Client boot to HD goes to memtest.

[AlexMaxwell]

@Sebastian-Roth I decided to try to figure out how to add a WinPE option on the menu, and after I got that working (using an ISO, not wimboot btw), I noticed that boot from hard disk started working again.

I’ll see if I can repro the original bug tomorrow morning.

[JJ Fullmer]

@AlexMaxwell I don’t suppose you’d be willing to share how you got winPE to work through pxe using an iso? I tried to do that many moons ago to no avail.
Please and thank you =D

[LJedi]

@Sebastian-Roth

Fog Configuration --> FOG PXE Boot Menu Configuration --> Exit to Hard Drive Type

Exit to Hard Drive Type was set to SANBOOT. I did change it to EXIT and that seems to fix the issue.

[george1421]

@Arrowhead-IT I started putting together a how to last week so @Wayne-Workman can create a wiki page. Let me get a link to that document.

Here is the outline. Both methods work. I wrote the document from a brain dump, so the instructions may have a few kinks but it does work.

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

[AlexMaxwell]

@Arrowhead-IT
Obviously, you’ll have to adjust paths.

1. Install windows ADK
2. Launch Deployment and Imaging Tools Environment (basically a glorified cmd prompt). I always run this as administrator, but I’m not sure it’s required here.
   a. mkdir c:\temp\winpe
   b. copyxpe x86 c:\temp\winpe\x86
3. (Optional) Add drivers as per https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh825070.aspx
   a. dism /Mount-Image /ImageFile:c:\temp\winpe\x86\media\sources\boot.wim /index:1 /MountDir:C:\temp\winpe\x86\mount
   b. dism /Image:C:\temp\winpe\x86\mount /Add-Driver /Driver:d:\share\winpe10.0-Drivers-A01-6XFM6\winpe\x86 /recurse
   c. dism /Unmount-Image /mountdir:C:\temp\winpe\x86\mount /commit
4. Delete bootfix.bin (to get rid of the ‘press any key’ prompt)
   a. del c:\temp\winpe\x86\media\Boot\bootfix.bin
5. Create ISO
   a. MakeWinPEMedia /ISO c:\temp\winpe\x86 c:\temp\winpe_x86.iso
6. Copy the ISO to the FOG server so we can access it via http
   a. mkdir /var/www/html/winpe-build2
   b. cp /mnt/myshare/winpe_x86.iso /var/www/html/winpe-build2/winpe_x86.iso
7. Create a new menu item from the FOG UI Fog Configuration->iPXE New Menu Entry
   a. Parameters:

initrd http://${fog-ip}/winpe-build2/winpe.iso   
chain memdisk iso raw
boot || MENU

Like:

8. Test

[Tom Elliott]

@Sebastian-Roth I don’t know what is causing it, but I test a few possibilities

[JJ Fullmer]

@AlexMaxwell You are a beautiful and wonderful person.

[mrdally204]

@Sebastian-Roth This was a new install from Trunk. I am still very new to the Fog project and started with a fresh install of 14.04 server and latest Trunk (5676) at the time. The default setting in PXE boot menu was “sanboot”. I switched it to EXIT per LJedi post and it seems to fix the issue.

[AlexMaxwell]

I tried to reproduce this with 5686, and the boot menu looks fine, so I’d call it fixed . For anybody who’s seeing this issue, I’d recommend just changing anything in the iPXE Boot Menu, saving it and changing it back.

Now, to mark this as solved…

[george1421]

Since this thread wandered a bit, I’m not sure if we really know the root cause here. I understand upgrading to the latest trunk, and then changing the boot menu and changing it back resolved the issue. But its not clear where the issue was introduced.

I guess we will have to just keep this in mind as/if others come across the same problem.

Thank you for reporting back on a solution.

[Tom Elliott]

I added code last night to find out data and always failback to my suggested default in case it isn’t set.