aah ok I see, this makes sense.
this is exactly what I needed!
So in Line 381 to 384 of fog.upload you define the imgtype as mps, which then gets executed on line 227?
and following the code until on line 287 gets executed as partclone.imager -c -s $part -O /tmp/pigz1 -N -f for each partition?
When I look at a already created raw image, it’s only one file.
Is the Image creation on different partitions, which in the end get combined into one?
Thank you very much for that quick answer
I have a few questions about the Process of creating a Raw Image.
I’ve been looking through the fog.scripts and noticed that you first compress the Image and then partclone.ntfs it?
Also i’ve been searching the part that does the RAW Image. I would like to be able to manually invoke a raw image, which would then be copied onto a Harddrive.
I took a look at a raw image created by fog, which is only one file compressed with gzip.
Could someone maybe explain the image creation process? (just the basics, i’m no linux noob ;))
dd the drive and pigz it?
[quote=“user 1111122222, post: 31711, member: 24492”]Eric:
How did you edit the Fog.download file? I can’t seem to find the same file on my system.
I have a fog.download file, but it is way different and does not contain the setting you describe.[SIZE=2] Can you please offer some [/SIZE]guidance[SIZE=2]?[/SIZE]
Admittedly, I am a linux noob so forgive me if this is obvious to others.[/quote]
you would need to unpack the init.xz in /var/www/fog/service/ipxe/, do the changes and then repack it.
But I wouldn’t recommend doing that if your not familiar with linux…
I have a Problem with several different Computers, mainly Laptops, which have a Windows Error after being successfully loaded. I have an 0x000025 on Windows 7 and 0xc0000225 on Windows 8. It’s quick fix, using the installation CD, but it’s very annoying.
I’m not sure where the problem is, but my guess is, that it seems to be having problems with GPT Partitions and the BCD.
Is anyone else having Problems in that Direction.
EDIT
Propably the wrong Section, this Thread blongs to Windows Problems. Please Move.
[quote=“jrockrus, post: 31684, member: 24839”]Hi,
I am trying to recompile the FogService Hostname Chnager in Fog 1.1.2. I followed the steps found here
[SIZE=3][B][HTML]http://www.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Managing_FOG#Active_Directory_Integration[/HTML][/B][/SIZE]
but I am not successful doing so. I am able to recompile the [FONT=sans-serif][COLOR=#000000]HostnameChange.dll[/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=sans-serif][COLOR=#000000] but towards the end it states[/COLOR][/FONT]
The folder is empty and instead recompiles the FOGService.exe to \FOG Service\src\OutputDirectory. This file size is smaller than the original FOGService,exe found in /var/www/html/fog/client with the zipped file.
Please let me know what I can do.
Thanks in advance[/quote]
I just successfully compiled my Fog Service. I had trouble when still on 0.32 using newer Versions of Visual Studio, including 2010 and 2013, try to find a Visual Studio 2008 to compile it.
aaah this makes sense… Great thanks!
altough a mention somewhere in the release notes or something would’ve been helpful;)
Hi there,
I just upgraded to Fog 1.1.2 and noticed that a change in the Active Directory Settings.
I used to be able to input the OU in which the Computers got transferred to.
Now there is a Dropdown list which has no content, leaving it blank is probably just going to throw them into the default folder.
Is there a way to populate this List or manually input the OU?
Also I have read around the Forums that the FOGService got updated, does that mean I have to change the build-in Password again? It was quite awful to do so and I would hate to do it again.
we have other systems that have a functioning ipxe environement. I’ll try to image the systems seperatly.
will report back
[quote=“Tom Elliott, post: 30129, member: 7271”]Capone requires one registered host to upload the initial image. This is really the only way you can do it, easily. Otherwise you could try to do this manually if you really can’t “spend the time” to register the host, though I’m not going to build a walk through on exactly what you would need to do.[/quote]
I was able to register the Hosts, using an USB menu but not upload an Image at any stage.
Since I can’t use the iPXE for the reasons explained above several times, I have to use an usb key.
When I try to upload an Image it says that the request Type is Null, even when I start an upload Task using the Web UI and then start to manually invoke the upload.
[quote=“RipAU, post: 30119, member: 24459”]I found that fog boots fine from USB using syslinux. I guess the problems that will come up is how dynamic fog is now with iPXE generating the upload and download via kernel arguments in iPXE.
