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How to Setup Ubuntu Server/FOG 1.2.0/Create Univeral Windows 7 Image using Sysprep - Step-by-Step

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    TCUAdmin
    last edited by Jul 30, 2014, 2:04 PM

    Hey all,
    I am a District IT for a School District and we are mass deploying new teacher/lab computers

    I have everything set up and ready to pull a master image to send out to other PC and I am running into a problem. I have my FOG management up and running and I have a image created in Image Management. I have my FOG management on one laptop connected to a Linksys 8 port switch and the master laptop that I want the image from connected also. I have Sysprep the Master Image and booted it to Onboard NIC. It finds the Client IP that I have set up but can not find the PXE and the TFTP times out.

    Anyone got a answer for this problem?

    Thanks

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      Junkhacker Developer
      last edited by Jul 30, 2014, 3:48 PM

      [quote=“TCUAdmin, post: 34426, member: 25341”]Hey all,
      I am a District IT for a School District and we are mass deploying new teacher/lab computers

      I have everything set up and ready to pull a master image to send out to other PC and I am running into a problem. I have my FOG management up and running and I have a image created in Image Management. I have my FOG management on one laptop connected to a Linksys 8 port switch and the master laptop that I want the image from connected also. I have Sysprep the Master Image and booted it to Onboard NIC. It finds the Client IP that I have set up but can not find the PXE and the TFTP times out.

      Anyone got a answer for this problem?

      Thanks[/quote]

      TCUAdmin’s question is addressed here [url]http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/cant-find-pxe-and-tftp.11278/[/url]

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        Mike Stoltzfus
        last edited by Aug 2, 2014, 6:21 PM

        Thanks for investing the time to write this up! I have been using FOG for a few years now, using a FOG server instance that originally I downloaded as a Virtual Appliance on a Hypervisor server. We recently moved all of our servers to Hyper-V on Windows 2012, so I followed your directions to install the latest version from scratch in a Hyper-V VM. I created another Hyper-V VM for setting up an image machine. However, when I went to upload the image (after spending considerable time getting the image’s OS prepared, including driverpacks, etc), I found that the VM wouldn’t boot to iPXE. After doing a bit of looking, I found that I’m not the only one having this problem on Hyper-V ([url]http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/change-needed-for-vm-to-pxe-boot-to-fog.10146/[/url]).

        What VM platform did you use to create your image machine VM?

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          Liam Sullivan
          last edited by Aug 2, 2014, 6:46 PM

          I used Oracle virtualbox. Free and works perfectly every time

          Sully


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            falko Moderator
            last edited by Aug 3, 2014, 11:34 AM

            @Mike Stoltzfus
            I think there are many of us the use Virtualbox for the image building vm

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              purpleturtle99
              last edited by Aug 5, 2014, 2:39 PM

              @Liam thanks for the great step by step guide really appreciate it. But I am quite new to Fog and struggle sometimes with the basic of things. You lost me between creating the unattended.xml file and the creating the iso to boot the test pc from.
              My question is where did you save this .xml file too? and how was this incorporated into the iso too b used in a VM or physical box. did u use software? If you could explain this step in detail it will be mush appreciated.

              oh and BTW for all other noobs out there please ensure that you download the [COLOR=#ff0000]exact[/COLOR] version of WAIK that you are trying to use e.g. win7 sp1 WAIK isn’t compatible with win 7 WAIK and visa versa. Windows has released a supplement but it has no install files

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                Liam Sullivan
                last edited by Aug 5, 2014, 2:53 PM

                Hi
                You are quite correct I did gloss over that a bit, sorry. Basically, I saved the unattend.xml file on to a shared drive/folder on my network. You just install windows as you normally do either with a disc or mounted ISO in a VM. I would always use a VM btw unless there really is a reason not to. Snapshots are the key 🙂 Now, because your VM/machine will also be on your network in order to pull an image from it, you just access the shared drive where you saved the unattend.xml file from the VM and drag into the \System32\SysPrep folder as described in the walkthrough. Thats all it is, no need to modify any ISO’s.

                Good call on the WAIK tip, something else to note with that is that I found it wouldn’t let me create a 32 bit answer file on a 64 bit machine and vice versa either. Gotta love Microsoft.

