iPxe initialising devices... Sticking

[Dragnous]

Question: Once Kernel is loaded and init.xz is loaded what happens next… I am fearing that its because there is a lack of drivers for the USB Adapter. I do have the Drivers for the device however they would need to be build into the Kernel correct?
Any more help that could be provided would be helpful as I have 2k of these devices coming for the school year and Id like to use fog instead of clonezilla.

[Tom Elliott]

I’d be surprised if the drivers for this device were NOT already in the kernel.

That said, have you tried?

See there was a feature added to FOG a few months ago specifically to address the USB NIC issue you’re describing.

Under the hosts that need the USB Nic, add the kernel argument has_usb_nic=1.

While it doesn’t save any time, directly, it should allow the device to operate as intended.

The way the argument works is by waiting for you to disconnect, then reconnect the device. This, for whatever reason, seems to work.

[Dragnous]

@Tom-Elliott said:

has_usb_nic=1

Oh… question where do i add that exactly.

[cml]

@Dragnous

On the host management page

The same setting exists on the group management page, so you can apply it to a group of computers.

[Dragnous]

@cml said:

@Dragnous

On the host management page

The same setting exists on the group management page, so you can apply it to a group of computers.

Ok so i take it I will have to manually register the host first, than add the argument

[Tom Elliott]

You can alter the args list for registration if you need to. Look at the FOG Configuration->iPXE Boot Menu Configuration->fog.reginput boot options add has_usb_nic=1.

This option should be removed for non-usb nic hosts, but if you’re focused only on these for now, this should get you where you need to go at least.

[Dragnous]

Sorry for this, cant seem to find the spot to add that… Can you do a screen shot for me…

[cml]

@Dragnous

[Dragnous]

Oh interesting, I do not have that. I am using what I thought was the latest version 1.2.0

[cml]

1.2.0 is the latest stable version, but I do not believe those options were added untila later revision. You can upgrade to trunk which has been reliable and stable for me that last few months.

Of course make sure you backup first.

[Dragnous]

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[Dragnous]

Yay all updated however back to iPXE initialising devices … and I already changed tftp to reflect undionly.kkpxe

Edit: For what ever reason when i restarted my fog machine now its not detecting the HDD lol lovely…
Edit:2 I had to repair grub but back up and running.

[Dragnous]

@cml said:

1.2.0 is the latest stable version, but I do not believe those options were added untila later revision. You can upgrade to trunk which has been reliable and stable for me that last few months.

Of course make sure you backup first.

OK I have updated to trunk. Re sym linked the undionk.kkpxe file. get into fog menu and try to do a host reg and still gets stuck after /init.xz…Ok

[Wayne Workman]

@cml Dude you’re an animal.

[Dragnous]

Played around last night for a time and still unable to get these laptops to work correctly with fog.

Still noticing that when I click anything in the fog pxe menu. after it loads the kernel and pxe image the adapter goes dead and has no connectivity.

[cml]

@Dragnous When it goes dead can you try unplugging the usb and plugging it back in?

[Dragnous]

@cml said:

@Dragnous When it goes dead can you try unplugging the usb and plugging it back in?

I gave that a try and still no luck…

Here is a video I recorded this morning show exactly whats happening.
https://youtu.be/Hu3XbWcaQRM

[ch3i]

@Dragnous Hi, Can you try your adapter on another computer model ?

[Dragnous]

@ch3i said:

@Dragnous Hi, Can you try your adapter on another computer model ?

I have tried on both HP Stream 13 and 11. same issue. I will try with another machine

Edit: I do not have another laptop that has USB to Ethernet Boot Support.

[Dragnous]

Update: Tried some different settings and playing around still have not been able to do this, Going crazy b/c today Ive got 900 Stream 11 Pro’s coming in and i need to start imaging them. I can start using clonezilla if i need but would rather multicast