Posts made by Jaymes Driver

LOL at this point we should start a separate script for installation on SUSE XD

I will see what I can do about the Mysql stuff, I am still trying to get some services installed on my vm

I will crack this open at home and give it a whirl, I will try to fully document the process, maybe we can help create an installer script for suse machines.

the package installer and the function to check the installations are included in the fog0.32/lib/redhat.

the config.sh holds the file names to download

the function.sh does the work and the checks.

look for this subroutine:
[CODE]confirmPackageInstallation()
{
for x in $packages
do
echo -n " * Checking package: $x";
rpm -q $x >/dev/null 2>&1;
if [ “$?” != “0” ]
then
echo “…Failed!”
exit 1;

    else
        echo "...OK";
    fi
done;

}[/CODE]

Should be close to the bottom.

I would edit it to read [code]
confirmPackageInstallation()
{
for x in $packages
do
echo -n " * Checking package: $x";
rpm -q $x >/dev/null 2>&1;
if [ “$?” != “0” ]
then
echo “…Failed! But continuing setup! CHECK FOR RUNNING SERVICES MANUALLY!!!”;
else
echo “…OK”;
fi
done;
} [/code]

You can manually install the packages if you want, the script just makes fog “noob friendly” and searches and installs the packages for you. You can actually manually install them, then run the installer, it will tell you if a newer package is installed.

You can comment out the checks if you like, as I stated above, the installer is so it is noob friendly, after installation it will make sure the intended services are running.

Correct it retrieves the files and installs them for you, even configures them. IF you would like to help find working replacement packages, here’s a list of the packages fog needs:

httpd php php-gd php-cli php-gettext mysql mysql-server php-mysql dhcp tftp-server nfs-utils vsftpd net-tools wget xinetd tar gzip make m4 gcc gcc-c++ htmldoc perl perl-Crypt-PasswdMD5 lftp clamav-update

[B]OPENSUSE[/B]

I am sure I can iron something out for you, however, it would be beneficial to load another version of linux that is known to work with FOG. I am working to find packages that will allow FOG to still operate, but I hit a snag everytime I find a fix. Currently the issues are:

Apache2 needs to be installed instead of httpd
mysql-community-server has to be installed instead of mysql-server
php5 must be installed instead of php, same for extensions

have not found replacements for:
mysql-client
php-cli
tftp-sever , not sure if yast2-tftp-server is a good replacement or not…
nfs-utils
perl-Crypt-PasswdMD5
calmav-update

Thanks I’ll look into it for you!

Which installation option did you use when installing FOG to SUSE?

You should use the RedHat installation, I am loading a openSUSE VM.

You can try to install the DNSMasq service to serve a “proxydhcp” server for pxebooting, I ultimately had to in my environment, it couldn’t hurt giving it a shot. It will try to help your clients to resolve to the pxe server.

Do you have a management console for the Linksys EA6400?

There may be a setting for “Boot file name” that we need to edit to allow pxelinux.0 to boot.

[url]http://www.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/ProblematicDevices#Laptops[/url]

done, thanks for your work on this!

Would you mind testing a few other kernels and reporting your findings so we can continue to update this device?

when you set up your fog server did you set up the static ip address as the same ip address you had before? You will need to update your DHCP scheme to include options 66 adn 67 to point to your server and your boot image respectively.

Are your switches standard hub style switches or are they managed switches?

What Ubuntu version did you install and what version of Fog did you install?

Sorry you had to edit the file manually, but it seems like you got it, thanks for letting us know it worked and what you did to solve the problem, I know this will be useful to others in the future until 0.33 is ready.

Have you tried one of the Kitchen Sink Kernels? At this point you only need to add your nic drivers to your kernel.

Tom normally stays on top of things he will probably have a fix for it by time I finish typing this message but if you are interested in trying to solve this yourself, this is a wonderful write up on including drivers in your custom kernel, I will dig up a link for you.

Thanks to OIzzy for this great guide, [url]http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/request-for-kernel-compiling-info-please-read.4045/#post-12320[/url]

Thanks for the insight Tom!

This information is available on the Wiki for future reference - > [url]http://www.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Setting_up_and_building_UDPCast...Failed[/url]!

12.10
Explain what you mean by “trying to upload the hosts automatically”. They should NOT do anything with the fog server automatically, other than load the pxe boot IF you have enabled the options in the BIOS. If you have sent commands to the Host after registering it and telling it to upload/image and it continues to try to image after completion, the job did not delete the file when the job was done. This can be done manually and I will explain if you would like, there are some posts on the forum if you would like to research yourself though.

I noticed the issues with the /opt/fog/service/etc/config.php too. I had to add the database user, host, and database manually. Not sure why.

13.10
Good luck on 13.10, I got it working and running after the hurdles, but I have found that if you have older hardware, 13.10 doesn’t tend to to enjoy it. You should be fine operating a VM though.

I set up DNSMasq when I work at home with home networking equipment. a lot of the home issued stuff won’t have settings to be able to designated the tftp/boot server or the next-server. Using a DHCP proxy service like dnsmasq has prooved beneficial.

Something else I have done is turn the DNS portion of FOG on and use a hub and keep it separate from the network unless an internet connection is required, which I have not needed DURING imaging, only after.

Ubuntu 11.04, 12.10 stay away from 13.10 it doesn’t like older hardware.

I have CentOS 6.4 and Debian 7.2 loaded up places, I prefer Ubuntu.

I have been meaning to set up a Fedora Core machine but it doesn’t like my hardware