                Good Luck 🙂

                Sully


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                  purpleturtle99
                  last edited by Aug 5, 2014, 3:00 PM

                  @Sully yes that would make sense. So I can re-use this unattend.xml over and over gain and just copy it to \System32\SysPrep folder. Thanks

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                    Leandro Silva
                    last edited by Aug 11, 2014, 3:00 PM

                    Hello

                    i’m trying to make the install but i’m having a lot of troble with the tftp, if i’m in the fog server i can test the transference successful with this command:
                    tftp -v ds.feb.br -c get undionly.kpxe

                    but when i try to do the same from a host i get a time out i already tried two tftp clients for windows and get time out from both, i can connect to the fog and ping it but not use tftp.

                    I already tried to disable ufw and i get the same error.

                    I’m using Ubuntu server 10.04.4

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                      Jaymes Driver Developer
                      last edited by Aug 11, 2014, 4:36 PM

                      [quote=“Leandro Silva, post: 35095, member: 24513”]Hello

                      i’m trying to make the install but i’m having a lot of troble with the tftp, if i’m in the fog server i can test the transference successful with this command:
                      tftp -v ds.feb.br -c get undionly.kpxe

                      but when i try to do the same from a host i get a time out i already tried two tftp clients for windows and get time out from both, i can connect to the fog and ping it but not use tftp.

                      I already tried to disable ufw and i get the same error.

                      I’m using Ubuntu server 10.04.4[/quote]

                      Open a thread in the correct section, this thread is suppose to be the instructions to set up only, not a discussion on the issues and how to solve them.

                      WARNING TO USERS: My comments are written completely devoid of emotion, do not mistake my concise to the point manner as a personal insult or attack.

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                        Christian Nichols
                        last edited by Aug 20, 2014, 2:40 PM

                        Excellent job on documenting all of this - I know it took time. Much appreciated!

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                          Benjamin Sturm
                          last edited by Aug 20, 2014, 5:58 PM

                          Is there a tutorial on how to add images to the PXE menu?

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                            Junkhacker Developer
                            last edited by Aug 20, 2014, 8:07 PM

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                              JBeene
                              last edited by Sep 23, 2014, 9:52 PM

                              Great tutorial. I was trying to follow some of the hyperlinks in the guide, but they’re not working?
                              " So what we want to do is look at the DriverPacks repository - here"
                              “20. First download the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) for Windows 7 – Here”
                              “vi. You can also configure Taskbar and Start Menu settings to apply to all users. Technet Article”

                              Question about the driver packs. Does it search for the best driver out of that /inf/ folder or the first one it comes to? I’m planning on dumping the extracted driver cab files from Dell’s website for each model.

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                                Roger Saffle
                                last edited by Sep 30, 2014, 8:32 PM

                                None of the -here links seem to be active in the howto?

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                                  JBeene
                                  last edited by Oct 9, 2014, 3:14 PM

                                  I would also mention a part in the guide to check the box in [B]Host Menu > Join Domain after image task.[/B]

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                                    SouperGrover
                                    last edited by Nov 11, 2014, 12:15 AM

                                    Why do you use undionly.kpxe instead of pxelinux.0 for the bootimage? When I used the value you gave, the PXE boot could never find the file. Is this a file that got generated someplace else?

                                    Thanks!

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                                      ArchFan
                                      last edited by Nov 11, 2014, 2:43 PM

                                      [quote=“SouperGrover, post: 38925, member: 27066”]Why do you use undionly.kpxe instead of pxelinux.0 for the bootimage? When I used the value you gave, the PXE boot could never find the file. Is this a file that got generated someplace else?

                                      Thanks![/quote]

                                      Starting with 0.33B(?) FOG moved to iPXE from PXE. iPXE is using undionly.kpxe whereas PXE uses pxelinux.0 from /tftpboot. Assuming you’re running 0.33B or later, your DHCP option 67 should be undionly.kpxe, not pxelinux.0 as FOG used to use - option 66 should still be the FOG server IP. Sounds like your DHCP server isn’t set to the correct bootfile (undionly.kpxe)

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                                        lucfoucault37
                                        last edited by Nov 13, 2014, 12:49 PM

                                        [FONT=Times New Roman]This is very nice Topic for Server/FOG 1.2.0/[/FONT].

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                                          Corneliu Mahu
                                          last edited by Dec 9, 2014, 7:04 PM

                                          I would like to say a big thank you to Liam for the detailed description, and I’ve one question, may be it was already answered but: It is possible to upload a Windows 7 image to fog without sysprep it? I have one image, with all the drivers and apps I need, ready for a Dell desktop which we have in our company. All the desktops are the same specs: RAM, CPU, HDD. The only thing it microsoft key, they have their own key for activation. It is possible to make a exact clone/copy as Macrium Reflect doing? Can someone answer my question please? Thanks P.S.: I’m new to linux.

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