No PXE boot menu on client with FOG 1.2.0 9standlone/iso;ation mode)

[nutcr0cker]

I am trying to set up fog in isolation mode
fog 1.2.0
lubuntu 14.04
The client is able to see the fog DHCP server but after the message
http://192.168.1.1/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php...ok
http://192.168.1.1/fog/service/ipxe/bg.png...ok
it starts to the windows boot menu. What am i doing wrong
my config steps
Install fog
set sql password
ensure that the config file has proper pass for the tftp server
but still no boot menu on the client. Please help
TIA

[george1421]

This will sound a bit strange. But from a browser, try to access this page.

http://<fog_server_ip>/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php

That should cause FOG to create the ipxe boot menu. You should see something like that starts like this:

#!ipxe
set fog-ip 192.168.1.88
et fog-webroot fog
set boot-url http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}
#!ipxe
cpuid --ext 29 && set arch x86_64 || set arch i386
goto get_console
:console_set
colour --rgb 0x00567a 1 && colour --rgb 0x00567a 2 && colour --rgb 0x00567a 4 ||
cpair --foreground 7 --background 2 2 ||
goto MENU
:alt_console
cpair --background 0 1 && cpair --background 1 2 ||
goto MENU
:get_console
console --picture http://192.168.1.88/fog/service/ipxe/bg.png --left 100 --right 80 && goto console_set || goto alt_console
:MENU
menu
colour --rgb 0xff0000 0 ||
cpair --foreground 1 1 ||
cpair --foreground 0 3 ||
cpair --foreground 4 4 ||
item --gap Host is NOT registered!
item --gap -- -------------------------------------
item fog.local Boot from hard disk
item fog.memtest Run Memtest86+
item fog.reginput Perform Full Host Registration and Inventory
item fog.reg Quick Registration and Inventory
item fog.quickimage Quick Image
item fog.multijoin Join Multicast Session
item fog.sysinfo Client System Information (Compatibility)

[george1421]

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[nutcr0cker]

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[Tom Elliott]

Edit the /var/www/fog/lib/fog/BootMenu.class.php and comment the line that states console. I think you are suffering from this as it fails immediately after getting the bg.png file.

[nutcr0cker]

My url browser output looks ;like this

#!ipxe
cpuid --ext 29 && set arch x86_64 || set arch i386
colour --rgb 0xff6600 2
cpair --foreground 7 --background 2 2
console --picture http://192.168.1.1/fog/service/ipxe/bg.png --left 100 --right 80
:MENU
menu
colour --rgb 0xff0000 0
cpair --foreground 0 3
item --gap Host is NOT registered!
item --gap -- -------------------------------------
item fog.local Boot from hard disk
item fog.memtest Run Memtest86+
item fog.reginput Perform Full Host Registration and Inventory
item fog.reg Quick Registration and Inventory
item fog.sysinfo Client System Information (Compatibility)
choose --default fog.local --timeout 3000 target && goto ${target}
:fog.local
exit || goto MENU
:fog.memtest
kernel memdisk iso raw
initrd memtest.bin
boot || goto MENU
:fog.reginput
kernel bzImage32 root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 ip=dhcp dns=127.0.1.1 keymap= web=192.168.1.1/fog/ consoleblank=0 loglevel=4 mode=manreg
imgfetch init_32.xz
boot || goto MENU
:fog.reg
kernel bzImage32 root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 ip=dhcp dns=127.0.1.1 keymap= web=192.168.1.1/fog/ consoleblank=0 loglevel=4 mode=autoreg
imgfetch init_32.xz
boot || goto MENU
:fog.sysinfo
kernel bzImage32 root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 ip=dhcp dns=127.0.1.1 keymap= web=192.168.1.1/fog/ consoleblank=0 loglevel=4 mode=sysinfo
imgfetch init_32.xz
boot || goto MENU
autoboot

[nutcr0cker]

@Tom-Elliott Thanks for the tip I commented that out Ill have to try tommorrow

[nutcr0cker]

@george1421 Thanks

[nutcr0cker]

After commenting out the 684th line as stated above I get the GUI but then it gets stuck on host registration. Any ideas how to fix that?

[Wayne Workman]

@nutcr0cker What part of host registration? Can you give us a photo of where it hangs?

[nutcr0cker]

@Wayne-Workman Thanks for replying…It hangs at
Registering host… the dots just keep printing

[nutcr0cker]

using disk device…/dev/sda

• Starting host registration…

It just sits there doing nothing
This is what I am getting on the client side. Any way to get it to start the host registration? I did verify that the host registration is enabled on the server side under fog settings Thanks for your time and helping me out

[george1421]

Lets think about this for a minute.

We have an issue with the console, now we have an issue with host registration. Both of these actions require the target device to do something.

I noted the boot.php output and its calling for the 32 bit kernels and inits. That in it self is not strange, but it makes me wonder what is the make and model of computer we are trying to register. I also noted that the DNS reference points to itself (very strange telling a target computer to use itself as a DNS lookup target dns=127.0.0.1). I’m not saying there isn’t something wrong with FOG here, but we ARE talking about 1.2.0 stable and not a trunk release (pre 1.3.0). I would expect 1.2.0 to react in a predictable manner.

[Tom Elliott]

I’m assuming, now that you get to the “processing /dev/sda” part that your system is setup for upload?

If that’s the case try following these instructions:

https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/3402/stuck-on-dev-sda

[Tom Elliott]

@george1421 It always assumes 32 bit in the browser unless you pass, as part of the url, arch=x86_64

[george1421]

@Tom-Elliott said:

@george1421 It always assumes 32 bit in the browser unless you pass, as part of the url, arch=x86_64

My mistake then, I assumed that it was the other way around. I was trying to draw a connection to this abnormal behavior and the limited insight I had into the OPs environment.

[nutcr0cker]

@Tom-Elliott Thanks commenting the line 632 that worked like a charm for atleast showing the GUI on the client side

[Tom Elliott]

Seeing as the problem of getting the boot menu was the problem of this posting, I’m solving this thread.

Please create a separate issue in regards to the registration problem. You can link back to this thread too so you don’t have to rewrite all the details. Just give the new posting a title that says (Using /dev/sda) Host Registration Hung or something like that.