@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
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RE: Backing up USB drive - blockdev --getsize64 then what?
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RE: Backing up USB drive - blockdev --getsize64 then what?
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.
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RE: Backing up USB drive - blockdev --getsize64 then what?
@Sebastian-Roth Thank you so much.
Have there been any updates in dealing with dual NVMe drives that are the same size?
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RE: Backing up USB drive - blockdev --getsize64 then what?
@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/???
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Backing up USB drive - blockdev --getsize64 then what?
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
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RE: What do I rename the T2 bzimage file to for reliable mac OS capture and restores?
@Sebastian-Roth No, I wasn’t using the 6x kernel. This was using the T2 kernel that was going around a while back.
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RE: What do I rename the T2 bzimage file to for reliable mac OS capture and restores?
@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
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RE: What do I rename the T2 bzimage file to for reliable mac OS capture and restores?
Thanks, I will replace the ones on the FOG server and the USB stick, with them.
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What do I rename the T2 bzimage file to for reliable mac OS capture and restores?
Greetings,
With some instructions given from another member of the forum, I was able to create a FOG boot USB for mac OS. However, I ran into problem when deploying captured images. After deploying a captured imaged onto the same mac, I would get an error :Administrator account not found.
Further help revealed this shouldn’t be an issue if the T2 kernel is in place. I have a T2 kernel on the boot USB stick an I would like to know if this is the latest one, what I should rename it to? Should I place it on the FOG server and then specify the host to use that bzimage for the mac host?
Here is where it is currently placed on the USB stick. How and where should it be placed / named on the USB boot device and or FOG server?
Thank you
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RE: Strange formatting when selecting host. Dev Branch1.5.9.207 Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
@sebastian-roth Glad I could help in some way. FOG is awesome you and @george1421 always get any issues I run into sorted with a quickness. After installing the latest as of writing this, 1.5.9.215, the host parameter settings look normal again.
(I originally posted this reply to my own comment accidentally)
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RE: Strange formatting when selecting host. Dev Branch1.5.9.207 Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
@george1421 Yes.
I just started backing up a Windows drive using 1.5.9.215. I saw Partclone 3.20 briefly appear on the screen. For some reason, while it is backing up a partition the version number of Part Clone isn’t listed. Only for a moment between capturing each partition is the version number displayed.
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RE: UGH T2 Chip nightmare - Anyone using FOG with T2 macs
@george1421 Cool. Is the T2 Kernel known to address this specific issue?
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RE: Strange formatting when selecting host. Dev Branch1.5.9.207 Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
@sebastian-roth Thanks I tried another browser without any plugin and I cleared cache. Same issue. The error log shows.
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RE: UGH T2 Chip nightmare - Anyone using FOG with T2 macs
@george1421 What does the T2 kernel do differently than the stock kernel?
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RE: UGH T2 Chip nightmare - Anyone using FOG with T2 macs
@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?
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RE: UGH T2 Chip nightmare - Anyone using FOG with T2 macs
@sebastian-roth The mac, the image is deployed then it boots to the mac OS login screen, it displays the only account on mac OS when the image was captured. But it doesn’t accept the password. It tells me if I can not log in - reboot into Recovery. Recovery doesn’t allow me to make any changes because there isn’t an Administrator account associated with the installed OS (Not to be confused with activation lock) The image was captured from the same mac it was deployed to.
I would be happy to provide pics but to do that I would have to duplicate the problem which means the mac will be down.
Apparently this is a thing with T2 macs when imaging. The admin account gets stripped of its admin rights amongst other things. A quick search brought me here
Unfortunately deleting ‘.AppleSetupDone‘ and rebooting did not restart the set up. It just brought me back to the login screen which displayed my admin account (at least it was an admin account when I captured the image) but wouldn’t accept the password.
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RE: UGH T2 Chip nightmare - Anyone using FOG with T2 macs
@george1421 Oh that is right. I forgot about putting the T2 kernel on the new FOG server. Shoot. Where do I get the T2 Kernel again and does it go on the FOS stick or the FOG server?