Windows 7 Deployment FOG- SAD2 Driver tool
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[quote=“brad johnson, post: 2363, member: 733”]Hello All,
this is my first attempt with FOG. I’d heard about it in the past, but until this tutorial came along, I wasn’t sure if creating a hardware-independent image was possible. We currently use Altiris, which allows us to have a hardware-independent image. However, we are not interested in upgrading to the latest version of Altiris so we are exploring some options. Basically, I set up fog in about 30 minutes, and I spent the better part of this afternoon creating a “master” vm machine to take the image from. Not being familiar with this process, when I reached step 9 and got to this point
“And install the FOG client service. [BE SURE TO REPLACE YOUR “Hostnamechanger.dll” or your machine won’t rename and add to domain after imaging”. Replace this after FOG client is installed."I wasn’t sure how to proceed. I installed the client service but did not reboot. I then went and found hostnamechange.dll and deleted it. I don’t think that was the proper procedure, but I’m unclear.
Any advice appreciated.
Thanks,
Brad[/quote]Hi, you need to edit your own “hostnamechanger.dll” so that your machines can join to the domain etc. You don’t want to delete it entirely. It should rename machines for you even if you don’t change it. But it won’t add your machines to active directory in it’s standard form.
[url]http://www.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Managing_FOG#Hostname_Changer[/url]
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[quote=“andyroo54, post: 2364, member: 267”]Hi, you need to edit your own “hostnamechanger.dll” so that your machines can join to the domain etc. You don’t want to delete it entirely. It should rename machines for you even if you don’t change it. But it won’t add your machines to active directory in it’s standard form.
[url]http://www.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Managing_FOG#Hostname_Changer[/url][/quote]
I have never edited hostnamechanget.dll. I just install fog service before sysprepping and add AD credentials to FOG web ui.
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[quote=“falko, post: 2367, member: 48”]I have never edited hostnamechanget.dll. I just install fog service before sysprepping and add AD credentials to FOG web ui.
My machines rename on deploy and join the domain just fine[/quote]Yeah I’, not really sure but I couldn’t get mine to work even with credentials in FOG web ui, our FOG server was setup by the person before me, I’ve only ever set one up at home just to try it out for myself on an old PC. But I found unless I used the Hostnamechanger.dll from his original XP image it wouldn’t join to the domain. So I assumed he must have edited it with credentials or something…
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Google helps here
[url]http://www.edugeek.net/forums/o-s-deployment/37654-fog-active-directory.html[/url]
Also look @ page 27 of this guide - [url]http://wiki.rscwmsystems.org.uk/images/4/47/Using_Fog.pdf[/url] -
Nice Guide!
It is possible to use netdom to join domain in win7 also, so any other good reason to install the fog service, than the join domain functionality? To use netdom you have to install the windows 7 admin tool, but it is pretty simple to install. -
Fog service also pushes out software packages you can customize and build yourself. Can auto-shut down / log off / modify clients remotely (big help).
If you don’t want to use Active Directory for all your software pushing and updates it’s a great work-around solution.
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[quote=“ssx4life, post: 2401, member: 268”]Fog service also pushes out software packages you can customize and build yourself. Can auto-shut down / log off / modify clients remotely (big help).
If you don’t want to use Active Directory for all your software pushing and updates it’s a great work-around solution.[/quote]
As SSX says, For me one of the best features of FOG is to deploy programs automatically. It’s one thing to save two hours installing windows 7, but it’s another game all together installing programs automatically after imagine. Saves time like you wouldn’t believe.
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is it possible to attach the latest cmd/text file that you use, i dont want to have missed anything out?
thanks
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Awesome guide. Trying to test this right now. Thanks OP!
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Nice feature In other words, how does the actual deploy method work?
Policy ? or does the package dploy with pxe boot?
I am whery curious about the agent, and the resources it uses on our clients.
The main reason that i have not considered the agent is that we have bad experience with this sort of agents, we where running Novel Zenworks before fog, and the agent from novel kille about 50% of our computers esepessially those with 1 gb ram or less. -
[quote=“falko, post: 2464, member: 48”]is it possible to attach the latest cmd/text file that you use, i dont want to have missed anything out?
thanks[/quote]
Here you go, I haven’t changed much, (Just to Stop/start FOG service, and clean a few things up) you can compare the differences yourself (if you use it, just remember to change it back to a .cmd file, it won’t let me upload .cmd files):
[url=“/_imported_xf_attachments/0/85_DP_Install_Tool.txt?:”]DP_Install_Tool.txt[/url]
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thank you, your guide is truly awesome!!
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Andyroo54 would you be kind enough to go back to the original post in the thread and add the DP_Install_Tool.txt to the first entry? This will keep the thread uniform and simple to manage.
Also… if you could please upload an example of your .xml answer file for the community. Just a thought
p.s. i’m working on a tutorial for XP as well for all those legacy users holding out
–ssx–
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Hi all ive recently looked into this guide and use the dpinstall and sad tool, now for me the drivers get uncompressed with no problem at all, the issue i get is the drivers dont actually get installed in device manager, i have to click through to install each device driver any body got a trick to get this to work??
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[quote=“Darren George, post: 2711, member: 375”]Hi all ive recently looked into this guide and use the dpinstall and sad tool, now for me the drivers get uncompressed with no problem at all, the issue i get is the drivers dont actually get installed in device manager, i have to click through to install each device driver any body got a trick to get this to work??[/quote]
Hi Darren,I’d suggest testing the DPinstall tool on a PC that’s just been loaded with win 7 fresh, and running it manually. Get the version I specify in the guide I think it’s 1.111118, and run it. I’ve never had the problem where the drivers won’t install, so perhaps its a policy setting you’ve changed or something else, hence why you should try it on a totally fresh install of win 7.
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hey there guys, great guide but i have a problem with trying to boot into pxe, i get anerror stating that it cant read the hard drive size. it tells me to unmount the hard drive 1st. not sure what this means
PLEASE help
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[quote=“iphunt3r1, post: 2862, member: 932”]hey there guys, great guide but i have a problem with trying to boot into pxe, i get anerror stating that it cant read the hard drive size. it tells me to unmount the hard drive 1st. not sure what this means
PLEASE help[/quote]
Make sure you set your virtual machines’s HDD to IDE and not SCSI, for some reason FOG won’t pick up SCSI. Other than that, you might have more luck starting a thread in the help section.
