skylar:
I’ve not tried mac imaging. Is this the page you were talking about?
I’ve got several macbooks I’d like to image, so I can certainly give this a whirl in the next week or so. If you make progress, please update this link with additional steps. I have DeployStudio server, so I’ll like try that route.
–astrouga
I’ll second the offer for equipment donation. Of course the approval process here has certain requirements, but if it is something that you might be interested in, let us know. I’d be happy to see if we can get a spare machine to you.
–astrouga
InjecTioN:
I’m OK with the .32 images and where they are, but I see your point. It wouldn’t hurt if the links below the images (“Deploy” and “Upload”) were more clear:
“Deploy to machineName” <-- FOG can easily pull the hostname value from the db and insert it.
“Upload to server”
Or something like that. If we have to use one word, I personally prefer “Pull” and “Push”.
astrouga
Great. Let us know if you can deploy the image.
–astrouga
What Image type are you using? How many partitions are on the disk you are trying to image? What is the os?
Without more info, I’d say try a different kernel (bzImage) file. I created a 3.4 kernel. It has solved most of my issues.
[url]http://www.filedropper.com/bzimage34[/url]
Click on the “Download This File” image link after the “URL:” and “Embed:” text boxes.
Do you know how to specify if a custom kernel for each system? If not, just ask.
–astrouga
Blackout:
What needs to be tested at this point? Anything you need checked in the latest build?
Thanks again for all the hard work. FOG has really come a long way.
astrouga
I use “Multiple Partition - single disk”, regardless of the number of partitions (one or more) and it always works. “Single Disk - NTFS Resizable” is broken though. I have tried many, many different Windows 7 stand-alone installs and it fails. I don’t think I have ever gotten it to work. Truthfully, given the number or people claiming that it fails, I don’t think it is reliable. I wouldn’t recommend it until .33 comes out. The developers are definitely aware of problems that I’ve had with it and are addressing it in the next release.
Can someone provide more details here? Chkdsk never runs after I image any systems, unless something has gone wrong.
I generally build a Win7 image on one computer in audit mode, add all the drivers for sysprep, shrink the partition down to the lowest drive size of the computer I keep in inventory, then do a defrag and chkdsk before I sysprep and pull the image. Works all the time and across every kind of hardware I’ve tried.
astrouga
Thanks, that worked. Though you have a typo. It should be:
[CODE]/bin/sleep 30 && /etc/init.d/tftpd-hpa restart[/CODE]
(you had “htftpd-hpa”).
astrouga
[quote=“Ivan, post: 3889, member: 1277”]astrouga,
Thank You this fixed the problem[/quote]
Glad to help!
I’ve updated the link again. This is the original 3.4 kernel I created a month or so back:
[url]http://www.filedropper.com/bzimage34[/url]
click on the “Download This File” image link after the “URL:” and “Embed:” text boxes.
astrouga
I’ve not seen that error before. I think fog should own them though. try “sudo chown fog:root” on the subfolders/files.
[quote=“klasikrkade, post: 3890, member: 622”]I installed latest trunk and am able to upload my images with no issues. When I attempt to download my images the computer gets to the blue screen with progress bar for an instant and then instead of starting to download the image the computer just reboots. My .32 fog box works fine. Is this an issue you have seen?[/quote]
Are using the “single partition” image option?
Got a follow-up e-mail message about a post here, but the post is not showing. Odd. Anyway, some asked:
[quote]
This sounds stupid, but I am new…
How or what commands do i use to get to “/var/www/fog/commons/config.php” once i go here: sudo mysql -u root -p?
[/quote]
Sorry, I should have been more clear. You don’t need to use the “sudo mysql -u root -p”. I just added that because it is an easy way to verify that you know the mysql password. If you get in, then you can just exit mysql. You need to put that password in /var/www/fog/commons/config.php. It is the ‘DATABASE_PASSWORD’ variable, if I recall correctly.
Just type “sudo vi /var/www/fog/commons/config.php” to edit the file and insert your mysql password. Some people hate vi, so you could substitute vi in the command above with ‘gedit’. That will give you a graphical editor in a new window. Just insert the mysql password and save the file. Then try to open the WEBUI again.
Let us know if that works.
OK, I’ll get back to you next week. I’ve got to rolll for now. Sorry that didn’t work out for you. Does the kernel work for any of your other systems?
Follow-up if you make any progress.
Did you define a mysql password?
You need to manually enter the password in /var/www/fog/commons/config.php
Are there any errors? Also, have your tried running a defrag and chkdsk on the partitions a few times before you start the upload process?
I guess you’ve tried updating the BIOS already?
Here is a 3.4 kernel I built last week. Use the “Download this File” link. Let me know if it works.
The size is fine. It should not have a file extension. Did you try using it? You need to put that file in /tftpboot/fog/kernel. Then associate your machine with that kernel. Then you can try an imaging task with it.
I haven’t had a chance to try it on everything inventory yet – my FOG system is in limbo as I have mainly been playing with .33 beta. Though I suspect it will work on everything.
The KS is supposed to have more drivers, though I haven’t looked at the .config file to see what sort of things are included. Perhaps it will be unnecessary. I read sometime back that the KS kernel might increase device support at the cost of performance though. I’ll have to try some comparisons on different hardware between the core.config and kitchensink.config, just to see if that is true these days.