Lenovo 11e - Doesn't pass Menu screen on iPXE

[Wayne Workman]

@GFm

vim does an excellent job at color-coding strings that you search for.

Install vim, open the file,

type a forward slash (to say you wanna search for the following string) then type “console” and then press enter.

So, like this:

sudo apt-get install -y vim
sudo vim /var/www/fog/lib/fog/BootMenu.class.php
/console  [enter]

Then use the page up/down keys to quickly look through the file for the color-highlighed word “console”

[GFm]

@Wayne-Workman
Thanks for the info. I can try that next time. I used gedit and searched for “console.”

Since this didn’t work, I guess I’ll give it a try to update to the dev version. I’ll let you know how I end up.

Thanks again!

[GFm]

@Wayne-Workman I tried updating, but it keeps erroring out on the php5-mcrypt.

Installing package: php5-mcrypt…Failed!

I am running Ubuntu 13.10. I tried installing it manually via apt-get, but that failed too.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

[Wayne Workman]

@GFm Try to update your system first.

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

[GFm]

@Wayne-Workman I got this… (attached)apt-get.txt

[GFm]

@Wayne-Workman Also, tried this installing php5-mcrypt manually mcrypt.txt

Thanks

[Tom Elliott]

http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/13.10/

Can you change your sources to link to old-releases instead of us.archive and security?

This should be able to be changed with a sudo command of:

cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/source.list.original_fog #backs up original just in case
sed -i -e 's/\/\/*archive.ubuntu.com\|\/\/*security.ubuntu.com/\/\/old-releases.ubuntu.com/g' /etc/apt/sources.list

[GFm]

@Tom-Elliott No luck… tried installing again after this and the update command. Any ideas?

Thanks

[Tom Elliott]

Not everything has changed to old-releases.

Can you hit me up on chat, we could teamviewer maybe if you’re able to.

[GFm]

@Tom-Elliott My lenovo 11e still hangs whether I use the undionly.kkpxe or kpxe. the kkpxe hangs on initializing devices and the kpxe hands on the part where it said menu (now it says Menu PXEXT). Any ideas?

Thanks!

FYI anyone looking at this, Tom helped get me updated to the latest dev version.

[cml]

I have built the ipxe files with debug options turned on. This may give more insight into what is going on.

tftpboot.tar.gz

[GFm]

I just wanted to report back. After updating to the latest dev and using the realtek.pxe bootfile, my lenovo 11e worked fine. I’m not sure whether or not the fog stable release combined with the realtek.pxe would have worked because I did not test that.

Thanks for all your help!! @Tom-Elliott @Wayne-Workman

[Wendell321]

@GFm where can I find the realtek.pxe bootfile you mentioned? We are having the same issue.

[GFm]

@Wendell321 I updated to the latest dev for FOG and then in your DHCP you need to change your scope option 67 from undionly.kpxe to realtek.pxe

[cml]

@Wendell321 It should already be on your server. /tftpboot/realtek.pxe

[Wendell321]

We have tried realtek.pxe with the latest dev and still getting a timeout.

[Barbara Howard]

@cml Hello, I’m on Fog 1.2.0, but don’t see the realtek.pxe file on my server. I’m having trouble with a Lenovo E440 and would like to try it. Is it available for downloading? Thank you!

[cml]

You could download it manually, I have never tested this though.

cd /tftpboot
https://svn.code.sf.net/p/freeghost/code/trunk/packages/tftp/realtek.pxe

[Ahagel]

Hello All,

I am running Ubuntu 12.04 with Fog 1.2.0. I am experiencing a similar issue when imaging the Lenovo 11e. Like the image in the original post I get to where it says “menu” and underneath of it I see "configuring (mac address)…

I am using undionly.kpxe for my other devices and it works, just not for the 11e. I have attempted to use undionly.kkpxe, and undionly.pxe but those do not make any difference. I have not tried the realtek.pxe because the link provided by @cml does not exist when opening the link. Is there another source from which i can get this from? I am also running the default kernel for the default install. I would like to note that I have no issues booting up the lenovo 11e into the fog menus to image when using my 0.32 Fog server (also running Ubuntu 12.04).

[cml]

@Ahagel Source forge is down, but you should be able to get it from github.

wget https://github.com/FOGProject/fogproject/blob/dev-branch/packages/tftp/realtek.pxe