Hi Can I get wiki access.

Slight thread hijack but I have just installed fog 1.2 as I needed more image space (sysprep worked but things like graphics drivers proved an issue)

The problem I have is with Dell OptiPlex 390s they boot from pxe show the menu but then they just go black with a flashing underscore in the top left corner. EDIT: better description blinking white cursor.

They used to work with the previous release of fog. All the bios settings are correct etc. If I escape out of the PXE it boots from the hard disk OK. problem is I have all our machines set to boot from nic then boot from HDD. I have updated the bios and removed all other boot options except from NIC and HDD.

Can I have an account please. It doesn’t note exactly where to ask?

sorted it thanks guys, Stopped the WDS service for a starting. Then realised I had the DNS server setting in fog set incorrectly. Rebuilt Linux and reinstalled Fog correctly (

Post Fog install. PXE boot issues. Multiple PXE servers (1 old, previous IT managers install)

Hi All,

I am having issues getting machines to PXE boot to fog.

I have used fog before and like it very much. I have just taken over an IT department and have installed fog on a Linux Ubuntu box. I can access the server remotely.

I have set up my windows DHCP to have scope options 66 FOGSERVER and 67 pxelinux.0 (thats a zero)

The problem is there appears to be 2 PXE servers. My Fog Ubuntu setup and also another. Set up by the previous manager. The previous manager died and left no documentation. The 2nd pxe server that the machines boot from is a windows pxe server.

I can see on pxe boot that it is booting from my windows DHCP server. This is where I have set the scope options to point to fog. Somehow, something is still pointing to the old server.

I have found the location of the other PXE application and it is on another server. I will when possible shut this server down to test if the fog pxe then works.

In the mean time does anyone have any ideas of what could be causing the problem. It seems like there is something else on my DHCP server that is pointing this in the wrong direction. People have also put in tutorials to ;-

    [SIZE=12px][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]I would reccomend putting an A record in your DNS called FOGSERVER this will make things easier to remember.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]

[SIZE=12px][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]Could this help? if so how do I do it. (forward, reverse lookup? A record what info?)[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]

Quick register all of a sudden has stopped using the Mac Address and is now using Auto-*. I know where to change it in fog settings but I don’t know what I must type to get it to use the mac address. Tried leaving the section blank but this just doesn’t name the host at all. Tried -1 like other categories but this just names all hosts -1.