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@bricktop135 said in Every time I deploy an image it tries to write to my USB Boot Disk:

next set up the PXE boot on the server.

?? All you need to do is update your dhcp server. There is nothing really to setup. Just set dhcp options 66 and 67 and your are done. If you want to dynamically boot between bios and uefi mode then you will need some more configuration. But if you have the fog server the hard part is done with pxe booting.

Anyway I’m glad you have it worked out with this computer.

@bricktop135 At which stage do you get the cursor on the black screen? Can take a series of pictures or video so we see the whole boot process?

@bricktop135 Though George is right about the USB key setup to boot Macs (and other machines) this is not the perfect way since it has issues.

Depending on the Mac you have you should be able to boot iPXE directly from a USB key (slightly different to what George posted). From what I read between the lines you have PXE settings in your DHCP server already or you wouldn’t have been able to PXE boot the windows PCs for imaging. Or did you use George’s USB key manual for the windows clients as well?

So back to the “other” USB key method. Simply format a USB key with FAT32 and create directories \EFI\Boot\ on it. Then copy ipxe.efi (found in /tftpboot on your FOG server) into that sub-directory on the USB key and name it bootx64.efi. So you end up with a single file on that USB key: \EFI\Boot\bootx64.efi

Plug in the USB key, fire up your Mac and hold down ALT on the keyboard. You should see several boot entries. Select the orange one called “EFIBoot” and see if you get to the FOG menu.

Please take a picture in case you hit an error and post here so we can have a look.