Help with surface Pro 3 PXE
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Hi currently have a fog server set up on our windows domain here, trying to get it to image our surface pro 3 (15 of them).
any pc or laptop we have PXE boots fine, but the surface pro doesn’t pxe.
when I try to pxe when the surface pro is looking for ipv4 it flashes up with something then starts looking for ipv6.
ive made the changes to our dhcp as stated here
https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/BIOS_and_UEFI_Co-Existence
but it still isn’t working
any help would be appreciated as I need to get this working asapthanks in advance
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You’re on the right trail.
It’s likely that you’re just not using the correct EFI file or you don’t have the USB NIC parameter set. There are a few threads here in the forums, let’s see if I can find some…
This is a good one:
https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/5591/surface-3-and-fog-1-2/2Here are some others:
https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/5689/surface-3-imaging
https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/4627/updating-to-svn-3121-setting-up-and-starting-tftp-and-pxe-servers-failed/17
https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/4994/windows-8-1-uefi-gpt-questions/2
https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/4981/surface-pro-3-imaging
https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/4982/unable-to-successfully-pxe-boot-to-a-fog-menu-on-a-microsoft-surface-pro-3/1
https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/3662/surface-pro-3-pxe/55 -
@Wayne-Workman thanks for your help is there a guide on how to add the ipxe.efi boot file to the tftpboot folder?
I think this is all I need
bdw im not really good with Linux at all
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@xcvtop said:
@Wayne-Workman thanks for your help is there a guide on how to add the ipxe.efi boot file to the tftpboot folder?
I think this is all I need
bdw im not really good with Linux at all
So… in FOG Trunk, it’s already there for you. I’d really recommend you moving to fog trunk.
Backup your hosts and DB first. Put these files in a safe place.
FOG Configuration -> Configuration Save -> Export
Host Management -> Export Hosts -> ExportThen upgrade to trunk using one of these methods - SVN will be the most simple:
https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Upgrade_to_trunk -
hi I tried that didn’t work
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@xcvtop Details, we need details. What didn’t work? Any messages output? Have you tried other files? Are your DHCP Options 66/67 correct?
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@Tom-Elliott when I navigate to the folder and run the install to upgrade it, it fails at
installing package: php5mysqlnd…failed
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@xcvtop What version of Ubuntu or Debian are you running?
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@Tom-Elliott ubunto 10.04 im what im currently running
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@xcvtop said:
@Tom-Elliott ubunto 10.04 im what im currently running
Ubuntu 10 was released in 2009. We cannot support it. Please move to Ubuntu 15 to use FOG Trunk.
I’d recommend doing whatever you need to do to backup your current setup. I’d recommend Clonezilla to backup the FOG server itself. Or, if you have a spare machine or VM to use, install Ubuntu 15 on that and leave your old FOG Server alone.
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@Wayne-Workman ok so your suggesting install a more recent version of Ubuntu (will 14.04 LTS be OK?) and installing fog trunk on there and it should work no problem?
if so is there an install guide for fog trunk somewhere? as today is the first time I’ve heard of it.
thanks
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@xcvtop said:
@Wayne-Workman ok so your suggesting install a more recent version of Ubuntu (will 14.04 LTS be OK?) and installing fog trunk on there and it should work no problem?
if so is there an install guide for fog trunk somewhere? as today is the first time I’ve heard of it.
thanks
Ubuntu 14 would be fine, but I’d nudge you to use Fedora 21 or Fedora 22. I’ve got a guide prepared already that many people have liked. https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Fedora_21_Server
Or you can follow the Ubuntu 14 guide: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Ubuntu_14.04
Or you could try Debian 8…I really strongly recommend Fedora 21 or 22 though. Just note in the Fedora guide, if you go with Fedora 22, change “yum” to “dnf” in the commands.
For fog trunk specifically, you can follow the link I provided earlier:
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@Wayne-Workman Hi I am going to try fedora. Is there a link to fedora 21 you would recommend as safe to download? or is it literally as simple to to install on Fedora 22 and change “yum” to “dnf” in the commands?
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There are a lot of mirrors to get fedora (or other linux distributions) from. Here is a starting point for you: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mirrormanager/
Depending on where you are located you want choose a close by mirror.
That said I think you have to dive into the linux world. Try out things, break them, try to fix it and you can learn a lot. We possibly cannot guide you step by step.
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@Uncle-Frank hi I understand the point of learning myself, but going from Ubuntu to Fedora is like starting from scratch, this is my only problem with Linux and why I choose not to learn it there is no consistency. bdw the commands to disable the firewall aren’t working for me
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@xcvtop said:
@Wayne-Workman Hi I am going to try fedora. Is there a link to fedora 21 you would recommend as safe to download? or is it literally as simple to to install on Fedora 22 and change “yum” to “dnf” in the commands?
The FedoraProject hosts torrent files for Fedora 21 and YES they are COMPLETELY legal to use - because the software is open source and free, and p2p is legal as well when used legally. The torrents hosed there are safe - and come with hash values of what the files should have. So what you get would be legit.
Also - you can use Fedora 22 as well - and just change yum for dnf - and skip the MySQL stuff, the installer will install mariaDB instead of MySQL for Fedora 22. There are notes on this at the bottom of the article.