Having kernel support for the USB-Ethernet adapter might be a problem as well.
As was mentioned earlier capone plugin might work.
I used syslinux 4.02 to create the bootable USB key and in the syslinux.cfg have:
[CODE]default vesamenu.c32
prompt 0
timeout 100
MENU TITLE Fog USB Stick
MENU COLOR TITLE 1;36;44 #ffffffff #00000000 std
MENU BACKGROUND images/background.png
label Fogcheck
menu label Fog Compatibility
kernel /fog/bzImage root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 ip=dhcp dns= keymap= web=10.0.0.253/fog/ consoleblank=0 pcie_aspm=off loglevel=4 mode=sysinfo
initrd /fog/init.xz
label Fogdebug
menu label Fog Debug
kernel /fog/bzImage root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 ip=dhcp dns= keymap= web=10.0.0.253/fog/ consoleblank=0 pcie_aspm=off loglevel=4 mode=debug
initrd /fog/init.xz
label Fogcapone
menu label Fog Capone
kernel /fog/bzImage root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 ip=dhcp dns= keymap= web=10.0.0.253/fog/ consoleblank=0 pcie_aspm=off loglevel=4 mode=capone shutdown=0 storage=10.0.0.253:/images
initrd /fog/init.xz
[/CODE]
I don’t know how practical this will be though.[/quote]
I managed to build a usb file which starts capone in download mode and this is exactly what I meant!
Neither do I have to use PXE nor iPXE and it works using the usb to ethernet adapter…
I’m trying to figure out how to set capone into upload mode though. I looked into the init.xz -> capone script and tried to change the type from down to up. But this results in an error message, saying that the Request Type is Null. The Parameters are given to the fog script itself which then in turn sets the respective fog.upload or fog.download in motion.
It seems as it doesn’t even get that far.
Any hints?
[quote=“jbsclm, post: 28238, member: 3158”]If you were interested in using the capone plug in, I think the following would probably work, assuming that the usb ethernet adaptor is supported by the fog kernel.
Create a bootable cd or usb drive containing ipxe, and the fog kernel and bzimage.
boot from this, it would then load kernel and bzimage from there, connect to the fog server, lookup the configured image for the particular dmi field, and then image the client. From what you say the I would suggest model for the capone dmi field.
Let me know if this might work for you, and I will see if my idea works.[/quote]
I’m still trying to figure out how the capone plugin actually works… Just found that the DMI Setting is in the FOG Configuration Menu and not in some kind of popup when clicking the capone plugin itself… 
If I manage to create an usb drive which would load the image from pxe, how would it check using the dmi field? are there any special adjustments i would need to make?
EDIT also as I mentioned the ipxe doesn’t work because of the incompatibility with an usb to ethernet adapter. As far as I know there is currently no support for those kinds of devices with ipxe. There was someone who started to develop support in 2008 in gpxe but sadly he never finished his work. So i would need a small linux distro, which can load from usb, using syslinux, which would initialize the network first prior to connecting to fog.
Hi,
We just recently updated to 1.0.1 and found out that FOG now uses iPXE instead of just PXE.
I have looked into iPXE and mostly it works good, although sometimes a bit slower than the old PXE.
The problem we’re facing is that we bought around 100 Lenovo Thinkpad Yogas for our school teachers and because ultrabooks no longer have an RJ-45 adapter we had to buy usb to ethernet adapters for each one. Only problem there is that iPXE isn’t compatible with any usb to ethernet adpater so it doesn’t find any network devices.
We also bought a couple of Lenovo Yoga 2, which have a PXE Boot Option altough this doesn’t really work. (I don’t want to ask for help in this forum as it’s not really related ;))
Now to kill 2 birds with one stone: would it be possible to create a small Linux distro which boots up from a USB drive, loads the network, connects to fog and then starts an imaging process?
I had tried to use the Clonezilla Live USB option with kernel parameters to connect to the NFS Share of Fog and it kinda works. As it only mounts read-only it’s able to download an image specified in the parameters. So no automation there, the parameter has to be changed for every image in the boot file of the iso.
EDIT
FOG Version: 1.0.1
OS Version: Debian 7
and yes I have searched the forums, but using a usb key for those problems would be a different approach