Posts made by cwentwo

@george1421 I’ve double and triple checked that secure boot is off.

Yes, I booted one to Windows and ran ipconfig and confirmed that it was in the same subnet as the FOG server.

@george1421
Thank you for your help with this. Please forgive me as this is all new to me so I may be misspeaking.
Option 67 is set to ipxe.efi.
They do have the latest firmware. R1OET31W (1.10)
I have not found in this BIOS version a way to switch to or from UEFI mode. Is it possible it is just always in UEFI?
I have tried a USB-C dock, a USB 3.0 ethernet adapter, and a 5 port switch all with the same result. It goes to the black screen that says “Start PXE over IPV4” waits there for 10-15 seconds then goes back to the boot options. On the ones that work it shows the IP address then continues.

@george1421
I’ve tested it with 5 of these so far. I can get 2 of them to see the FOG server through PXE. One was the machine I prepped for imaging the other was new and had not yet been started up.

1. Secure boot was disabled. (That was the setting holding me back on the other 2 that now work.)
2. I don’t totally understand this, but I believe it is in UEFI. I do have older computers that I have tested just to make sure things were working and they connect without a problem.

I have a new issue. I have 10 of the exact same model of computer Lenovo Thinkpad E15, Gen3. All new out of the box. I seem to get different results with each computer.
All have the same BIOS settings as a computer that successfully boots to PXE and gets to the FOG server. I’m using the same network cable in my office for all of them. I just unplug and try it on the different machines.

-one of them goes to Starting PXE over IPV4 and hangs there with no additional text or messages and goes back to boot options after about a minute.
-another starts over PXE then gives the error: pxe-e16 no valid offer received

@cwentwo You are amazing! That did it! Thank you!

@george1421 I can see the PXE option and I select IPV4, it goes to the black screen and displays Start PXE over IPV4, then flashes some text and goes back to the boot options.

When I try it a second time it just flashes to a black screen then immediately returns to the boot options.

I have installed Kernel 5.15.34 AMD/Intel 32 and 64 bit (devel)

I am new to setting up FOG but having trouble with our new Lenovo laptops. I can get an older machine to see the FOG server without issue. I cannot get the new Lenovos to boot to PXE.

I am running Ubuntu 22.04 with FOG Version 1.5.9.148. I have the bootfile set to ipxe.efi.

Appreciate any help I can get!