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I was on 18.04 and ran “sudo do-release-upgrade -d”, It finished, I rebooted and was able to access the FOG web interface and deploy an image. I am running the latest stable version: 1.5.8
UPDATE: I had some issues when I upgraded to 20.04 on a different FOG box. It has been resolved.
Thanks
@sebastian-roth The error during the FOG install on 21.10 is related to installing php 8.0 mysql
If I try to manually install php8.0-mysql it appears to be installed already
The GUI works fine and capturing an image goes smoothly until the end where the database needs to be updated
Wow, so I ran the FOG installer again, this time there wasn’t an error when it came to the mysql install.
Going to try capturing an image now.
Hmm. It still fails to update the database.
Yes.
I just want to add real quick, the DC 7800’s can boot to the menu with any kernel and without and kernel parameters. They fail when deploying.
I installed the leaked dev version 21996/21996.1 on bare metal and in a VM. Secure Boot didn’t have to be enabled . UEFI and TPM (which requires CSM to be disabled) had to be. Secure Boot - the option only had to be present.
After more testing. I found I could install it in a VM as Legacy. I guess MS laxed on the VM requirements?
I also found on metal, I could disable TPM and enable CSM which should make secure boot completely unavailable. Then I deploy a sysprep-ed Win 11OOBE UEFI image on it without any problems.
I will try pure legacy on metal next…
This was with that leaked dev build so who knows if it was modified or what not and how close it is to the actual dev build release or the final release.
3.13 that comes on the latest dev-branch as of today has issues with APFS on my laptop.
3.20 x64 does not
Hell yeah dude, that cleared it right up.
Not sure if this has been resolved or if this helps -
I’ve created a Win 10 UEFI VM using the 2004 ISO. VMware
Workstation 15 Pro 15.5.6 build-16341506. All the settings were default except I went up tp 8GB of RAM. I installed it, ran all the updates, activated it while waiting for updates, rebooted twice then captured the image with FOG dev-branch version: 1.5.9-RC2.11 running on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
It deployed fine to a similar VM.
@sebastian-roth Thanks. I just updated to the latest. So far it is capturing an APFS drive on a hackintosh no problem.
So yes, this is a perfect solution since Primary host disk can now be set by size. I have one image for the OS disk, and one for the “D” drive. I just switch the Primary Host disk setting depending on which image I want to capture or deploy.
@george1421 I boot from a FOS usb stick that pxe boots to the FOG server. So I am thinking put the T2 Kernel on the server and specify that kernel under the “host kernel” setting for the macs, then on the the FOS stick put the t2 kernel as well?
@Sebastian-Roth Unfortunately the USB external drive wasn’t see by FOG, I tried the serial number listed in Windows but it backed up an NVMe drive Please disregard
That is awesome. I tried using a power-shell command to get the drive serial number.
Get-PhysicalDisk | FT FriendlyName,AdapterSerialNumber,serialnumber
Just to confirm, what this command lists as the Adapter Serial Number matches what Crystal Disk Info shows as the NVMe serial numbers as well as the serial number listed on the box the NVMe came in. Just to note, the SSD’s do not have an Adapter serial number
Thanks again for all you help.
@Sebastian-Roth Thank you so much.
Have there been any updates in dealing with dual NVMe drives that are the same size?
@Sebastian-Roth This is going to sound really dumb but I don’t know how to query FOS to figure out how the USB drive will be listed. Like to find out what /dev/???
Hi,
When backing up different drives, I’ve been changing the Host Primary Disk settings to specify the drive. I use the disk size. I have to do this for systems with NVME systems (assuming the nvme drive size is different). Today I need to back up and external USB drive. I wasn’t sure how to get the size of that using the blockdev command.
The scenario is;
Backing up external Wii U drive, an external 1TB SSD using a laptop with 2 internal 250GB SSDs. What steps should I take to get the correct Host Primary Disk settings for backing up the external drive?
Thank you
@Sebastian-Roth No, I wasn’t using the 6x kernel. This was using the T2 kernel that was going around a while back.
@Sebastian-Roth said in What do I rename the T2 bzimage file to for reliable mac OS capture and restores?:
links here so everyone can look up the context.
Thanks
Yes, I needed the USB stick to PXE boot the T2 mac. It worked great and could capture and deploy no problem but…
https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/16570/ugh-t2-chip-nightmare-anyone-using-fog-with-t2-macs/
Here are some previous threads where it all started.
https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/16468/can-t-get-to-fog-booting-from-usb-boot-uefi-client
The MAC address thing is so weird and I’m kind of afraid to test anything in fear of No Administrator Account found