@george1421 No, and I am also not allowed to because our clients work with ‘certifications’ for specific BIOS/Firmware levels
Posts made by abos_systemax
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RE: unable to boot HP z240 in UEFI
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RE: unable to boot HP z240 in UEFI
@george1421 This is correct. The machines gets detected in iPXE.efi and boots to boot.php, laods bzImage and init.xz and after that fails to do anything for at least 15 minutes now.
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RE: unable to boot HP z240 in UEFI
We have upgraded Trunk to the latest version, but to no avail: still stuck at init.xz…OK!
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RE: unable to boot HP z240 in UEFI
we a re using fog trunk 6929
with bzimage 4.5.3we have an ipxe.efi which is able to boot, however the system hangs after
bzImage… OK!
init.xz… OK!I’ve seen more posts for this issue, but none have a ‘real’ answer, only a modified bzImage which is outdated because the questions are old.
Also: yes, we have disabled secureboot.
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unable to boot HP z240 in UEFI
Hi there,
We are trying to boot a HP z240 from iPXE to Fog, in UEFI mode.
It downloads the bzImage and Init.xz, but freezes after that.I am on version 4.5.3 of the bzImage kernel; but I am unable to pinpoint the exact problem.
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RE: Trigger a script directly after partclone that requests input and copies a folder
@ITSolutions Thanks for the confirmation. That was exactly our case.
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RE: Trigger a script directly after partclone that requests input and copies a folder
@Junkhacker
Early design choices, that’s why I am asking which field is being used
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RE: Trigger a script directly after partclone that requests input and copies a folder
@Junkhacker
Currently, we are using the Hostname field in the table Hosts to identify the machine in iPXE as ‘prestaged’ for Fog.
If the hostname changer does use this specific field to insert the name (and correct me If I am wrong here), then we will have to change our own script that currently also uses this field, because the actual hostname will be different (based on customer preferences)If the above is true , then I will need to find alternative means to prestage devices. If the Easy Hostname Change option uses a different database or table, then please let me know.
p.s. We do not use the windows client, I am talking about the ‘Fog OS Easy hostname change’ option
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RE: Trigger a script directly after partclone that requests input and copies a folder
@Junkhacker
The two have nothing to do with each other in this context.=
I am expecting the early hostname changer to work with the field hostname from the Fog Dbase, am I correct here?Right now we are using the field Hostname from the table Hosts to identify the machine (we prefill it with the serialnumber), if I am correct in my expectation above, then we have to change that functionality to use a field not used by the hostname changer.
Other question: is it possible to turn it on- or off, per device?
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RE: Trigger a script directly after partclone that requests input and copies a folder
Hi Tom, No this script here is actually just a testing tool to see the possibilities I can create with postdownload script. I’ve noticed the Early Hostname changer in Fog Trunk which is a great option if it works like I am expecting it to work.
Right now I’m building my current environment into Fog, without loss of functionality from the old environment (Windows+Ghost+a self-written .net app), there I have the option to check the hostname before it is submitted; that is why I needed this option.
I’ll definitely delve into the Early hostname changer soon
Also, we do the deployment for several customers, some want us to change the name, some dont. Some want us to use a specific format, others want other formats. If it was for internal use; then the auto population could be an option; but all we do is custom tailored; even our fog installation
– the reason that I do not use the Fog Boot menu is because we do not know the MAC adressess beforehand; we do however know the Serialnumber (and so does iPXE: DmiDecode), iPxe also know the MACadress; so we use a script in iPxe to tell fog that the right device has booted and is online.
I’m still busy developing all the databases behind that, because we will not be able to completely use the FOG mainframe, but will definitely use the backplane -
RE: shutdown after image with postdownloadscripts
@Tom-Elliott
O my… this was so hidden in plain sight that I never noticed the gigantic underlined ’ Shutdown’ just staring at me…This is why I ask my questions on the forums; you guys are just awsome.
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shutdown after image with postdownloadscripts
Hello foggers!
Fog normally reboots a machine after partclone; however: this is unwanted behavior for me because I need some control over that.
I’ve tried a postdownloadscript like the one below:#!bin/sh
shutdown -h nowand
#!bin/bash
shutdown -h nowbut the FOS reports that the ‘shutdown’ command is unknown.
I am still kind of new to Linux, but I guess that this command isnt a part of the kernel?However; the machine reboots… so there must be some kind of option available?
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RE: Trigger a script directly after partclone that requests input and copies a folder
@george1421 said in Trigger a script directly after partclone that requests input and copies a folder:
@Junkhacker said
almost certainly, yes.
personally, i’d just use an external keyboard instead of troubleshooting further…I agree, you only need the external keyboard for deployment. Once the windows kernel boots then the onboard keyboard should work.
You have to remember that the FOG system (FOS client specifically) is linux based. So its may not be possible to have every flavor of driver possible. I suspect that the keyboard is connected behind some kind of onboard controller that linux doesn’t support.
To restate what @Junkhacker just posted, go ahead and use an external keyboard for deployment, then move on to the next issue.
Yes. The only problem is that I will have 1000ths of laptops that have to be deployed. But that is my problem; I get that the problem is a driver related issue; I think I’ll have to use variables and good’ol mySQL to automate the process instead of typing a computername.
I thank you all for replying; I now know how to actually trigger a script; All I need to figure out now is the automation part.
-Alex
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RE: Trigger a script directly after partclone that requests input and copies a folder
@abos_systemax said in Trigger a script directly after partclone that requests input and copies a folder:
@george1421 At my company we deploy for multiple customers; I want to echo a script to the drive of the just deployed machine that contains the computername that we have decided for the machine. Since we are unable to use the FOG Client on Windows (not our devices, nor our images), I have to find other ways.
Your script seems to work, with one problem: I cannot type anything. The same problem occurs when I run a Debug Deployment; the FOS doesn’t seem to recognize my keyboard on a Fujitsu E546.
it does work with an external keyboard…
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RE: Trigger a script directly after partclone that requests input and copies a folder
@george1421 At my company we deploy for multiple customers; I want to echo a script to the drive of the just deployed machine that contains the computername that we have decided for the machine. Since we are unable to use the FOG Client on Windows (not our devices, nor our images), I have to find other ways.
Your script seems to work, with one problem: I cannot type anything. The same problem occurs when I run a Debug Deployment; the FOS doesn’t seem to recognize my keyboard on a Fujitsu E546.
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RE: Trigger a script directly after partclone that requests input and copies a folder
@george1421
Thank you! This is exactly (well, almost exactly) what I needed.
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RE: Trigger a script directly after partclone that requests input and copies a folder
I’ve seen it mentioned earlier… Is there any documentation on this subject?
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Trigger a script directly after partclone that requests input and copies a folder
As far as I am aware, a snapin requires a FOG Service to run on the Windows client.
Since this is customer hardware and FOG is only used to deploy an image; is it possible to run a script after the partclone part that requests user input and writes a file directly to disk? -
RE: FOG trunk upgrade - Image upload fails
I did move it by hand and can confirm that it is a working image (deployment went fine).
I will check my FTP to see if that is the issue; at least it has a relatively easy workaround.I’m glad that the other issues are not responsible for the issue; will await the fix.
Thanks for the replies.