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@george1421 said in How to create a Windows 10 Image:

So are you trying to make a diskless windows computer boot every day? Does the image have to reset back to a standard configuration?

Yes, our goal is to boot from the network in the morning, then to synchronize a standard image on the hard drive, by the way, Rembo even only synchronized the changes and then work with them. The whole thing runs until the customer needs software changes, then a clean image is loaded, the changes are made and the image is uploaded. When a client comes the next day, the latest image is automatically synchronized. The images are historically stored and an older image can be used if necessary. Something like that I should offer a new solution for our customer.

Since FOG can even perform a domain join, I was hoping that I was correct.

To your questions, the system is not diskless and yes, every morning it is reset to the same image, so that all computers are the same every morning. Like in a school in the training room e.g.

@george1421
Hello George

What are the possibilities? Is it also possible without Sysprep? It was all a lot easier with Rembo and mySHN. Doesn’t that also exist with FOG. I mean, because the Windows KEY, the domain joining etc. can all be controlled from FOG. I just wonder what the Windows 10 image should look like. Our plan is for the computers to fetch this image from the FOG server every morning so that they start right away every day. But if I always have to do a MiniSetup first, it takes too long. Do you have another tip for me?

Thank you and best regards

Marcel

@george1421
Oh and of course the WoL function has to be activated in the bios, but that should be clear to everyone.

@george1421

Hello George

I found the mistake. With the DELL Optiplex 7080 the option “Deep Sleep” has to be deactivated in the BIOS settings. Then the WakOnLan function works from FOG very well.

Thanks and best regards

Marcel

@george1421

Hello george

Until now we have used Rembo and mySHN for the adaptation of the Windows adaptations. Since we now have devices that only have UEFI Bios and Rembo does not support this, we switched to FOG. Here are our advantages that the domain join can be automated. I have now created an image that has already joined the domain. Now I’ve created an image and distributed it. A new computer does not want to hop into the domain without further ado and I asked myself whether I had made mistakes when creating the image. In the Rembo / mySHN times that wasn’t a problem at all. That’s why I ask so naively.

Can the image already be in a domain?
FOG Client is installed, already in the image. etc. etc.

Are there no brief instructions on how to proceed?

And thank you for writing.

thanks
Marcel

Hello everybody

I would like to know how to activate the WakeOnLAN (WoL) function in FOG. What else has to be installed so that the FOG server can wake up the clients. I have already activated WoL in the BIOS on the clients.

Many thanks for your help.

Hello everybody

I would like to know exactly how you have to create a Windows 10 image in order to be able to distribute it successfully later. What do I have to consider.

Many thanks for your help.

@scoude said in Modify path /images to /home ???:

Hi everybody,
I have a 1.5.5 Fog version on Debian 9.3. By default, my images storage directory was /images.
And my wish was to put images on new directory /var/images (/var is mount on LVM mapper…).
So here are the actions I done :
1/ create a /var/images directory
2/ set good rights and owner for this new directory (see /images rights)
3/ move all files from /images to /var/images (be careful to move all files : with dot, etc.; ls -la to be sure !)
4/ connect to database with mysql client and change path :
use fog;
update nfsGroupMembers set ngmRootPath=‘/var/images/’;
update nfsGroupMembers set ngmFTPPath=‘/var/images/’;

5/ change path in /etc/exports :
/var/images *(ro,sync,no_wdelay,no_subtree_check,insecure_locks,no_root_squash,insecure,fsid=0)
/var/images/dev *(rw,async,no_wdelay,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash,insecure,fsid=1)

6/ apply nfs changes :
exportfs -ra

That’s all !

This works fine for me.

Thank you.

@george1421

Hello George

First: DELL Optiplex 7080 works very well with FOG Version 5.10.34

Second:

Here are my steps, i do this morning

Manual update to latest kernel

For CentOS 7+, Fedora 19+, RHEL 7+, Debian8+, and Ubuntu14+ you may manually update the kernel and/or the inits to the latest by following the below steps.

You may copy/paste the entire script to backup all kernels/inits and download all new ones.

#Delete previous backed up kernels & inits.
rm -rf /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/old

​#Make a directory to put old kernels & inits into.
mkdir /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/old

​#Move old inits, get new ones.
mv /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/init.xz /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/old
wget https://fogproject.org/inits/init.xz -O /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/init.xz
mv /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/init_32.xz /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/old
wget https://fogproject.org/inits/init_32.xz -O /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/init_32.xz

​#Move old kernels, get new ones.
mv /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/bzImage /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/old
wget https://fogproject.org/kernels/bzImage -O /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/bzImage
mv /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/bzImage32 /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/old
wget https://fogproject.org/kernels/bzImage32 -O /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/bzImage32

#Reset Ownership:
#Fedora, CentOS, RHEL:
chown -R fog:apache /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe
#Ubuntu, Debian:
chown -R fog:www-data /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe

#Set permissions:
chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe

#Script complete.
echo DONE!

@george1421 said in Dell Optiplex 7080 Network error:

I’m suspecting for some reason you are running linux 4.19.x kernel. If that is the case we will fix that.

Your are right.

How can i update the kernel?

@george1421 said in Dell Optiplex 7080 Network error:

@cello That is all you need. PXE boot and check the hardware.

If this still fails then we need you to get the hardware IDs of the network adapter in this 7080. You can do this through the device manager. We need both the vendor and device IDs.

It is a “Intel Ethernet Connection (11) I219-LM”

@george1421 said in Dell Optiplex 7080 Network error:

@cello What FOS Linux kernel are you using. In the web UI -> FOG Configuration -> Kernel update. You probably need to be on version 5.6.8 or later. The newest is 5.10.x versions. Download both the 64 bit and 32 bit versions.

Hello George

we are on 5.10.34, i have installed both 32bit and 64bit.
After the download the message appears that the kernel has been successfully installed. What do I have to do after that?

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@tom-elliott said in WebGui language will not change:

installlang=1 /path/to/foginstaller/bin/installfog.sh -y

Hello Tom

thank you for your answer. I did what you described. But it doesn’t work. The language cannot be selected. What does “installlang = 1” mean

thanks
Marcel

@sebastian-roth
Hello Sebastian

ok, did i get that right? I have the computers started and synchronized every morning using the scheduler. When an employee arrives, he can boot the image directly from the hard drive and no longer has to synchronize. Is that correct?

Why can’t I synchronize the computer and then immediately boot from the hard disk? The menu always appears and I then have to select the option to start again.

I imagine that the computer synchronizes by default and then starts immediately from the hard drive.

Would that be possible???

thanks
Marcel

Hello Everybody

i will deploy everyday the newest image and than automatically start it. can anyone tell me how to set up. for the diploy i wont put a passwort everytime. how can i deactivate it.

thx
Marcel

Hello Everybody

the Dell Optiplex 7080 can boot into Fog. When i try to registrate the Client, i will get an Network error.

Not Network select.

can anyone help me.

thx
Marcel

Hello Everybody

i am absolutly new in FOG.

I want to change the WebGui language. I can choice “german” in the dropdown list, but nothing happend. Only english is displaying.

THX
Marcel