Posts made by froydo

ah no wonder - Fog was working so well all this while with my other machines and HP8300 is an old machine. ok Thanks Tom, I’ll plan an update then. Consider this case closed

Server

• FOG Version: Running Version 1.3.0-RC-36
• OS: Ubuntu

Client

• Service Version:
• OS:

Description

Hi there,

My Fog server has been working fine with various Windows machines and MACs , except this one particular HP8300 which I’ve newly reinstalled and configured Window 10 on a 240GB SSD drive internally. So I’m trying to work with HP8300 for the first time with Fog. It registers fine with FOG, but when I try to capture the image, it hangs for some time at " Saving original disk/parts UUIDs" and then much later I get this " error trying to save GPT partition tables and Boot loaders Arg passed /dev/sda …" . I tried doing the whole process twice, reregister - create new image in fog, - but I still end up with the same error. Windows 10 works fine in the HP8300, I’m wondering if its some hardware error or something to do with Windows in that machine ?

Many thanks george1421 . The FOS method worked. I was able to capture the image finally Case closed.

@george1421 ok thanks george1421, I’ll try this out.

@Junkhacker I plugged in the ethernet into the Dell laptop via the dock and dock to usb when trying to boot via the usb stick where ipxe is on another usb port, and I’ve changed the dock - unfortunately only one type we have over here - so no surprise it didn’t work either - same dhcp fail message. Any other ideas I can try to pursue ? It feels so close but yet so far…

@george1421 Hi george1421 , yes it is sad I was jumping for joy when I saw the initial ipxe message and it didn’t get very far. And no there was no mac address reference. I’m still using the Displaylink dock DA100 - we only have these types to plug into the usb for the Dell pcs. Anyway I will check with my office manager on Monday if she has other types just in case.

@Junkhacker no problem Junkhacker at least there are alternatives

@george1421 Hi george1421. I did the steps in the link , step6 , I checked everything. and now when I stick the usb in the laptop and boot from usb, I now see “ipxe…initialising devices” which is good news! But then I got the “dhcp failed” message and press s to go to ipxe or reboot.

@george1421 Awesome! Thanks george1421. I’m so glad there’s an alternative, I’ll take a look at it and try that out.

Just spoke to the Dell technical support side on the phone. They said this particular Dell XPS 13 does not support PXE network booting at all. So it doesn’t matter if the Displaylink dock supports PXE boot or not.

@george1421 Hi george1421, yes its an official Dell dock - has a Dell logo embossed on it too. I’m reaching out to both Dell and DisplayLink now to confirm which dock model will work with PXE boot for my Dell XPS. Thanks for your pointers too.

@Junkhacker Hi Junkhacker, oh I’ve stopped trying the dock…since it looks like the DA100 displaylink dock which I am using does not support PXE boot. I’m reaching out to the Displaylink support already and ask them about it …and which of their products actually support PXE booting.

@Junkhacker Hi Junkhacker, yes I tried both ports, on the right side and also on the left - no difference. Which one worked for you for see the PXE option ?

Hi Tom,

Thanks for the quick reply. I’ve confirmed the displaylink dock is working fine within Windows in the Dell laptop and it can see the network where I normally do my PXE boot to work with my lenovo machines.

And I tried the boot options and tried other changes UEFI and Boot options - and there’s never a network or even a USB device option other than the internal Samsung SSD appearing at any time when I try to stop and check it after going through the reboot cycles. Just trying to “dig out” the network PXE boot option, and I’ve looked through the entire BIOS even the areas I don’t think its there. But thanks for your suggestions - so looks like the dock might not support PXE boot and hence does not appear in BIOS .

hi Tom,

Yes, the Dell Bios is very limited. But need your advice please. Once I boot into BIOS, I see

Boot mode is set to UEFI: Secure BootL Off

Legacy Boot:
Minicard SSD
UEFI BOOT:
Windows Boot Manager
UEFI: Samsung SSD PM851 M.2 2280 256GB
Other Options:
BIOS Setup
BIOS Flash Update
Diagnostics
Change Boot Mode Settings

So I tried to change from UEFI to legacy by going into “BIOS Setup” in “Other options”
And in Boot Sequence I only see:

• Windows Boot Manager (checked)
• UEFI :Samsung SSD (checked)

Boot list option

• Legacy
• UEFI (checked)

In Advanced Boot Options

• Enable Legacy Option ROMs (checked)
• Enable UEFI Network stack (checked)

I don’t see network boot anywhere or the Enable PXE stack as you mentioned.

And when I check - “Legacy” in the “Boot list option” , “UEFI” automatically becomes unchecked and the boot sequence changes to :

• diskette drive
• usb storage device
• CD/DVD/CD-RW Drive
• Minicard SSD

But still no network boot option.
And if I boot with this legacy option:
I get a message " No Boot Device Found, Press any key to reboot the machine"

Any ideas ?

