@Tom-Elliott

After upgrading to RC-25 as you suggested, the issue is resolved. I can now image computers. Thank you and the other forum members for the help.

@george1421

I upgraded the kernel and that resolved the IP address error. Thanks for the assistance. I really appreciate it.

However, I then got an error that the hard disk was not found. I did some searching on these FOG forums and found that I needed to switch from RAID to ACHI for imaging. That is working although I am concerned with the size of the image. The image size is 240GB which in nearly the size of the entire SSD. All my previous images were about 30GB.

Is there anything that can be done about that? Please let me know.

@george1421

Thanks for your reply. Will this kernel be suitable:

Official Published Kernels

Kernel - 5.10.34 TomElliott
Date : May 2, 2021
Version : 5.10.34
FOG Type: TomElliott
PC 64 Bit
Arch Type: PC 64 Bit

Please let me know.

Hi,

I have been using my current version 1.4.4 of FOG for a while with no issues on our Dell OptiPlex computers. However, with the new Dell OptiPlex 7480 model computers my school has purchased, I am getting an error.

With all of the previous Dells I used the undionly.kpxe boot file. That did not work with the 7480. Instead, I had to use the snponly.efi or ipxe.efi in order to boot to the FOG menu.

However, when trying to do a full or partial client registration, I get an error saying the computer – Failed to get an IP address via DHCP. I have attached a photo of the error.

I have done some research on the Internet and the FOG forums and have not found a solution. Can someone assist?

Thanks in advance for any assistance that can be provided.

@george1421

I decided to just go ahead and upgrade our FOG server. The issue is now resolved. Thanks for the quick assistance.

Thanks for the quick reply. It is version 4.11.0

Hi,

Please see attached error message. We just started getting this message with our new Dell Precision 3630 computers. Our Dell Optiplex computers are working fine. This error message occurs after the FOG menu. This was trying to do a quick registration.

We are running FOG version 1.44. We have also got the same error when connected to a switchport that has portfast enabled.

Can someone assist? Thanks.

@Wayne-Workman

This issue is resolved. I built a new server as you and Tom suggested. Thanks for the help.

@Tom-Elliott

After upgrading to RC-25 as you suggested, the issue is resolved. I can now image computers. Thank you and the other forum members for the help.

@Wayne-Workman

Okay, I will try an upgrade. I have never updates a FOG server before. Are these the instructions that I should be following?

https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Upgrade_to_trunk

@Wayne-Workman

Okay, I updated to partimage. Here is the output - thanks.

#!ipxe
set fog-ip 172.16.5.153
set fog-webroot fog
set boot-url http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}
cpuid --ext 29 && set arch x86_64 || set arch i386
goto get_console
:console_set
colour --rgb 0x00567a 1 ||
colour --rgb 0x00567a 2 ||
colour --rgb 0x00567a 4 ||
cpair --foreground 7 --background 2 2 ||
goto MENU
:alt_console
cpair --background 0 1 ||
cpair --background 1 2 ||
goto MENU
:get_console
console --picture http://172.16.5.153/fog/service/ipxe/bg.png --left 100 --right 80 && goto console_set || goto alt_console
:MENU
menu
colour --rgb 0x00567a 0 ||
cpair --foreground 1 1 ||
cpair --foreground 0 3 ||
cpair --foreground 4 4 ||
item --gap Host is registered as 7020image!
item --gap -- -------------------------------------
item fog.local Boot from hard disk
item fog.memtest Run Memtest86+
item fog.keyreg Update Product Key
item fog.deployimage Deploy Image
item fog.multijoin Join Multicast Session
item fog.quickdel Quick Host Deletion
item fog.sysinfo Client System Information (Compatibility)
choose --default fog.local --timeout 3000 target && goto ${target}
:fog.local
sanboot --no-describe --drive 0x80 || goto MENU
kernel bzImage32 loglevel=4 initrd=init_32.xz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 web=172.16.5.153/fog/ consoleblank=0 rootfstype=ext4 loglevel=4
imgfetch init_32.xz
boot || goto MENU
:fog.memtest
kernel memdisk iso raw
initrd memtest.bin
boot || goto MENU
kernel bzImage32 loglevel=4 initrd=init_32.xz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 web=172.16.5.153/fog/ consoleblank=0 rootfstype=ext4 loglevel=4
imgfetch init_32.xz
boot || goto MENU
:fog.keyreg
login
params
param mac0 ${net0/mac}
param arch ${arch}
param username ${username}
param password ${password}
param keyreg 1
isset ${net1/mac} && param mac1 ${net1/mac} || goto bootme
isset ${net2/mac} && param mac2 ${net2/mac} || goto bootme
:fog.deployimage
login
params
param mac0 ${net0/mac}
param arch ${arch}
param username ${username}
param password ${password}
param qihost 1
isset ${net1/mac} && param mac1 ${net1/mac} || goto bootme
isset ${net2/mac} && param mac2 ${net2/mac} || goto bootme
:fog.multijoin
login
params
param mac0 ${net0/mac}
param arch ${arch}
param username ${username}
param password ${password}
param sessionJoin 1
isset ${net1/mac} && param mac1 ${net1/mac} || goto bootme
isset ${net2/mac} && param mac2 ${net2/mac} || goto bootme
:fog.quickdel
login
params
param mac0 ${net0/mac}
param arch ${arch}
param username ${username}
param password ${password}
param delhost 1
isset ${net1/mac} && param mac1 ${net1/mac} || goto bootme
isset ${net2/mac} && param mac2 ${net2/mac} || goto bootme
:fog.sysinfo
kernel bzImage32 loglevel=4 initrd=init_32.xz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 web=172.16.5.153/fog/ consoleblank=0 rootfstype=ext4 loglevel=4 mode=sysinfo
imgfetch init_32.xz
boot || goto MENU
:bootme
chain -ar http://172.16.5.153/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php##params ||
goto MENU
autoboot