Hey everyone !
I would like to compare the w10 installation duration , i explain :

Fog server: debian 12
Clients : w10
Hardware clients : SSD disk & 16 Ram
Light Unattend file
Fog deployment : ultra fast !

Then the windows stape…

W10 Installation duration (IMG sysprep) : over 30/35mins … Long so long

W10 Installation duration (without IMG sysp): 10mins

Questions :

have you the same experience ?

Any optimisation is possible to reduce installation duration ?

@Tom-Elliott
The last problem was tha windows main partition ! Now it works perfectly ! Thx for your precious help.

Solved

@NoIPName

Hey !

like @Tom-Elliott says , 1.5.10-x is the good way but if your problem is still present so i would ask you this :

1. from Fog GUI could you export in CSV your actual hosts list ?
2. could you add in this CSV a new line changing the hostname and mac values
3. could you clean all your hosts from Fog GUI
4. could you import the CSV that you exported

is it working ?

@Tom-Elliott

script is working but something is wrong

it seems that fog cannot find or access to the unattend file (autounattend.xml)

i have read in a @george1421 post a special bloc like :
####################

windows 10/11

osdiskpart=“/dev/sda2”;

mkdir /ntfs 2>/dev/null

mount.ntfs-3g “${osdiskpart}” /ntfs 2>/tmp/mntfail

mntRet=“$?”;
if [ ! “$mntRet” = “0” ]; then
echo “Failed to mount C:”;
cat /tmp/mntfail;
sleep 12;
exit 1;
fi
####################

Should i put this in my fog.postdownload juste before my sed command or am wrong and another way exists ?

@Tom-Elliott
i think the postdownload possibility is just amazing cause you can personalize like you want.

in /images/postdownloadscripts/ :

fog.postdownload (default file)
fog.custominstall

1. in fog.postdownload (i call the created file)

. ${postdownpath}/fog.custominstall

2. in fog.custominstall (unattend declaration & sed command)

unattendfile=“/ntfs/Windows/Panther/unattend.xml”;

sed -i -e “s#<ComputerName>([^<][^<]*)</ComputerName>#<ComputerName>$hostname</ComputerName>#gi” $unatendfile

Should be right ?

I found this post
https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/7740/the-magical-mystical-fog-post-download-script/15

moderator @george1421 put an important information about possibility to update unattend file. So it would be possible to use Fog variable into the file.
If it works like he says so it means that i don t need Fog client install on my golden image and the Setup complete cmd.

If i understand, first in put in a post download script (/images/postdownloadscripts/myfogscript.sh)

This :

Unattend.xml path (note the case specifics in the file name and path)

unattendfile=“/ntfs/Windows/Panther/unattend.xml”;

And this :

sed -i -e “s#<ComputerName>([^<][^<]*)</ComputerName>#<ComputerName>$hostname</ComputerName>#gi” $unatendfile

So it means that it could may be possible to change hostname without fog client on machine right?

@rodluz
Hello rodluz,
Well i follow what you suggest and it works with Fog client into the machine the Setup complete and auto reboot.

I would have prefered a solution without the Fog client on machine but it seems impossible with sysprep stape.

Thx a lot for your help!!

@rodluz
Thx you for tour answer. Well, at first and to this stape, we don t want any options for joining domain. That s why our unattend file is voluntary light.
I will try a fog client installation on my golden image before sysprep then New capture and deploy to see if it changes something or not with the hostname.
Moreover I will try to migrate on 1.5.10 like you suggest.
I will tell you the results.

Hello everyone,

Our environment :
-fog server 1.5.9 on deb12
-W10/W11 clients without fog client service

With this AmaZing Fog, When i deploy image W10 without sysprep, the hostname is the one that i have written in Fog GUI, and all is fine.

When i deploy image W10 with sysprep, the hostname is random and different of my Fogdatabase.

In the unattend file i got <ComputerName></ComputerName> and with or without value it changes nothing, it’s not the fog hostname from GUI.

In fog server, i saw variable called $hostname, is it possible to implemant this variable in the unattend file ?
or another easy way is possible ?

Need Help please. Thx