@sebastian-roth Awesome, this ALMOST fixed it. Good job!
I am now properly prompted to select the proper boot image, however when I press enter on that menu it just jumps back to the original pxe boot menu.

As for having more than three network devices… I did notice that HP added an option to pxe boot over wifi, which seemed like pretty new tech, though I’m not sure how that would work without adding lots of custom drivers, or something.

@sebastian-roth Ok, I took it a step further and added 2 more lines to your script, mostly to see if it wasn’t all zeroes or something:
echo mac0: ${net0/mac}
echo arch: ${arch}

Output data is as follows:
Username: fog
Password: xxxxxx
mac0: e0:70:ea:aa:95:dc
arch: x86_64
Please press ENTER to go ahead…

The output username and password are correct.
Additionally, after pressing enter on a WORKING computer (only), I very briefly see the following line:
http://10.46.10.40/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php… ok
The non-working computer does not show that line, but rather jumps back to the login prompt.

@sebastian-roth OK, did a bios update - that part was actually nice since the bios supports updating over ethernet without the need for an operating system or flash drive. Fog still fails, though, so that didn’t fix it. I can still deploy an image via scheduled task in the web UI, just not from the fog boot menu. It’s not a deal breaker but it would be nice to know what isn’t working.

@sebastian-roth There’s a video link in this thread that shows the entire process.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a_FtsLZOHJ0EzV3UakXAaSmS_RMD7b5C/view?usp=sharing

Yes, it show characters being typed, and I get denied three times before it gives up and drops out. I have verified that I am typing the credentials correctly, and went as far as creating another admin account and it fails as well.

I will investigate a bios update. I know for a fact that there is a firmware update for this laptop - Microsoft Update is a delivery mechanism for this HP bios update, which is (in my opinon) pretty unusual.

@sebastian-roth OK, now we are getting somewhere… With some testing, this seems to be a model specific issue.

HP 450 G2 Legacy mode - works
HP 450 G5 UEFI - works
HP 450 G7 UEFI - works
HP 450 G8 UEFI - not working - it boots normally but the username/password for quick deploy doesn’t work for some reason
The G8 bios does not support legacy mode so I can’t test that.

@george1421 OK, tried all that and it still does not work. I’m sure the problem lies at a deeper level somewhere. I made a video of the entire boot process, maybe you will see something out of the ordinary?:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a_FtsLZOHJ0EzV3UakXAaSmS_RMD7b5C/view?usp=sharing

@george1421 I tried your script. Does it need the word “login” at the top like the old one had? Regardless, I tried it both ways. When I choose deploy from the menu I still get a login prompt, and am still unable to authenticate. (FYI We do not use LDAP, my goal is to keep this system as simple as possible.)

@george1421 I’ll try your menu option for testing purposes - I do work in a public school though and I’m not sure if I want to leave it like that.

Also to answer your other message: Our user name and password are us-english characters and are very simple and short.

@sebastian-roth If DMA protection is an option, turn it off.

I have tried to fog lenovo’s in the past and there something about the bios on those things that make it a difficult process. If I remember correctly (and i may be wrong) they have no legacy support at all and therefore require your DHCP server to have some somewhat complex settings in order to support UEFI boot processes. For reference: https://gal.vin/posts/old/pxe-booting-for-uefi-bios/

@george1421 Update:
To troubleshoot, I did the following:
I use Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS and I ran updates just to make sure it was up to date. No problems there.
I created a new admin user in the FOG UI too see if I can use that user to make a quick deploy. This new user also fails to work do a quick deploy despite the fact that it can indeed log into the UI. I don’t have custom menu settings so this should be the default:

login
params
param mac0 ${net0/mac}
param arch ${arch}
param username ${username}
param password ${password}
param qihost 1
isset ${net1/mac} && param mac1 ${net1/mac} || goto bootme
isset ${net2/mac} && param mac2 ${net2/mac} || goto bootme