hey just an update for you guys, I got it working by using a dumb switch the managed cisco I was using as a image station was having issues. Unlike other cisco switches that flood the network when fog multicast my switch (cisco 2960) just stopped broadcasting causing fog to think the imahe ahd finished deploying causing me all sorts of MBR issues etc on the laptops. I’ll have a look in the switches config and see if I can find a fix but for now i’m just happy I can finish this roll out of laptops easily, albeit much slower than the cisco switch but atleast it works!

Thanks to all!

-James

what switches are you using?

Those were my thoughts but it’s not that simple. I will try the new kernel and see if that fixes it, if not I will diagnose the network and see where my packets are going. I have fog on a hyper-v server along with 3 other windows servers on the same box. I installed 3 new switches at the school (cisco 2960’s). This may be interferring somehow. I need to check out the switch management to see if I can see any settings I need to change to get fog to work correctly. Thanks for the help guys. Will let you know how I go on wednesday as thats when i’m back at that site.

it does look like a cooked hdd but it isn’t as this happens on all 10 laptops i’m trying to image. They are brand new. I’ll try the kernel tomorrow as i’m not at the site today, I hope the new kernel fixes my problem but i’m doubtful as this image was working fine a few months ago.

Is there anyway that moving switches around could have broken fog? Sometimes I can’t get to /fog/management/ without a restart of the server. This has only happened this year.

Thanks for the help!:)

Thanks for that I went to try that yesterday but I’m behind a proxy which is causing troubles. I don’t have direct access to the proxy server to tweak it either. Is there anywhere else I can grab the new kernel from? Thanks mate.

I setup a fog server last year for a school I work at. It worked wonderfully, I started imaging some new laptops the last week of last year. Finally found some time to finish them off but now fog keeps crashing randomely during the deployment. I havn’t touched the fog server or its configuration over the holidays. All i’ve done at this site over the holidays was install a few new cisco switches to get a gigabit link around the whole school. Here are a few screenshots.

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Any thoughts?