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The way I do it, is that the script goes into FOG but the install files live on a different share that I can call from a UNC path. so the guts to my script are:

\\installersshare\office\setup.exe /configure \\installersshare\office\config.xml

@wayne-workman said in Fedora 35 & FOG:

Knowing our limited developer resources, and to keep cost low, I suggest we cease testing Fedora as well as cease supporting Fedora - in the sense of fixing installation code to make new versions work.

Considering fedora is generally the bleeding edge version or REHL I would classify it under NOT LTS and pull it from the supported OS list.

@Sebastian-Roth

I finally got to test this today. It appears to be

Hostname/bind
Reboot
Waits for a complete reboot (this is good for be because this is where my GPO installs happens) then after the boot process completes the snapin runs. In this case running a script to install AutoCAD.

@merrittw

What tools are you using to manage your linux infrastructure.

I know Ubuntu is the bane of FOG devs but we use it in our environment because i can push updates regularly to all our hosts with Landscape.

@joe-gill

https://isimagingdead.com

The real answer for Mac is DEP & MDM. There are free MDMs like https://manager.mosyle.com this is missing a few key features that could be rounded out with open source tools like https://github.com/munki/munki

The key to all of this is that you have an Apple Business manager or Apple School Manager account and the devices enrolled there so they get enrollment packages at first startup.

If you have more questions reddit.com/r/macsysadmin is an OK resource, as well as https://www.macadmins.org slack channel. Then there is always JAMF Nation which is another apple MDM but the forum has broad apple questions and answers that apply not only to JAMF

@george1421

I used to see the issues with warm boots on older versions. That seems to not be the case in the latest version.

@Sebastian-Roth

I’ve only ever used 636 and running into this is the first time i’ve ever seen 686. It more sparked my interest considering its different on the pane to create the LDAP connection than it is to edit the ldap making me think it was a typo on one or the other.

@ismith-hpu

While I’m sure @Sebastian-Roth will work with you to try and get this going. As someone who manages a rather large fleet of Apple computers I’m going to tell you whatever the solution is; its not worth it.

As far as Apple is concerned imaging is dead. Full stop.
The procedure for provisioning machines in bulk is as such:

• Install OS via internet recovery or if the machine is brand new it should come out of the box with a current OS (You can do net install on older machines but T2 makes this impossible on newer machines unless you are willing to disable SIP, which you shouldn’t)
• Have your machines enrolled in DEP via school manager or business manager
• DEP will put your machine into your MDM of choice (JAMF, Mosley etc)
• Your MDM will provision profiles and software from your repository

Yes. You can technically image Macs for now, but the process is going to be full of work arounds and scotch tape which in the end will stop working at the next OS and you will need to start over.

Do yourself a favor and stop imaging Macs.

Xen defaults to BIOS though in 8+ you can switch to EFI and I’m pretty sure new versions of ESXi default to EFI. Can you confirm which you have on each?

@george1421
The only reason I can see it continuing to work is because microsoft isn’t primarily a hardware company. They need their OS to be available on many different standard x86_64 hardware. Now if they stop selling OEM installers and only using somesort of pre-baked internet recovery I would be more nervous.

@george1421

Good to know. I’ve been rolling with the same script since Win7 and likely would not have looked at another way to do it short of it failing to run on a new version.

@george1421

Looked through the guide and everything matched, it was just the tftp server password that was wrong.

@Sebastian-Roth

Now that I have the necessary MAC addresses at least associated with the machine I am good for now. I will wait for a final release before I move. This isn’t a deal breaker kind of issue for me.

@tesparza

This is not currently possible to do through the client. To get complete inventory the machine would need to be run through PXE and inventory collected through registration.

Finally got a chance to run the upgrade again and figured out my issue.

For some reason safari wasn’t happy with the upgrade. I can open fog fine from a private window or if I cleared history. It doesn’t open in Chrome, which was my other test because chrome doesn’t trust the ssl cert and no longer gives an option to bypass by default.

@anwoke8204

I think you’re misunderstanding what those fields are asking for. Those fields are asking which OU in which fog should look for the groups and users. Then you specify the groups with access in the admin group field.