MAC format invalid & other MAC issues
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Good morning, It would seem that the fog server is in fact partially working. I by chance had an optiplex 7010 boot into the imaging selection menu. It would seem that the HP Z230 and the older dell inspiron with a yukon chipset still can not boot. They both timeout at tftp://10.1.9.9/defualt.kpxe. The DHCP server is still set to use undionly.kkpxe so i’m a bit confused as to why its trying to use the default.kpxe.
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Can you run this command on the FOG server and provide the results?
find / | grep default.kpxeAlso look at this: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Troubleshoot_TFTP
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Here is the output, also i was able to successfully grab an image from the z230 i was working on It failed but at least the registration portion is working. The issues are now only with the inspiron laptops and a the surface pro’s we purchased. I’m not to concerned about the surface as i couldn’t get them to work properly in the prior version either.
Wayne, sorry about not responding to the IM, somehow the avatar circle was placed under the new post button and i literally just realized it was there./var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/default.kpxe
/opt/fog_trunk/packages/tftp/default.kpxe
[root@Fogsrv01 ~]#
[root@Fogsrv01 ~]# /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/default.kpxe
-bash: /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/default.kpxe: Permission denied
[root@Fogsrv01 ~]# /opt/fog_trunk/packages/tftp/default.kpxe
-bash: /opt/fog_trunk/packages/tftp/default.kpxe: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error -
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@AustinR That’s interesting because I’m on FOG Trunk just as you are, but I cannot find any such file called default.kpxe on my FOG server.
Look into “FOG Configuration” and tell us what kernel it says it’s using.
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FOG Configuration
FOG Version Information
Version: 4704Kernel Versions
DefaultMember
bzImage Version: 4.2.0
bzImage32 Version: 4.2.0 -
So… DHCP… and DHCP Scopes - and DHCP Global settings… somewhere or another you likely have default.kpxe set as option 067.
I’ve seen situations in organizations that have the correct settings set lower in the DHCP scope for a site, but a global setting simply overrides it. Please double check if this is the case.
Also - do you have dual DHCP servers or redundant DHCP servers? Are you sure DHCP is not running on the FOG server? Is dnsmasq or CrucibleWDS ProxyDHCP running anywhere? Do you have an active WDS Server on your network?
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@Wayne-Workman , I just verified that the only scope using 66,67 is the 10.1.12.x that workstations get their IP’s from. Is there a log created during the pxe startup on the client machine ? i see something flash by but to fast to see what it says, its only these few machines now. The Optiplex 9020,7010 and the HP z230 are all booting and exiting properly now. honestly we don’t have very many of the others left. I think i’ll just move on. I appreciate all the help you provided.
Thank you.
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@AustinR, there is no such file as default.kpxe presented to any of our underlying code. If you have edited the file to get default.kpxe, maybe this is the issue altogether?
If you mean default.ipxe which is stored it /tftpboot, all this file is is a text file that is telling the ipxe (undionly.kpxe) what to look for. What I’d recommend is changing from the bootfile undionly.kpxe to undionly.kkpxe.
Then I again I am still kind of lost on what this thread is about, so forgive my misunderstanding. If I understand it correctly, some systems are booting fine, while others are hanging or erroring out. My best guess is this is due to the bootfile and I’d start by trying the undionly.kkpxe. If this still doesn’t work, at least we know we’re heading somewhere.
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@Tom-Elliott looks like it is .ipxe that is showing up, I had to record a video and play it back to see it. Yes the thread has moved in the direction of some machines are booting and others aren’t. It was originally a thread about none of the machines being able to register due to a MAC issue.
I’ll change the boot file to .kkpxe and see if that works with the machines that won’t boot.
