Posts made by Dragnous

I was able to get approval to order a different adapter to try can anyone suggest one. I tried to search but was unable to find a particular one. any suggestions would be grand

I can script in command line mostly, I know a little bit of power shell (Enough to be dangerous)
I can do stuff in linux as well I am not very versed but my co workers do have knowledge…

Did this before and the adapter didnt work with the laptops we got lol.

Is it possiable to deploy a Wimboot Image using the pxe menu.

like script out this.
-layout disk partitions.
-Copy custom install.wim to Recovery
-Apply image
-Set image recovery location to recovery partition
bla
bla
bla?

Still no luck yet with this. lol but I am sure something will come up to ensure its workability.

@Wayne-Workman said:

@Dragnous

Is it possible that your employer can get a USB to Ethernet adapter that is known to work with FOG?

Look at this list: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/WorkingDevices#USB_Ethernet_Adapters

We have tried this before however HP seems to have issues supporting Other Adapters lol… Plus we get Grants that are specific and in this case was a HP deal so we are getting 40 of the adapters with the laptops lol

Yes I have changed the Argument.

If someone has time I could give a teamviewer code and have someone look at my settings for me… I am always up for help.

@Wayne-Workman said:

@Dragnous What version of FOG are you on now?

I am using 1.2.0 upgraded to trunk… so I guess Fog 3775

Update: Tried some different settings and playing around still have not been able to do this, Going crazy b/c today Ive got 900 Stream 11 Pro’s coming in and i need to start imaging them. I can start using clonezilla if i need but would rather multicast

@ch3i said:

@Dragnous Hi, Can you try your adapter on another computer model ?

I have tried on both HP Stream 13 and 11. same issue. I will try with another machine

Edit: I do not have another laptop that has USB to Ethernet Boot Support.

@cml said:

@Dragnous When it goes dead can you try unplugging the usb and plugging it back in?

I gave that a try and still no luck…

Here is a video I recorded this morning show exactly whats happening.
https://youtu.be/Hu3XbWcaQRM

Played around last night for a time and still unable to get these laptops to work correctly with fog.

Still noticing that when I click anything in the fog pxe menu. after it loads the kernel and pxe image the adapter goes dead and has no connectivity.

@cml said:

1.2.0 is the latest stable version, but I do not believe those options were added untila later revision. You can upgrade to trunk which has been reliable and stable for me that last few months.

Of course make sure you backup first.

OK I have updated to trunk. Re sym linked the undionk.kkpxe file. get into fog menu and try to do a host reg and still gets stuck after /init.xz…Ok

Yay all updated however back to iPXE initialising devices … and I already changed tftp to reflect undionly.kkpxe

Edit: For what ever reason when i restarted my fog machine now its not detecting the HDD lol lovely…
Edit:2 I had to repair grub but back up and running.

Oh interesting, I do not have that. I am using what I thought was the latest version 1.2.0

Sorry for this, cant seem to find the spot to add that… Can you do a screen shot for me…

@cml said:

@Dragnous

On the host management page

The same setting exists on the group management page, so you can apply it to a group of computers.

Ok so i take it I will have to manually register the host first, than add the argument

@Tom-Elliott said:

has_usb_nic=1

Oh… question where do i add that exactly.

Question: Once Kernel is loaded and init.xz is loaded what happens next… I am fearing that its because there is a lack of drivers for the USB Adapter. I do have the Drivers for the device however they would need to be build into the Kernel correct?
Any more help that could be provided would be helpful as I have 2k of these devices coming for the school year and Id like to use fog instead of clonezilla.

@Wayne-Workman said:

@Dragnous Do you get to the FOG boot menu at all now? Can you run the compatibility tests there?

Yes I get the menu and anything I try to do fog hangs and the adapter goes dead… Think its driver related but unsure.