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    sacha marin
    last edited by Oct 19, 2015, 12:22 PM

    Hey guys.

    I am currently in a company with a fog server and i would like to load some windows iso.

    This is the code im using.

    :MENU
    menu
    item --gap – ------------- Advanced Menu --------------
    item windows7 windows
    item RETURN Return to the Top Menu
    choose --default RETURN --timeout 30000 target && goto ${target}
    
    :windows7
    initrd http://${fog-ip}/fog/iso/windows7x64.iso	
    chain memdisk
    goto MENU
    
    :RETURN
    boot http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=${net0/mac} ||
    prompt
    goto MENU
    
    autoboot
    

    and this is the error i get.

    12171274_10153224371202602_1151978705_o.jpg

    Any Help is greatly appreciated.

    thanks !

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      Sebastian Roth Moderator
      last edited by Oct 19, 2015, 12:35 PM

      Did you search the forums? I am pretty sure you are not the first to try.

      Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

      Please support FOG if you like it: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Support_FOG

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        sacha marin
        last edited by Oct 19, 2015, 12:49 PM

        I did but i didnt find anything related to this error.

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          sacha marin
          last edited by Oct 19, 2015, 1:31 PM

          i just tried with winpe and i get the same thing.

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            Joseph Hales Testers
            last edited by Oct 19, 2015, 2:02 PM

            I would redownload your iso it may be corrupted.

            RTFM

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              sacha marin @Joseph Hales
              last edited by Oct 19, 2015, 2:50 PM

              @Joseph-Hales it did the same error with both this iso and another winpe iso, i doubt its the same problems, and i used that iso to install windows.

              The error says " MEMDISK : image seem to have fractional end cylinder

              im not sure what this mean.

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                Joseph Hales Testers
                last edited by Oct 19, 2015, 4:33 PM

                This isn’t using the SVN version of FOG is it? Try “chain memdisk iso raw”.

                RTFM

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                  sacha marin @Joseph Hales
                  last edited by Oct 19, 2015, 4:33 PM

                  @Joseph-Hales im on 1.20

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                    Wayne Workman @sacha marin
                    last edited by Oct 19, 2015, 5:17 PM

                    @sacha-marin This might help: http://ipxe.org/howto/winpe

                    I’ve been intending to document how to do it for FOG specifically, but just haven’t done it yet.

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                      sacha marin @Wayne Workman
                      last edited by Oct 20, 2015, 7:21 PM

                      @Wayne-Workman i think this is the way i was going to use, boot into winpe AND then load the sysprep image, since windows just wont load either way.

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                        Wayne Workman @sacha marin
                        last edited by Oct 20, 2015, 9:41 PM

                        @sacha-marin well, this method doesn’t need 8GB of ram… it doesn’t load an ISO into memory, it just loads files. That’s the benefit of starting the Win7 installation via WinPE rather than an ISO. Not to mention probably significantly faster loading speed.

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                          sacha marin
                          last edited by Oct 22, 2015, 7:57 PM

                          i managed to do pretty much all i wanted , except loading linux based iso, i always get that error
                          Unable to find a medium life file server.

                          Anyway i will document the best way to do the windows 7 this week. maybe i can make a wiki article on it or something.

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                            sacha marin
                            last edited by sacha marin Oct 23, 2015, 6:24 AM Oct 23, 2015, 12:17 PM

                            Solution to install Windows 7 from the Fog server advanced menu “Did not tested win 8 and 10 as of now.”

                            Booting from windows"s iso directly simply wont work for reason unknown to me. You need to boot on a winpe iso

                            Take it here : http://ipxe.org/howto/winpe You need to get the WAIK from windows.

                            Your code line should be like that.

                            :winpe
                            initrd http://${fog-ip}/fog/iso/winpe.iso	
                            chain memdisk iso raw
                            goto MENU
                            

                            After you booted on the winpe the only thing you will have is a command line utility. For the next step to work you will need a windows share on the network or a samba server. I use a windows share from my server. You must use the net use command to specify what you want to do next, aka boot the windows 7"s setup.exe

                              net use \\myserver\installers
                              \\myserver\installers\win7\setup.exe```
                            Of course you have to adjust this to your server.
                            
                            

                            if your server has authentication then it will be asked. Just enter your password and username like this, username@domain Press enter and then the password

                            after that if everyone work you should be promted to the windows 7 install !
                            **
                            TLDR : Boot from winpe with “chain memdisk iso raw”
                            run the command to start the setup.exe from your windows share.
                            install windows.**
                            NO YOU CANNOT DIRECTLY RUN A WINDOWS ISO FROM THE ADVANCED MENU.

                            PROTIP : you can modify your winpe.iso to boot directly to a batch file with a menu, to choose which iso you want, and make it totally codeless. i will post the code for example in the next post.

                            ps: sory for pour engrish.

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                              sacha marin @sacha marin
                              last edited by Oct 23, 2015, 12:22 PM

                              @sacha-marin

                              To boot directly to a menu batch file you have to follow the instruction here : http://ipxe.org/howto/winpe article : Customising Windows PE

                              tldr : mount the boot.wim in command line with imagex, add your code, unmount it, use Winiso to open it and change the old boot.wim to the new and save it, boot on it and a menu will appear, you also have to manually create the folder from the command. Im talking about the temp folder and the folder in it.

                              here is the code for my menu.

