Fast TSC Calibration Error, unable to register and inventory

[Sebastian Roth]

To find out what version a particular kernel image is you don’t need to boot it up. Just use the file command:

file /var/www/fog/service/ipxe/bzImage
Linux kernel x86 boot executable bzImage, version 4.3.2 (root@debian64) #1 SMP Sun Dec 13 17:56:05 EST 2015, RO-rootFS, swap_dev 0x6, Normal VGA

And yes you are right. By putting the kernel/init files into the right place (as in Tom’s post) those will be active and clients will load those when booting up.

[mattyb]

@Wayne-Workman So should I start down the path of creating my own kernel to include drivers for these machines should I find that no pre-built kernel exists? Or am I missing something easier here?

[Wayne Workman]

@mattyb I suppose you can now.

Please keep the forum community in the loop while you do this. Any kernel options that you find to work, just let the @Developers know about them and they are very likely to add them to the fog kernel so that you don’t have to continue doing this.

[Sebastian Roth]

People seam to have issues with different linux systems on Dell XPS 8900. For example: http://askubuntu.com/questions/700617/problems-installing-ubuntu-14-04-3-on-dell-xps-8900

Maybe you are keen to follow this thread and try this new method of test booting our FOG kernel from a USB stick. This is not meant for deployment or production. It’s just a way to see if our kernel can run on your hardware: https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/6532/usb-boot-target-device-into-fog-debug-os

[UCJared]

I am having the same issue as the OP above. The Perform Full Registration option never prompts me to enter the Host name but says “attempting to send inventory” and scrolls endlessly.

If I boot to the Fog PXE menu and select Client System Information (Compatibility), and then option 4) Check Fog Compatibility, the Disk passes and the Network fails.

Is this a driver issue? We’re imaging a new batch of HP ProDesk 600 G2 and ProBook 645 G1 and G2 PCs and the problem is the same across these machines.

[Tom Elliott]

@UCJared please try updating the kernels. There’s a thread here somewhere showing what commands should be run.

[swhite]

@UCJared Did you ever find an solution to this issue? I am having the same problem with the ProDesk.

[Sebastian Roth]

@swhite @UCJared Please try to find out which NIC/ethernet card (vendor, model, possibly PCI-IDs) you have in your ProDesk/ProBook machines. As well it would be helpful to know the version of FOG (see in the blue cloud on the web GUI) and kernel (command file /var/www/fog/service/ipxe/bzImage on your FOG server) you are running!

A quick search for “HP ProDesk 600” brought up the Intel I217LM onboard NIC. Is that correct? Support for this NIC was added with kernel 3.5.x…

[swhite]

@Sebastian-Roth Hi Sebastian,
The NIC on my ProDesk is listed as Intel I219-LM and the hardware ID is PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_15B7&SUBSYS_805D103C&REV_31

I am running Fog 1.2.0 with kernel version 3.15.6

[Sebastian Roth]

Support for the Intel I219-LM (PCI 8086:15b7) was added even later - linux kernel 4.1and after. See here: http://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/E1000E.html

Tom Elliott said:

mkdir /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/backup
mv /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/bzImage* /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/backup
cd /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/
wget --no-check-certificate https://fogproject.org/kernels/bzImage -O bzImage
wget --no-check-certificate https://fogproject.org/kernels/bzImage32 -O bzImage32

[swhite]

@UCJared @Sebastian-Roth
I was able to get my ProDesk 600 G2 to upload using the Kernel - 4.1.2 TomElliott.

[Sebastian Roth]

Marking this solved for now. Please open another post if you see a similar issue and let us know about your exact client specs (NIC, …).

[Wayne Workman]

@Tom-Elliott said in Fast TSC Calibration Error, unable to register and inventory:

@mattyb Run this command to just download the latest kernels in place.

mkdir /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/backup
mv /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/bzImage* /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/backup
cd /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/
wget --no-check-certificate https://fogproject.org/kernels/bzImage -O bzImage
wget --no-check-certificate https://fogproject.org/kernels/bzImage32 -O bzImage32

This has been covered in the wiki here: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Kernel_Update