Hi All,

I’m using Fog 1.3.0-RC-36

I’ve just received a Dell XPS13 which I’ve just reinstalled Windows10 and updated the Dell drivers - esp the Dell Displaylink DA100 which I use to plug in to the network cable for Fog imaging.

Regardless of what I’ve done, when I boot the Dell laptop into BIOS I do not see the network boot option in this Dell laptop , like I did for my lenovo laptops and desktops. There’s only 2 boot sequence options: Windows Boot and UEFI Samsung SSD PM851 M2.2280 256GB

Has someone had a similar issue, appreciate some suggestions how to PXE boot this machine ?

Mod edited to clean up horrible non-existent word, sorry sometimes things catch my eye.

Yes JJ it all works now. thanks

Awesome!
many thanks again george1421, it worked right away after I put it in

Server

• FOG Version: fog-1.3.0-RC-36
• OS: Ubuntu14

Client

• Service Version:
• OS: Win10

Description

I have the images captured in my fog server. Now I want to deploy image to the another laptop.

But unfortunately the process halts at:

“Checking mounted file system …Failed.
Error has been detected!
Could not verify mount point, check if .mntcheck exists (/bin/fog.download) Args Passed:
Computer will reboot in 1 minute”

did some checks in the Fog server
cat /etc/exports
/images *(ro,sync,no_wdelay,no_subtree_check,insecure_locks,no_root_squash,insecure,fsid=0)
/images/dev *(rw,async,no_wdelay,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash,insecure,fsid=1)

I think that looks ok.

The .mntcheck is there
-rwxrwxrwx 1 fog root 0 Dec 13 11:09 /images/dev/.mntcheck

nfsd is also running.
ps aux |grep nfs
root 505 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< Dec16 0:00 [nfsiod]
root 1281 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< Dec16 0:00 [nfsd4]
root 1282 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< Dec16 0:00 [nfsd4_callbacks]
root 1296 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Dec16 0:00 [nfsd]
root 1297 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Dec16 0:00 [nfsd]
root 1298 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Dec16 0:00 [nfsd]
root 1299 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Dec16 0:00 [nfsd]
root 1300 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Dec16 0:00 [nfsd]
root 1301 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Dec16 0:02 [nfsd]
root 1302 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Dec16 1:55 [nfsd]
root 1303 0.6 0.0 0 0 ? S Dec16 49:49 [nfsd]

Fog services are running too…
root 1365 0.0 0.5 218932 23824 ? S Dec16 0:01 /usr/bin/php -q /opt/fog/service/FOGPingHosts/FOGPingHosts
root 1391 0.0 0.5 218928 23836 ? S Dec16 0:01 /usr/bin/php -q /opt/fog/service/FOGSnapinReplicator/FOGSnapinReplicator
root 1422 0.0 0.4 296828 18644 ? S Dec16 0:05 /usr/bin/php -q /opt/fog/service/FOGPingHosts/FOGPingHosts
root 1427 0.0 0.4 296824 18556 ? S Dec16 0:10 /usr/bin/php -q /opt/fog/service/FOGSnapinReplicator/FOGSnapinReplicator
root 1501 0.0 0.5 218928 23900 ? S Dec16 0:00 /usr/bin/php -q /opt/fog/service/FOGImageReplicator/FOGImageReplicator
root 1526 0.0 0.5 218928 24000 ? S Dec16 0:00 /usr/bin/php -q /opt/fog/service/FOGMulticastManager/FOGMulticastManager
root 1551 0.0 0.5 218928 23944 ? S Dec16 0:00 /usr/bin/php -q /opt/fog/service/FOGTaskScheduler/FOGTaskScheduler
root 1569 0.0 0.4 296824 18548 ? S Dec16 0:26 /usr/bin/php -q /opt/fog/service/FOGImageReplicator/FOGImageReplicator
root 1572 0.0 0.4 296824 18624 ? S Dec16 3:42 /usr/bin/php -q /opt/fog/service/FOGMulticastManager/FOGMulticastManager
root 1576 0.0 0.5 218928 23900 ? S Dec16 0:00 /usr/bin/php -q /opt/fog/service/FOGSnapinHash/FOGSnapinHash
root 1616 0.0 0.4 296824 19156 ? S Dec16 0:29 /usr/bin/php -q /opt/fog/service/FOGTaskScheduler/FOGTaskScheduler
root 1686 0.0 0.4 296824 18604 ? S Dec16 0:02 /usr/bin/php -q /opt/fog/service/FOGSnapinHash/FOGSnapinHash

I saw its here : /images/dev/.mntcheck
So everything looks ok, where is this .mntcheck supposed to be ?

As for fog.download
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13807 Dec 13 13:47 /root/fogproject/src/buildroot/package/fog/scripts/bin/fog.download
Could someone please tell me what am I missing or how do I correct this issue ?