Posts made by Jaymes Driver

What version of Linux are you running? I dropped back to Ubuntu 10.04 to prevent having to do any of that, plus it was part of the troubleshooting steps Chad wanted me to go threw

I was able to run commands on Linux and Windows to talk to my tftp server so I knew it wasn’t the service being an issue.

This just proves we need your input, Ferrari, so we can help you

I second what Icarus has said, if you tell us the error you are receiving, we can walk you through some troubleshooting steps.

When you boot your workstation and PXE boot, what do you see?

I just fixed a problem here with my FOG server where it was not playing nicely with my tftpboot, only part of the packet got received and was throwing the “PXE-E32 TFTP Open Time Out” error. Installing the proxyDHCP service solved this for me.

[url]http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/tftp-problems.4163/[/url]

Is there a way to tweak the WOL stuff? Some of my machines respond to the WOL Commands while others don’t some will reboot and image when the task is scheduled and others just wait until they PXE boot again and then start the image process.

Not a major issue just wondering if there’s something I can do to help make sure those packets get there.

I use Deep Freeze to freeze my machines in a state that can not be modified and these WOL and shut down commands work really well.

I’m not exactly sure what kind of packets DF uses but I can find out!

[quote]I started getting this when I restarted dnsmasq:

[SIZE=5][B][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Ubuntubeta][SIZE=14px]dnsmasq: failed to create listening socket: Address already in use[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/SIZE][/quote][SIZE=5][B][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Ubuntubeta][SIZE=14px][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/SIZE]

[SIZE=14px]I received this error right after I installed proxyDHCP, and set up my config file, every time I tried to restart the service it gave me this error. I rebooted and it went away hope this helps you.[/SIZE]

Well i didn’t find a hub, I had a linksys wrt54g someplace that had ddwrt on it but I must have loaned it to someone because I can’t for the life of me find it. So I never will know what it was that is being stopped but I believe it’s similar to your situation that you described where a chunk of it is received but the rest is not.

I have installed proxyDHCP and it seems to be happily working on 10.04 LTS.
Now I can boot to my pxelinux.0!!!

I appreciate all your help with this and your time, I’m going to be using it this summer and hopefully set up a few nodes in a few other buildings if all goes according to plan, so far it’s not been that bad of an experience just a typical Linux install lol.

I will see what I can find.

my switch does not allow port mirroring (Asus GX-D1081), the procurve more than likely does, but here is a number of MDFs plugged in and I’m not exactly sure which one leased to my office.

I will install proxyDHCP tomorrow and see how it goes with 10.04.

Alright, I have captured a set of packets from the time I began my Pxe boot till the time I got the error PXE-E32 TFTP open timeout.

but I don’t actually see the host’s ip address or mac address in the set of information, is this a problem.

What set of filters would you recommend, I do not see anything being transferred on TFTP.

What port do you recommend I watch? port 69 is the TFTP port correct?

I’m willing to try the proxyDHCP again after I do the wireshark, i’d really like to figure out what the underlying issue is an try to eliminate it.

Shameless bump still need help please

Seymour, IN

Glad to see other people from Indiana here!

yeah every test I have ran up to this point has been within my office on the same switch as the FOG server, and the switch I am using is an Asus GX-D1081.

I agree our network seems a bit odd, but I was neither the person that designed or set it up so it is out of my control, I merely make sure all the components in this building work, and make the teachers happy

My network is divided into VLANS, each building is 10.x.1.1 where x is 1-10 and 1-10 is the building designated to that ip scope, they all use the same subnet mask and dns/dhcp information, the only change is the ip addresses the buildings serve.

yes they are in the same subnet mask, 255.255.0.0 They are in the same Scope but not the same range per say, our DHCP range 10.8.10.1-10.8.15.255 but the server is at 10.8.22.3 this should not be a problem though.

Is this what you want? or do you want something from the linux box?

[url=“/_imported_xf_attachments/0/287_dhcp.jpg?:”]dhcp.jpg[/url]

Wow, sorry for my absence here, I ran into some trouble with the monitors we use here and the video card and linux. While I had absolutely no problems with 12.04 and graphics cards. I ended up taking the server home to install Ubuntu and use a real monitor :).

Anyway long story short it took a lot of fiddling but I have done what you have asked, I now have Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, set static IP, I updated, upgraded (from terminal), got Gnome, installed FOG again.

Boot to PXE get PXE-E32: TFTP open timeout.

BUT if i use gPXE and specify the information I CAN get to my pxe menu, so what am I not doing right?

if I use gPXE I have to catch it before it autoboots with Ctrl+b and run the config I speficy the DHCP 10.8.1.1, DNS 10.1.2.6, image as pxelinux.0, netmask 255.255.0.0, Gateway 10.8.255.254, next-server 10.8.22.3 I crtl+x and type autoboot and boom FOG PXE

so, what have I boogered up?

Thanks chad I will do just that, I am downloading the 10.04 LTS as I type this, it is almost 3:00 here and I go home in half hour, but I have all next week to myself, I will bump this thread when I have installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and followed your instructions!

Thank you, I will begin trying some other types and models, all of our computers are Tangent computers using Intel built in components but use Realtek network cards.