                              wpeinit
                              @echo off
                              
                              :MENU
                              ECHO.
                              ECHO ...............................................
                              ECHO Its dangerous to go alone, take these windows                                                
                              ECHO ...............................................
                              ECHO.
                              ECHO 1 - Windows 7 English
                              ECHO 2 - Windows 7 French
                              ECHO 3 - Windows xp english
                              ECHO 4 - Free donuts.
                              ECHO 5 - EXIT
                              ECHO.
                              
                              
                              
                              SET /P M=Type 1, 2, 3, or 4 then press ENTER:
                              IF %M%==1 GOTO winen
                              IF %M%==2 GOTO winfr
                              IF %M%==3 GOTO winxpen
                              IF %M%==4 GOTO donut
                              IF %M%==5 GOTO EOF
                              
                              
                              
                              
                              :winen
                              net use w: \\mtl-nt-apps\apps\iso\winpe\win7eng /user:username@domain password
                              \\mtl-nt-apps\apps\iso\winpe\win7eng\setup.exe
                              GOTO MENU
                              
                              
                              :winfr
                              net use w: \\mtl-nt-apps\apps\iso\winpe\win7fr /user:username@domain password
                              \\mtl-nt-apps\apps\iso\winpe\win7fr\setup.exe
                              GOTO MENU
                              
                              :winxpen
                              net use w: \\mtl-nt-apps\apps\iso\winpe\winxpen /user:sacham@paradox qwerqwer1
                              \\mtl-nt-apps\apps\iso\winpe\winxpen\setup.exe
                              GOTO MENU
                              
                              
                              :donut
                              
                              
                              echo              _ _,---._ 
                              echo           ,-','       `-.___ 
                              echo          /-;'               `._ 
                              echo         /\/          ._   _,'o \ 
                              echo        ( /\       _,--'\,','"`. ) 
                              echo         ^|\      ,'o     \'    //\ 
                              echo         ^|      \        /   ,--'""`-. 
                              echo         :       \_    _/ ,-'         `-._ 
                              echo          \        `--'  /                ) 
                              echo           `.  \`._    ,'     ________,',' 
                              echo             .--`     ,'  ,--` __\___,;' 
                              echo              \`.,-- ,' ,`_)--'  /`.,' 
                              echo               \^( ;  ^| ^| )      ^(`-/ 
                              echo                 `--'^| ^|^)       ^|-/ 
                              echo                   ^| ^| ^|        ^| ^| 
                              echo                   ^| ^| ^|,.,-.   ^| ^|_ 
                              echo                   ^| `./ /   )---`  ) 
                              echo                  _^|  /    ,',   ,-' 
                              echo                 ,'^|_(    /-^<._,' ^|--, 
                              echo                 ^|    `--'---.     \/ \ 
                              echo                 ^|          / \    /\  \ 
                              echo               ,-^---._     ^|  \  /  \  \ 
                              echo            ,-'        \----'   \/    \--`. 
                              echo           /            \              \   \ 
                              echo			HMMM DONUTS.
                              GOTO MENU
                              

                              Windows xp is not working and homer is funny but useless.

                              ps: winen is win7english and winfr is for the french version

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                                Sebastian Roth Moderator
                                last edited by Oct 23, 2015, 12:44 PM

                                Great work, thanks for testing and reporting it here! 👍

                                Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

                                Please support FOG if you like it: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Support_FOG

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                                  Wayne Workman @sacha marin
                                  last edited by Oct 23, 2015, 10:00 PM

                                  @sacha-marin I’ll be working on converting this to a WiKi article in the future. Excellent work, Bravo!

                                  Please help us build the FOG community with everyone involved. It's not just about coding - way more we need people to test things, update documentation and most importantly work on uniting the community of people enjoying and working on FOG!
                                  Daily Clean Installation Results:
                                  https://fogtesting.fogproject.us/
                                  FOG Reporting:
                                  https://fog-external-reporting-results.fogproject.us/

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                                    sacha marin @Wayne Workman
                                    last edited by Oct 26, 2015, 12:32 PM

                                    @Wayne-Workman Noice. Tell me if you need more info. im not the best at documenting.

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                                      Rayco
                                      last edited by May 17, 2017, 10:33 PM

                                      Hi, I have the same problem, but not in all computers.

                                      Some computers work fine, and load WinPE correctly.

                                      But others computers loaded at 100% iso file, and did a self restart.

                                      Someone with a idea ?

                                      I cheked cables and switches too.

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                                        george1421 Moderator @Rayco
                                        last edited by george1421 May 17, 2017, 4:59 PM May 17, 2017, 10:57 PM

                                        @Rayco I have a tutorial for loading the winpe iso image, let me link it in here.

                                        https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/6284/booting-mdt-2013-litetouch-with-fog

                                        The other thing you need to be aware of with your winpe image is that you have all of the winpe hardware drivers embedded into the iso image or some systems may fail to boot. You also need to be mindful of the bios (firmware) settings to ensure they are the same between the winpe booting devices.

                                        Please help us build the FOG community with everyone involved. It's not just about coding - way more we need people to test things, update documentation and most importantly work on uniting the community of people enjoying and working on FOG!

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                                          Rayco @george1421
                                          last edited by May 18, 2017, 9:51 AM

                                          @george1421 Thank you for ur fast answer.

                                          All computers have bios updated and WinPE’s has drivers incluided.

                                          I got a screenshot with the trouble. I think we have a problem with a trunked image when go to mapped in memory. (But not all computers fails, several do it nice)

                                          alt text

                                          Maybe we have a problem with image or drivers?

                                          Thank you a lot.

                                          george1421G 1 Reply Last reply May 18, 2017, 11:27 AM Reply Quote 0
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