Windows7 restarts at bootup when it reaches classpnp.sys after being imaged with FOG

[MrsPotter]

OK, the chkconfig package was missing.

But, nope still getting:

 * Stopping FOGMulticastManager.service Service................OK
 * Stopping FOGImageReplicator.service Service.................OK
 * Stopping FOGSnapinReplicator.service Service................OK
 * Stopping FOGScheduler.service Service.......................OK
 * Stopping FOGPingHosts.service Service.......................OK
 * Setting up and starting MySQL...............................Failed!

[george1421]

I guess I have to just throw this out since you are starting with a new deployment.

Is there any thought of changing your OS from Ubuntu to Centos? In my test environment I’ve spun up about 10 - Centos 6.7 systems with FOG in the last 2 weeks and deployed all of the trunk images without any deployment issues. In monitoring this forum for the last few weeks the majority of the install issues appear to be with the Debian based systems. I’m not saying that one OS is better than the other, but if the goal is to test FOG, then switch OS for the test and work out the kinks with the specific OS deployment later.

[MrsPotter]

Well I guess it is possible for me to test it with CENTOS. But, getting back to my original issue I’m trying to solve: I cannot get a machine cloned using FOG to boot even when in the exact same machine. I’ve also tried three different/independent machines all non-booting afterwards.

I’ve tried all the obvious configurations using FOG 1.2.0. I’m now attempting to try it with fog_trunk to see if that would work. However, since we don’t quite know why the cloned image won’t boot we aren’t entirely sure if fog_trunk would work either. However, in order to get fog_trunk to work I’m likely going to need to install CENTOS.

I guess I now need to go and weigh up on the pros/cons and decide if I’d like to go ahead. I’m a little pressed for time on other projects at present otherwise I’d definitely would’ve tested it out.

[Sebastian Roth]

@MrsPotter I definitely understand your situation. It’s kind of sad that you had to go through all this and still don’t have a proper solution yet. We are trying to help as good as we can but we are not perfect…

You can change the installers behavior of exiting straight after a failed item in trunk/lib/common/functions.sh (somewhere around line 515) you see this:

errorStat() {
    if [ "$1" != "0" -a -z "$2" ]; then
        echo "Failed!"
        exit 1
    fi
    echo "OK"
}

Just remove or comment the exit 1 line to make it go ahead even though mysql might fail.

[MrsPotter]

@Sebastian-Roth No absolutely, and many thanks for all the help from all of you. I still think FOG is an awesome project.

I’ll try change the installer as recommended and revert back with the result.

One thing though: Judging by the amount of views this thread has got, I’m wondering if my Win7 bootup problem is an isolated case?

[MrsPotter]

Hi, I’m not expecting you to solve this or anything. I’m just posting FYI.

I have commented out exit 1 and rerun the install. I got this output:

 * Stopping FOGMulticastManager.service Service................OK
 * Stopping FOGImageReplicator.service Service.................OK
 * Stopping FOGSnapinReplicator.service Service................OK
 * Stopping FOGScheduler.service Service.......................OK
 * Stopping FOGPingHosts.service Service.......................OK
 * Setting up and starting MySQL...............................Failed!
OK
 * Backing up user reports.....................................OK
 * Stopping web service........................................Failed!
OK
 * Removing vhost file.........................................OK
 * Setting up Apache and PHP files.............................OK
 * Backing up old data.........................................Failed!
OK
 * Copying back old web folder as is...........................cp: failed to access â/var/www/html/fog//â: Too many levels of symbolic links
Failed!
OK
 * Copying new files to web folder.............................cp: failed to access â/var/www/html/fog//â: Too many levels of symbolic links
Failed!
OK
 * Creating config file........................................../lib/common/functions.sh: line 1128: /var/www/html/fog//lib/fog/Config.class.php: Too many levels of symbolic links
Failed!
OK
 * Downloading inits and kernels...............................Backgrounded
 * Downloading New FOG Client file.............................Backgrounded
 * Enabling apache and fpm services on boot....................Failed!
OK
 * Creating SSL CA.............................................OK
 * Creating SSL Private Key....................................OK
 * Creating SSL Certificate....................................Failed!
OK
 * Creating auth pub key and cert..............................Failed!
OK
 * Resetting SSL Permissions...................................Failed!
OK
 * Setting up SSL FOG Server...................................OK
 * Restarting Apache2 for fog vhost............................Failed!
OK
 * Changing permissions on apache log files....................chown: cannot access â/var/www/html/fog/â: Too many levels of symbolic links
Failed!
OK
ln: failed to create symbolic link â/var/www/html/fog//mobile/css/font-awesome.cssâ: Too many levels of symbolic links
ln: target â/var/www/html/fog//mobile/â is not a directory: Too many levels of symbolic links
ln: target â/var/www/html/fog//mobile/â is not a directory: Too many levels of symbolic links
ln: target â/var/www/html/fog//mobile/â is not a directory: Too many levels of symbolic links
chown: cannot access â/var/www/html/fog/â: Too many levels of symbolic links

  You still need to install/update your database schema.
  This can be done by opening a web browser and going to:

      http://192.168.0.2/fog/management

  Press [Enter] key when database is updated/installed.

