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@cros I’m kind of spit balling here but your imgargs line especially around nfsroot doesn’t really follow what I expect.

FWIW here is what I have in my guide for debian 11. (I really don’t keep up with current distros anymore)

kernel tftp://${fog-ip}/os/debian/Server11.3/linux
initrd tftp://${fog-ip}/os/debian/Server11.3/initrd.gz
imgargs linux initrd=initrd.gz root=/dev/nfs boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=${fog-ip}:/images/os/debian/Server11.3/ locale=en_US.UTF-8 keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=us quiet splash ip=dhcp rw
boot || goto MENU

For me your imgargs line stands out as is your 192.168.7.5 server your fog server or a different server? If its your fog server you can make the line a bit more portable by using ${fog-ip} which will be replaced by the IP address of the fog server by iPXE. Secondly did you create an /nfs share on your fog server because that is not one of FOGs standard nfs shares. On the fog server you should be able to run the command showmount -e 127.0.0.1 to see the list of nfs shares on the fog server. In my imgarg command you can see I’m using /images/os which is in the path of /images on the fog server and /images is an NFS share.

ref: https://forums.fogproject.org/post/150256

@Quintin-Giesbrecht said in FOG Very Slow to Deploy Image - Lenovo Neo 50Q Gen 4:

Lenovo Neo 50Q Gen 4

I’m with Tom here, I would go with the latest FOS Linux kernel with this new hardware. You didn’t happen to mention what version of the FOS Linux kernel you are using (FOG UI -> FOG Configuration -> Kernel Update). I would go with the latest 6.6.x or later kernel. This is the easiest and quickest way to see if it solves the problem. It would be useful to know what version is your current kernel too so if we see this issue again we can help the next guy.

@jmeyer said in Error PXE-E18 - Lenovo ThinkPad E16:

It’s now loading but terribly slow (average 6 Mb/s on a Gb link).

What is loading slow iPXE or the image via partclone? I haven’t been following closely the issue but I think I saw that someone tried an earlier version of the FOS kernel, like in the 6.1 range and imaging on these current lenovos went at normal speeds. I don’t know what the linux developers did between 6.1 and 6.6 to cause this slowness. Have we identified what nic adapter is installed in these computers? We would need the hardware ID of the nic to research it.

@robertkwild Yes right now pxe booting issue is between uefi firmware and network adapter. Typically the hardware vendor will have a recommended usb adapter (typically hardware vendor branded $$) that supports pxe booting, where the driver for the usb adapter is built into uefi.

I the imaging process once bzImage is loaded (FOS kernel) and you have a network issue then the issue with with the “FOG kernel”. You are not there yet in the booting process.