Being new to linux command line as well as FOG, i was curious if someone could tell me what the correct shutdown and startup of FOG would be on Ubuntu?

Sometimes i will lose my ability to connect to the command console after a few days of running, and a reboot of the server generally fixes it. I just want to make sure i’m doing it correctly.

Thanks

Hey guys.
I figured out what the problem was. Thanks to people that recommended WinDirStat…i found the page file was the culprit.

Source machine: pagefile.sys = 57.1% = 7.9GB
Destination machine: pagefile.sys = 57.1% = 31.7GB

So i guess, turn off paging on the machine that you’re creating your master image on, then turn it back on for the destination computers?

@Junkhacker

I will give WinDirStat a try. Thank you for the recommendation.

@Wayne-Workman
Will do, sir.

Just for my own clarification: On the system that i am wanting to apply the image to, i do not need to partition it. It can be unallocated when i start downloading the image to machine, correct?

Let me try and clarify.

Here is the drive i created the image of.

So that makes sense that the Image is 37.84GiB.

Here is what happens when i install the image on another computer.

Why is my “used space” over doubling?

Sorry if i wasn’t clear, previously. I appreciate the help.

aaaaaah…okay.
Then in this instance, i would want to use a “non-re sizable” option. Correct? That should solve this issue?

Out of curiosity, under what circumstance would i choose to use the “re sizable” option?

Thank you for the quick reply.
When i browse to the local drive, on the Zbook that i downloaded the image to, its showing 81.5GiB being used on the drive.

So i created the image on the EliteDesk which only had 37.84 GiB of data on it.
Then i download the image to another computer, and for some reason its using 81.5GiB of the drive. So basically…a 37.84GiB image, when applied to another computer is resulting in 81.5GiB of drive space consumed.

Did that help clarify?

I forgot to add that right before i uploaded the image, the last thing i did was run sysprep. Important step i forgot to mention.

Hello all.
I’m 2 weeks into my Linux and FOG adventure, and i’m really digging it. (The amount of potential time we are going to save with imaging is staggering.) I’ve got everything up and running, uploaded my first image then pushed it down successfully. Here is the snag I’ve hit:

The image “on the client” is 37.84GiB. When pushed to the client, its showing 81.5GiB used.

Here are the hard details.
FOG running on its own server. Ubuntu Server 14.04.
FOG version 1.2.0
Image was created on HP EliteDesk 800 G1 with Win7 Professional 64bit.
Image is being pushed to HP ZBook

Here is how i created the image:
Installed everything to one partition.
Installed Win 7, Office 2010, Adobe reader, Chrome, Firefox, Silverlight, Defraggler.
Updated all applications.
Ran Defraggler.
Installed no drivers so the image could be deployed to any client config.
Uploaded the image to FOG server as Win 7, Single Disk - Resizable.

Result: Image size on Client 37.84GiB. Image on size Server 16.88GiB.

When downloaded to the Zbook, the image balloons and eats up 81.5GiB. From what i understand, FOG is supposed to ignore unused space. Even if it wasn’t, the math doesn’t add up. The host machine it was created on is only using 37GiB of its single partition. hmmm.

Any ideas, ladies and gents?

Thanks in advance.