Fog creates its own image files from the clients that you upload. It doesn’t really accept pre-made image files from other software unless it’s the same software that Fog is using (partimage.)

If you look at the article I linked in post #3 and that doesn’t help, I suggest you try the Ubuntu help forums. I am not familiar with 12.04 yet, and this issue is not specific to Fog servers. Your chances of getting it resolved may be greatly enhanced at the ubuntu forums.

Can you post the contents of your /etc/exports, make sure to put it inside the CODE tags.

[url]http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/resetting-permissions.html#resetting-permissions-unix[/url]

Fog cannot image ext4 fs partitions currently. So if your Ubuntu image you are trying to upload was not specifically setup to be ext3, then you won’t be able to upload/deploy.

[url]http://askubuntu.com/questions/58781/resolv-conf-keeps-getting-reset-by-something[/url]

What OS are you running? Which version?

Have you tried Mulitple-Parition, Single Disk as the image type?

Did your Fog server change IP addresses during all this network updates? Does it work from a computer connected to the same switch/subnet/vlan as the Fog server? What would YOU do for a Klondike bar?

Backup the fog database using mysqldump.
Backup /var/www/fog, /opt/fog/, and /tftpboot using tar or other backup utilitie.
Download the fog_0.32.tar.gz files from sourceforge.
Extract it and run the /bin/installfog.sh script. It will upgrade the necessary components. Open the webUI. You should be prompted to update your Fog Schema (database layout).

You’ll need to put your 3.3.3 kernel back in place if you currently have it saved as bzImage.

If you have a filesystem backup of the /var/www/fog or /opt/fog/service directories from before the upgrade, restore them to a temp location and check the config.php files for the password.

play around with the trying to guess the root password.

Try things like “password”, “fog”, and if you just can’t guess the root password. there is a way you can take the MySQL database offline and reset the root password.

Lashings! and with a wet noodle too!

did you remove any hidden/recovery partitions?

There are customizations to Fog which allow you to image without registering a computer. You boot to PXE, select from the menu and pick an image. These customizations are not officially supported, but they are available and the Fog community will do whatever we can to help you get it working.

I can’t remember if it’s on the WIKI or on the Forums, but someone has posted how to make Fog image without registering all the hosts beforehand.

Some computers, especially those made by companies that customized their own motherboards and BIOS, don’t always follow the specifications. Usually Dell have this problem. There is an option you can used called “reboot=bios” that goes in the kernel options.

Here is some more info on the option to the Linux kernel. [url]http://linux.koolsolutions.com/2009/08/04/howto-fix-linux-hangfreeze-during-reboots-and-restarts/[/url]

Test it on one host and if it works, you can apply the option to all hosts that need it using a Fog group.

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If you use 12.04, you will need to modify tftpd-hpa to wait on the LAN interfaces before it starts. There is a script modification thread around here somewhere that shows you where to tell tftpd-hpa to sleep for a few seconds.

I checked my error logs and they appear similar, but my tasks all work.

I downloaded Visual Studio Express 2008 Visual C# Edition and tried to go through the steps in the wiki. I was stopped when trying to build the Fog Service Installer project. Evidently, VS 2008 Exp. Ed. doesn’t like .vdproj files and won’t proceed.