@Wayne-Workman
Thanks! I was successful with getting FOG setup on Fedora 21. The server I am using has multiple NICs, and eth0 uses DHCP for internet access while eth1 is for a private PXE with DHCP run by FOG. I had to include in the rc.local two additional lines before the “exit 0” –

ifdown eth1
ifup eth1

If I didn’t do that, then DHCP wouldn’t be broadcasting anything nor would the statically assigned IP address be pingable from another computer on the same private LAN (also with static IP assignment since the DHCP wasn’t working).

I’ll have to spend more time with FOG and reading the manual. I registered a machine and did an upload of the template image I am using. Right now I am relying on Acronis TrueImage for “imaging” (have to use a USB3 hard drive docking station) and it works flawlessly, just takes more time and only one drive at a time.

This experience, even if it takes me 6-12 months to learn, will be super advantageous to me.

@Tom-Elliott
I’m sorry and you’re right, I didn’t try and I was being a spoiled cry baby for not having remote SSH and allowed that to be the show stopper. =(

@Wayne-Workman
Thanks! I was successful with getting FOG setup on Fedora 21. The server I am using has multiple NICs, and eth0 uses DHCP for internet access while eth1 is for a private PXE with DHCP run by FOG. I had to include in the rc.local two additional lines before the “exit 0” –

ifdown eth1
ifup eth1

If I didn’t do that, then DHCP wouldn’t be broadcasting anything nor would the statically assigned IP address be pingable from another computer on the same private LAN (also with static IP assignment since the DHCP wasn’t working).

I’ll have to spend more time with FOG and reading the manual. I registered a machine and did an upload of the template image I am using. Right now I am relying on Acronis TrueImage for “imaging” (have to use a USB3 hard drive docking station) and it works flawlessly, just takes more time and only one drive at a time.

This experience, even if it takes me 6-12 months to learn, will be super advantageous to me.

@Tom-Elliott
I’m sorry and you’re right, I didn’t try and I was being a spoiled cry baby for not having remote SSH and allowed that to be the show stopper. =(

This is where I am starting from:
https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/FOGUserGuide#Installation_on_different_distributions_of_Linux

What OS I want to choose:
The most recent and stable of either Ubuntu or Debian

OS I tried:
Ubuntu Server 12.04 32-bit CD ISO

Where I acquired the OS from:
http://releases.ubuntu.com/12.04/

What my problem is:
Ubuntu 14.10 and 14.04 have notes “(Buggy)” and “WARNING THIS VERSION OF LINUX, IT IS RELATIVITY NEW AND THERE ARE ISSUES WITH TFTP UPSTART AGAIN, WHEN TIME ALLOWS AND MAJOR ISSUES WITH FOG HAVE BEEN RESOLVED, WE WILL TACKLE FIXES FOR THE UBUNTU 14.04 OPERATING SYSTEM!”

Ubuntu 13.10, 13.04, and 12.10 aren’t even available for download from Ubuntu’s website

After I install Ubuntu Server 12.04 32-bit on a server that I want to dedicate to FOG, I want to operate it remotely via SSH so I attempt to install OpenSSH Server and for grins Ubuntu Desktop. Instead, I get error messages about index files failing to download/ being ignored / old ones used instead / packages having unmet dependencies / dependencies not installable / unable to correct problems and that I have held broken packages. I am doing this logged in as root using a direct keyboard and monitor hook-up, and have tried variations of “sudo apt-get” and “sudo aptitude” with the -f parameter and “update” and “install openssh-server” and “install ubuntu-desktop”. I doubt that if I continued FOG would even install. The server is able to successfully attain a LAN IP address and communicate with computers on the internet (ex. download files, ping Google, etc).

Example error messages:
“W: Failed to fetch blahblahblah_Packages Hash Sum mismatch”
“E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.”
“Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming.”
“The following packages have unmet dependencies:”
“Depends: libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~) but it is not installable”
and more “<whatever here> but it is not installable”
“E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.”

Commands I tried, all with fail results:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openssh-server
sudo apt-get install openssh-server -f
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop -f
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude -f update
sudo aptitude install openssh-server
sudo aptitude -f install openssh-server
sudo aptitude install ubuntu-desktop
sudo aptitude -f install ubuntu-desktop

New problem reaching this point in the thread:
The FOG Wiki is confusing, not upfront, straight forward, and tech friendly. I’m not a Linux-god to figure this out myself. I wish there would be something that would give guaranteed-to-work instructions and just tell me what to do rather than give me several dozen choices, some of which shoo me away with notes about being buggy or having unresolved major issues, and others that appear to be solid and stable don’t actually work and require a lot of Linux experience and knowledge to resolve.

I am afraid that without such instructions I would need to spend a significant and impractical amount of time (several days to weeks) before I get a working FOG server that could have maybe been avoided with improved installation instructions, maybe.

I can’t help but to imagine that I would be trying every single version of Ubuntu and Debian that I could possibly get my hands on (aka spending time waiting on ISO downloads, burning to CDs and DVDs, waiting on server boots and changing discs, waiting on OS installation) and trying every possible combination of settings and solutions I find through Google … that I would spend all the little energy I have remaining after coming home from work trying to get this up and running. Is it really cost effective and practical to spend such a quantity of time? It might be better to go with a paid solution but I really want to benefit from FOG.

I’m sorry if I seem arrogant because I don’t mean to look arrogant. I’m sorry for my ignorance, I just see myself as a simple person. =( Truth is, I need help and I feel that I won’t succeed here without help from others. I would like someone’s help.