@ksrvpvl Ok, I think I’m getting what you’re saying. I misunderstood earlier.

Is your custom menu option to boot to winPE working? Or are you asking for help with that part too? There is some very basic guidelines on creating a winpe boot option here https://docs.fogproject.org/en/latest/ipxe

The plugin system needs to be enabled in the fog settings, then you should see a plugin menu where you can activate and then install the tasktypeedit plugin. Some basic plugin system info is here https://docs.fogproject.org/en/latest/plugins but it looks like you got past that bit now.

I also found this post https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/10274/creating-task-with-tasktypemanagement?lang=en-US&page=1 where someone was doing the same thing. Perhaps it may offer some help.

@alexamore90 Did the installer finish all the way to the end? When running it there is a point where you need to open the browser and let it populate the database. If you skip this the installer will fail and needs to be run again.

The node offline sounds like the installer didn’t finish properly.

@george1421 That’s what I am looking for… What guides do I need to follow and where is the script? It would stay DHCP so I can use it anywhere

@frobishant32 There is a couple of things going on here.

Your dnsmasq configuration is only setup for bios based computers. Look at this tutorial here to see how to configure dnsmasq for proxy dhcp. Understand this is not what you need, but look at the section with the pxe-service entries for the uefi settings : https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/12796/installing-dnsmasq-on-your-fog-server?_=1699482367667

The second issue you have is that when iPXE boots it once again does a dhcp query to find the IP address of the “what it assumes” is the fog server. So what ever dhcp has for options 66 and 67 will be used to find the fog server. This next part is a little complicated but let me explain. When iPXE boots it runs an internal script that the fog developers embedded in the FOG version of iPXE. The script is pretty much here: https://github.com/FOGProject/fogproject/blob/master/src/ipxe/src/ipxescript

#!ipxe isset ${net0/mac} && ifopen net0 && dhcp net0 || goto dhcpnet1 echo Received DHCP answer on interface net0 && goto proxycheck :dhcpnet1 isset ${net1/mac} && ifopen net1 && dhcp net1 || goto dhcpnet2 echo Received DHCP answer on interface net1 && goto proxycheck :dhcpnet2 isset ${net2/mac} && ifopen net2 && dhcp net2 || goto dhcpall echo Received DHCP answer on interface net2 && goto proxycheck :dhcpall dhcp && goto proxycheck || goto dhcperror :dhcperror prompt --key s --timeout 10000 DHCP failed, hit 's' for the iPXE shell; reboot in 10 seconds && shell || reboot :proxycheck isset ${proxydhcp/next-server} && set next-server ${proxydhcp/next-server} || goto nextservercheck :nextservercheck isset ${next-server} && goto netboot || goto setserv :setserv echo -n Please enter tftp server: && read next-server && goto netboot || goto setserv :chainloadfailed prompt --key s --timeout 10000 Chainloading failed, hit 's' for the iPXE shell; reboot in 10 seconds && shell || reboot :netboot chain tftp://${next-server}/default.ipxe || goto chainloadfailed

As I said this script looks to what dhcp settings are and then uses that to chain to load default.ipxe.

So you will need to adjust this script and rebuild ipxe if you want to change the behavior of ipxe as it boots from fog. Maybe something like this edit

#!ipxe isset ${net0/mac} && ifopen net0 && dhcp net0 || goto dhcpnet1 echo Received DHCP answer on interface net0 && goto proxycheck :dhcpnet1 isset ${net1/mac} && ifopen net1 && dhcp net1 || goto dhcpnet2 echo Received DHCP answer on interface net1 && goto proxycheck :dhcpnet2 isset ${net2/mac} && ifopen net2 && dhcp net2 || goto dhcpall echo Received DHCP answer on interface net2 && goto proxycheck :dhcpall dhcp && goto proxycheck || goto dhcperror :dhcperror prompt --key s --timeout 10000 DHCP failed, hit 's' for the iPXE shell; reboot in 10 seconds && shell || reboot :proxycheck isset ${proxydhcp/next-server} && set next-server ${proxydhcp/next-server} || goto nextservercheck :nextservercheck isset ${next-server} && goto netboot || goto setserv :setserv echo -n Please enter tftp server: && read next-server && goto netboot || goto setserv :chainloadfailed prompt --key s --timeout 10000 Chainloading failed, hit 's' for the iPXE shell; reboot in 10 seconds && shell || reboot :netboot chain tftp://192.168.21.82/default.ipxe || goto chainloadfailed

That chain update will then ignore what dhcp is telling ipxe and it will load always from the 21.82 address.

Here is a tutorial on rebuilding ipxe. https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/15826/updating-compiling-the-latest-version-of-ipxe

I’m pretty sure you can get to what you need with the above info. I would try the dnsmasq settings first before going down the ipxe edit route.

@tomynocker I have continued making changes with different init.xz files. I have gotten fog to detect the md126 raid, but I don’t know why it can’t capture or restore images.

@george1421 I updated the FOG Linux Kernel to the newest one and tried using an unmanaged switch but the problem still remains.

@george1421: I cannot launch the FOS Linux engine.

@luisgmarinr What you are telling me and what I see on the screen is not the same. Some of my confusion is that I don’t use virtual box so it may be something unique to VB.

You tell me the FOG server is at 10.0.2.15, but from your initial screen shot that is the IP address being given to the pxe booting computer.

The firmware is being told the next server (pxe boot server) is at 10.0.2.4. The next server field should point to the fog server IP address. Its also being told to boot win.pxe and that is not a FOG boot loader.

So lets start to debug this by identifying what device is 10.0.2.4.

Also what device is the dhcp server for your network? That device appears to be giving out bad information.

Awesome. Thanks for the help!

@ludlud Do all the machines come back on or just some of them?

Check the log in /var/log/fog/fogscheduler.log to see if jobs are somehow scheduled - like a plain WOL type job.

@george1421 Just thinking outside the box as it makes 0 sense for it to be “just these network cards”

I suppose the “real” test would be seeing if outside of this room if the same problem happens?

I know not simple, but if you can move the whole room to an area where we know this issue doesn’t currently exist, and it shows, then it’s likely specific to this equipment. If it doesnt’ show up, it’s likely something specific to that particular room.

@stevem1978 First thing I would check is to make sure secure boot is disabled.

The next thing is to make sure you have the dhcp scope enabled.

It kind of sounds like its not getting the dhcp pxe boot info from your dhcp server.
If all else fails load wireshark on a witness computer. Put that witness computer on the same subnet as the pxe booting computer. For wireshark configure a capture filter of port 67 or port 68 or use a display filter of bootp. Start wireshark then pxe boot the target computer until it fails, then stop wireshark.

You should see 4 packs (Discover, Offer, Request, Ack/nack). What will be interesting if you have more than one OFFER packet, you would typically only have one from the dhcp server. Look at the offer packet. Make sure in the dhcp header the fields next-server and boot-file to make sure they contain the expected values. Then look down in the dhcp options section at options 66 and 67. Make sure that both sets of fields have the proper values.

Which process exactly causes this problem?
I had the same problem in the past, see here: https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/15031/fogtaskscheduler-causes-always-100-cpu-usage

@RTOadmin I have to admit that I have not used the printer stuff myself really. Just trying to give you a hand.

Have you checked the user registry for old entries?

I know @Wayne-Workman used it in the past. Maybe he has better ideas.

Beside that I can tell you the fog-client runs as SYSTEM and uses the printui.dll to add the printers.

@ArtemZ I would check to make sure your dhcp server has the fog server’s IP address in dhcp option 66. The error message is kind of telling me that.