I am constantly setting up equipment for different courses, so therefore I constantly need to setup 20+ computers/laptops identically. I have been attempting to use FOG to do the imaging/multicasting but seem to be running into a number of issues.

First, I had set up the fog server and captured an image. I then tried to multicast that image to 2 computers as a test. The capture seemed to work, but after multicasting, I ran into an error when booting the clients. I kept getting an error that said “Invalid Partition Table!” While troubleshooting this, I attempted to reboot the server computer and my network changed my IP Address, causing the server to get all messed up.

Next, I decided to set up a new fog server using a static IP Address, when I did this, I ran into an issue with the DHCP. The clients were now unable to communicate with the server when PXE Booting so I was unable to connect the clients, capture images, and multicast.

Also, I seem to be having some strange networking issue in Ubuntu. When I connect the ethernet cable to the network port, it gives me the up and down arrows to show that it is connected. But when I then connect the ethernet cable to the switch to do the PXE Booting, the up and down arrows do not appear and the computer seems to constantly be searching for a connection.

I have been trying to troubleshoot this issue for a while now and haven’t had any luck on any of the forums that I have been on, someone please help!