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      USB boot without IPXE

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      @dashwell Are you using the “usb boot easy way” to get into the iPXE menu? iPXE should support multiple network adapters out of the box. It should support 2 or maybe 3 external adapters and will try them in order.

      There is a different way to usb boot directly into FOS Linux (the engine that moves data on the client). The tutorial is covered here: https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/7727/building-usb-booting-fos-image read the entire article top to bottom. Also check the FOG Form chat for a few more hints.

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      Unsolved Problem with INIT.xz @ 74%

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      @dashwell said in Problem with INIT.xz @ 74%:

      new series of laptops

      Beside the excellent hints George already gave I might ask which make and model exactly are we talking about?

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      Fog server reporting image error on restoring to larger drive

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      @dashwell Well you said you updated from an older version and you think the update is causing this problem. While I still don’t think the update caused this I still was wondering what version you used before.

      Back to the problem: The error is pretty clear. The image was taken from a larger size disk. Probably using an older version of FOG which did only shrink but not rearange partitions (to fill the empty gaps). The version you currently use (20220203) is capable of rearanging partitions but you need to re-capture the image with that version to make use of it. So I suggest you grab a machine with a disk large enough, deploy that old image to it. Then create a new image definition within the FOG web UI (to keep the old one as backup), set this new image for the machine you just deployed the old image to, schedule a capture to the fresh image definition and then try to deploy this new image to smaller size drives.

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      Image written to end of Drive after Deploy Image

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      @dashwell Please use the latest FOS init as posted in your other topic to see if this is still happening.

      If it does I would like to see the contents of d1.partitions and d1.minimum.partitions from that image.

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      Scripted process to remove a file/folder before imaging

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      @dashwell Normally you would delete the file before capture in our source OS. But I know sometimes you just need to edit / remove one file from the target system.

      You can do what you want with a FOG post install script. I have a tutorial on how to inject drivers into a target windows system that you can use as the basis. Start by reading this: https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/11126/using-fog-postinstall-scripts-for-windows-driver-injection-2017-ed

      The only scripts you will need to start with is fog.custominstall

      In this section of the code you will need to change it for your purposes.

      debugPause . ${postdownpath}fog.copydrivers # . ${postdownpath}fog.updateunattend umount /ntfs ;;

      Lets change it to

      debugPause . ${postdownpath}fog.nukemyfile # . ${postdownpath}fog.updateunattend umount /ntfs ;;

      Now that above script will connect the C drive on the target computer disk to the /ntfs directory. The thing you have to remember is the FOG Post install script runs under linux and not a windows batch file. So there are some pain points you must remember. The first is the directory paths are forward slash ( / ) and not a backslash ( \ ). Second linux is case sensitive. So lets say you want to edit the unattend.xml file you would reference that file as /ntfs/Windows/Panther/Unattend.xml Note the path and case matching.

      So now you will need to create a file called fog.nukemyfile in the /images/postdownloadscripts directory on the fog server. Hint: If you first create the file on a windows box use notepad++ not windows notepad. You will save some headaches later.

      In that fog.nukemyfile file put the following.

      #!/bin/bash rm "/ntfs/apps/broadcom/config.ini"

      Assuming you wanted to remove the config.ini file in c:\apps\broadcom directory.

      The last bit from the tutorial you will need to hook the fog.custominstall script into the fog.postdownload script as mentioned.

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      Adjusting last partition Windows 10/11

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      @dashwell The files are init.xz (64 bit CPU) and init_32.xz (32 bit CPU). Download those and move them into /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe in your FOG server. Rename the existing files instead of overwriting them.

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      FOG reports HOST not Registered on Menu with USB network

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      @dashwell Just play with the settings to see what difference it makes. Can’t give you a clear advice on this as it behaves differently. This is not something FOG has a share in. It’s up to the vendors UEFI implementation.

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      FOG bzImage not downloading

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      @dashwell said in FOG bzImage not downloading:

      use a Microtik router as our DHCP server and router and it only supports one image file call routine

      Once you get past your current issue, If you need dynamic pxe booting (bios/uefi) we have a solution for that even if your dhcp server doesn’t support it. But for now one issue at a time.

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      Partclone freezes or crawls after kernel update

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      Hi Sebastian,

      I want to say thank you for all your assistance. You changes hit the nail right on the head. Thank you very much.

      Kind regards
      Duane

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      Error trying to restore GPT Partition tables. Exit returned code 4

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      @dashwell The linked post is years old. Please take a picture of the exact error you have on screen and post that here.

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      IPXE UEFI boots, IPXE then reports no configurations worked

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      @sebastian-roth this has worked for me with a brand new HP 440 G8

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