Posts made by dureal99d

@george1421 I have plugged in the information to the dnsmasq inclusive to the default dhcp-boot=undionly.kpxe,,<fog_server_IP> & the boot process was not disrupted as with previous configs I’ve tried.

I must now make sure i understand what you did here. dhcp-match=set:efi-x86_64,option:client-arch,7 dhcp-boot=tag:efi-x86_64,ipxe.efi

as it differs from the wiki of the dnsmasq setting. also it when booting uefi it see the tftp as my router ip. What would i do to re-route this to my fogserver ip?

@Quazz tried this

dhcp-match=set:bios,60,PXEClient:Arch:00000
dhcp-boot=#:bios,undionly.kpxe,192.168.1.109        # 192.168.1.109 = TFTP/192.168.1.109

did’nt work, im pretty ure its somthing im doing wrong

@Quazz said in UEFI won boot tools via fog menu.:

@dureal99d The x.x.x.x simply refers to where your TFTP resides. The IP address of your FOG server most likely, unless you set it up elsewhere.

@Quazz so does that mean i should put my tftp ip and where it says fog serve ip put the fog ip?

@Quazz said in UEFI won boot tools via fog menu.:

sq on ddwrt may not support the options you need, not sure. I know they use a custom lightweight

@Quazz I am willing to try that option but i dont understand the x.x.x.x part outside of the obvious ip parts in the begin.

dhcp-match=set:bios,60,PXEClient:Arch:00000
dhcp-boot=tag:bios,undionly.kpxe,x.x.x.x,x.x.x.x <<clearly IP       # ?.?.?.? = TFTP/FOG server IP

@Quazz said in UEFI won boot tools via fog menu.:

@dureal99d

From what I’ve read on the Wiki they need to be added to the additional dnsmasq options manually.

https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/FOG_with_DD-WRT_firmware

@Quazz I know they need to be added on manually and i have no issue with that.
but what to add in addition to “dhcp-boot=undionly.kpxe,192.xxx.x.xxx” is what stomps me.

Ive tried several configs all of which seems to make nothing work.

@Wayne-Workman yeah after reviewing it all I have been looking for how to add onto “dhcp-boot=undionly.kpxe,fog ip address” and add on the efi boot options. I am stomped on how to do this on dnsmsq of ddwrt.

@Wayne-Workman said in UEFI won boot tools via fog menu.:

same steps but turn those two settings off

@Wayne-Workman will look into this and report back. promptly!!!

@Wayne-Workman said in UEFI won boot tools via fog menu.:

is running DHCP in the environment? Have you seen this

@Wayne-Workman I am running ddwrt on a router and using it as my dhcp. I seen that article but remain confused as it points out the dns masq part which applies to me, but u really don’t understand this part. # x.x.x.x = TFTP. what does the x.x.x.x represent?

@Wayne-Workman then link you provided works well in bios boot mode but non of it works in uefi mode. it gives an nfs error but nfs is working fine. oh and cent os and fedora boots just fine though. nothing else

@Wayne-Workman @Tom-Elliott it wont even run memtools in uefi mode

@Wayne-Workman said in UEFI won boot tools via fog menu.:

what are you trying to boot, exactly?

@Wayne-Workman I am trying to boot Linux Ubuntu, mint, fedora, centos and windows tools as I am able to in bios boot mode.

@Quazz said in UEFI won boot tools via fog menu.:

tools you’re trying to boot don’t support UEFI mode. Maybe you left Secure Boot on BIOS. Or maybe it’s something else entirely.
Check those two things for us first, if for nothing else but to rule them out

I have tried and I get the error “VFS: Unable to mount root?”

I am confused as to why I would experience this error on booting Linux isos when they say uefi is backwards compatible.

Should it not stand to reason that I should not have to change anything as relates to boot codes?

@george1421 said in UEFI won boot tools via fog menu.:

extra stuff such as you want to boot iso images, and foreign kernels via the FOG iPXE menus

Yes!!! Iso images and foreign kernels, why can I not boot them in uefi mode, or rather why am I getting this error?

Server

• FOG Version: rc-10
• OS: Ubuntu 16.04.1

Client

• Service Version: 11.5
• OS: windows 10 x64

Description

I have noticed that when booting uefi the fog client will capture and deploy just fine.

However extra stuff such as booting Linux and other specials tools fail to work.

Why? why does the fog client boot extra tools fine in legacy but not in uefi mode?

I assume it must be necessary to make some config changes to so and if so what config changes need to be made to boot files.

I get A VFS: Unable to mount root fs via NFS on Linux tools.

@Wayne-Workman I have successfully installed Microsoft office snapin to other systems. of course I increased the data amount I can upload based upon the steps outlined hereI made the size 10GB. I created a msp and placed it in the updates folder then zipped the package, uploaded to fog server and was able to deploy via the .exe Template.

@Wayne-Workman also does fog support snap ins for Linux as well or only for windows?

@Wayne-Workman said in Snappins wont deploy:

@dureal99d As long as the EXE can be deployed silently (no input, no display, zilch, silent means silent) - you can deploy it with FOG. For example, the Java installer is an EXE and has command line arguments to make it silent. Not all EXEs are silent, probably most are not. All fog SNAPINS run as the SYSTEM user, also.

Just click “Create new snapin”, and choose the EXE template if there is one - else just leave it blank and upload the EXE, supply any arguments the EXE needs, and click save. I think you already know how to deploy the snapin past here.

There is also a thing called SnapinPacks - which is snapins for multiple files. The same rules apply as above, but you can find documentation here:
https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=SnapinPacks

I have successfully deployed .exe of adobe dc with the following switches /sPB /rs

I see I have a lot to learn about scripts and such. @Wayne-Workman I don’t have an .exe template in snapins? I assume its because I don’t need it?

@Wayne-Workman ok cool. I would love to know how to deploy .exe’s

do you have a tutorial or a guide to instruct me with

@Wayne-Workman I have it working, but not because of my knowledge persey.

I actually found this really cool tool Here called “The ultimate switch finder”.

I then found a program that properly wraps exe. to msi and has worked flawlessly thus far at anything I’ve sent its way Here.
I downloaded the free version cause the paid for is awesome but far out of my price range.
@Thiago I don’t have a solution for the auto fill script you seek but I do know it will take a script but am reasearching

@Wayne-Workman is there like some elevated prompt switch command needed to install on windows 7 or 10