Maybe this is of some help to you.

[Tom Elliott]

@MrsPotter can you run:

rm /var/www/fog
rm /var/www/html/fog

Then rerun the installer?

[Tom Elliott]

@Tom-Elliott mind you do not add a trailing /

[MrsPotter]

Ok yes makes sense: I need to remove the remnants of the other install first. I followed instructions in:

https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Uninstall_FOG

Installing I got this:

 * Stopping FOGMulticastManager.service Service................OK
 * Stopping FOGImageReplicator.service Service.................OK
 * Stopping FOGSnapinReplicator.service Service................OK
 * Stopping FOGScheduler.service Service.......................OK
 * Stopping FOGPingHosts.service Service.......................OK
 * Setting up and starting MySQL...............................Failed!
OK
 * Backing up user reports.....................................OK
 * Stopping web service........................................Failed!
OK
 * Removing vhost file.........................................OK
 * Is the MySQL password blank? (Y/n)
 * Setting up Apache and PHP files.............................OK
 * Backing up old data.........................................OK
 * Copying back old web folder as is...........................OK
 * Copying new files to web folder.............................OK
 * Creating config file........................................OK
 * Downloading inits and kernels...............................Backgrounded
 * Downloading New FOG Client file.............................Backgrounded
 * Enabling apache and fpm services on boot....................Failed!
OK
 * Creating SSL CA.............................................OK
 * Creating SSL Private Key....................................OK
 * Creating SSL Certificate....................................OK
 * Creating auth pub key and cert..............................OK
 * Resetting SSL Permissions...................................OK
 * Setting up SSL FOG Server...................................OK
 * Restarting Apache2 for fog vhost............................Failed!
OK
 * Changing permissions on apache log files....................OK

  You still need to install/update your database schema.
  This can be done by opening a web browser and going to:

      http://192.168.0.2/fog/management

  Press [Enter] key when database is updated/installed.

 * Setting up storage..........................................OK
 * Setting up and starting DHCP Server.........................Skipped
 * Setting up and starting TFTP and PXE Servers................Failed!
OK
 * Setting up and starting VSFTP Server........................Failed!
OK
 * Setting up FOG Snapins......................................OK
 * Setting up UDPCast..........................................OK
 * Configuring UDPCast.........................................OK
 * Building UDPCast............................................OK
 * Installing UDPCast..........................................OK
 * Installing FOG System Scripts...............................OK


  * Configuring FOG System Services


 * Setting FOGMulticastManager.service script executable.......OK
 * Enabling FOGMulticastManager.service Service................OK
 * Setting FOGImageReplicator.service script executable........OK
 * Enabling FOGImageReplicator.service Service.................OK
 * Setting FOGSnapinReplicator.service script executable.......OK
 * Enabling FOGSnapinReplicator.service Service................OK
 * Setting FOGScheduler.service script executable..............OK
 * Enabling FOGScheduler.service Service.......................OK
 * Setting FOGPingHosts.service script executable..............OK
 * Enabling FOGPingHosts.service Service.......................OK
 * Setting up FOG Services.....................................OK
 * Setting up FOG Utils........................................OK
 * Starting FOGMulticastManager.service Service................Failed!
OK
 * Starting FOGImageReplicator.service Service.................Failed!
OK
 * Starting FOGSnapinReplicator.service Service................Failed!
OK
 * Starting FOGScheduler.service Service.......................Failed!
OK
 * Starting FOGPingHosts.service Service.......................Failed!
OK
 * Setting up exports file.....................................OK
 * Setting up and starting RPCBind.............................Failed!
OK
 * Setting up and starting NFS Server..........................OK

  Setup complete!

  You can now login to the FOG Management Portal using
  the information listed below.  The login information
  is only if this is the first install.

  This can be done by opening a web browser and going to:

      http://192.168.0.2/fog/management

      Default User:
             Username: fog
             Password: password

root@backup:~/fog_trunk/bin# service mysql restart
[ ok ] Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld.
[ ok ] Starting MySQL database server: mysqld ..
[info] Checking for tables which need an upgrade, are corrupt or were
not closed cleanly..
root@backup:~/fog_trunk/bin#

But, now I’m stuck again at theDatabase Schema Installer.

[Sebastian Roth]

Interesting that you see so many failed services…

Please see what you have in your apache error log which loading the schema updater. Post the errors here.

[Tom Elliott]

I remoted in this morning and we were able to figure out the issue.

All of the failures were related to systemctl. Debian 8 uses systemd, but apparently (somehow?) this particular install did not have systemd. I was able at some code to test for the presence of the systemctl so things were able to operate as expected.

I’m solving this thread as this is now fixed.

[MrsPotter]

@Tom-Elliott Many thanks for going through the effort of remoting into my system and getting FOG_trunk installed. Really - my best gratitude.

I have now thoroughly tested the FOG_trunk version. And, most unfortunately, I can confirm that I still have the original issue of the Win7 image just booting to classpnp.sys. I basically went through all the steps listed below again.

Nonetheless, I’ll keep my eye on this project and give it a few tries in the future as more versions become available.