell Optiplex 960 boot loop

Nicolas Rocheleau

Hi, since I update my FOG server from 1.0.1 to 1.1.0, I have a whole classroom with 30 PC who they always reboot in a infinite loop. The only last change that I made was this update. I search in the subject but I only found threads wit .3x version. I need your help please. Thanks!!

Tom Elliott

Does it give you an error message?

Is it not receiving DHCP? My guess is this is the case, as our ipxe pulls dhcp and if that fails, reboot’s the system.

Nicolas Rocheleau

Sorry, I will post you my installation details : Basics: Please provide:
FOG Version : 1.1.0
OS Version : Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop

Can you provide your installation details?
/var/log/foginstall.log

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FOG

Free Computer Imaging Solution

[url]http://www.fogproject.org/[/url]

Developers:

Chuck Syperski

Jian Zhang

Peter Gilchrist

Tom Elliott

GNU GPL Version 3

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Version: 1.1.0 Installer/Updater

Found FOG Settings from previous install at: /opt/fog/.fogsettings
Performing upgrade using these settings…

Starting Debian / Ubuntu / Kubuntu / Edubuntu Installtion.

#####################################################################

FOG now has everything it needs to setup your server, but please
understand that this script will overwrite any setting you may
have setup for services like DHCP, apache, pxe, tftp, and NFS.

It is not recommended that you install this on a production system
as this script modifies many of your system settings.

This script should be run by the root user on Redhat or with sudo on Ubuntu.

** Notice ** Redhat users will need to disable SELinux and iptables in
order to use FOG
Please see our wiki for more information at [url]http://www.fogproject.org/wiki[/url]

Here are the settings FOG will use:
Base Linux: Debian
Detected Linux Distribution: Ubuntu
Installation Type: Normal Server
Server IP Address: 172.20.81.29
DHCP router Address:
DHCP DNS Address:
Interface: eth0
Using FOG DHCP: 0
Internationalization: 0
Donate: 0

     DHCP will NOT be setup but you must setup your
     current DHCP server to use FOG for PXE services.

     On a Linux DHCP server you must set:
         next-server

     On a Windows DHCP server you must set:
         option 066 & 067

               Option 066 is the IP of the FOG Server: (e.g. 172.20.81.29
               Option 067 is the undionly.kpxe file: (e.g. undionly.kpxe)

Are you sure you wish to continue (Y/N) n

FOG installer exited by user request.

Script terminé sur ven. 06 juin 2014 11:54:00 EDT

Nicolas Rocheleau

As you can see in this image, after this screen, there’s no error message. It reboot after this screen.

Thanks for your support !!

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Tom Elliott

Have you ensured the switch has STP disabled and, if the switches are Cisco, that portfast is enabled?

Nicolas Rocheleau

OK, for the switch, this is the answer of my colleage, he’s the network admin :

The switch was a Cisco. The config of the switch was [COLOR=#000000]spanning-tree mode pvst[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#1f497d][COLOR=#000000]spanning-tree extend system-id .[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#1f497d][COLOR=#000000]The ports were in switchport access vlan. Spanning-tree portfast was’nt activated, do we have to activate it?[/COLOR][/COLOR]

[COLOR=#1f497d][COLOR=#000000]Thank you![/COLOR][/COLOR]

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Tom Elliott

Yes it should be activated

Nicolas Rocheleau

Niice!! It works! Thank you very much Tom!! Thank you for this tool!