Update: I just tried 4 of the 8 machines I have managed to image threw fog so far, they do not contact the TFTP server either

I have also tried to use a gPXE disc to boot with no luck

I have also already tried your ProxyDHCP set up on the wiki (using dnsmasq) and this did not have any fruit for the labor either

Alright I really need help, this is not working, I have re-installed linux and FOG multiple times to try to get this to where it will jive with my network.

The ONLY way i am able to get FOG to talk to my clients is the remove them from the network and use FOG as a DHCP server and keep the units localized.

I have tried various different install, using dnsmasq, supplying no DHCP infomration, and also giving it all the DHCP and DNS information.

I even tried [url]http://www.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Using_FOG_with_an_unmodifiable_DHCP_server/_Using_FOG_with_no_DHCP_server[/url] to no avail

a little about my network.

I work for a school corporation, we have multiple buildings and each has a set of ip address assigned to it. we use a Novell Network so I use DNS/DHCP Management Console to edit my DHCP Options. My Range type is “Dynamic BOOTP and DHCP” .

I use a Procurve HP 2910al-24G Switch

The building I work at has the ip address scope of 10.8.10.0-10.8.15.255. I can manually assign ips outside of the range but the DHCP server will assign anything within that range to my computers.

We work on subnet mask 255.255.0.0, my server ip address (for FOG) is 10.8.22.3, my DNS server is 10.1.2.6, and the router address is 10.8.255.254.

When I set up FOG I do this:
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1. UBUNTU 12.10 – SETUP and INSTALLATION
   I install ubuntu 12.10 desktop environment, I update Ubuntu with the update manager and the terminal commands. I set a Static IP address for my server
2. INSTALL FOG SERVER
   I download fog, I put is on my desktop, I extract it.
   Open terminal, I type
   cd Desktop/ (enter)
   cd fog_0.32/ (enter)
   cd bin/ (enter)
   sudo ./installfog.sh (enter)

I Type 2 and press Enter for Ubuntu installation.
I Type N and press Enter for Normal installation
I Supply IP Address of the server, I type it in manually even though it is already selected (10.8.22.3).
I supply the Router IP Address (10.8.255.254)
Type Y and press Enter setup DHCP Server.
I Enter the IP Address associated with my DHCP Server. This may be where I am messing up FOG wants to use 127.0.1.1, I tell it to use (10.8.1.1)
Type Y and press Enter to set up DNS.
Enter the DNS Server address (10.1.2.6) and press Enter.
Type N and press Enter to leave the default Network Card the same.
Type N to disable DHCP Service.
Edit my 66 and 67 on DNS/DHCP Management Console, Stop DHCP Server Service and Restart.
Type N to not install Additional Languages.
Type Y and press Enter.

Press Enter and begin the MySQL Server setup.
I set up Fog with default passwords for MYSQL and users.
Type Y to send your install information to the Project, and it will take some time to complete.
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Is this part correct so far?

Now I update my Shcema and change the password for TFTP user to the password I assigned by “sudo passwd fog” in the terminal.
I stop the tftp service and restart it just to be safe.

From a windows box I type in the command prompt “tftp 10.8.22.3 get pxelinux.0”
It returns Transfer successful: 16967 bytes in 1 seconds, 16967 bytes/s.

So my TFTP is running, and working.

I go to a machine, I PXE boot the machine. The machine is designated an ip address from my DHCP server
screen reads:
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Intel UNDI, blah blah
Realtek PCI Express Fast Ethernet Controller Series v1.14 (090121)
CLIENT MAC ADDR: 00 24 21 2C 9F D9 GUID 00000000-0000-0000-0000-0024212C9FD9
CLIENT IP: 10.8.10.70 MASK 255.255.0.0 DHCP IP 10.8.1.1
GATEWAY IP: 10.8.255.254

TFTP …
PXE-E32: TFTP open timeout
TFTP…
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What am I doing wrong and how can I fix it please and many thanks

Is it a Subent issue? Is it DHCP issue? Is it a FOG configuration issue? Is it a TFTP issue? I don’t knwo where to begin because form what it looks like is my TFTP server is working and accessible, but when the PXE tries to find it it acts like it doesn’t exist.

yes and here is a copy of config.php

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define( “IS_INCLUDED”, true );
define( “TFTP_HOST”, “10.8.22.3” );
define( “TFTP_FTP_USERNAME”, “fog” );
define( “TFTP_FTP_PASSWORD”, “password” ); THIS MATCHES IN MY MANAGEMENT SECTION
define( “TFTP_PXE_CONFIG_DIR”, “/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/” );
define( “TFTP_PXE_KERNEL_DIR”, “/tftpboot/fog/kernel/” );
define( “PXE_KERNEL”, “fog/kernel/bzImage” );
define( “PXE_KERNEL_RAMDISK”, 127000 );
define( “USE_SLOPPY_NAME_LOOKUPS”, “1”);
define( “MEMTEST_KERNEL”, “fog/memtest/memtest” );
define( “PXE_IMAGE”, “fog/images/init.gz” );
define( “PXE_IMAGE_DNSADDRESS”, “10.1.2.6” ); THIS IS IN FACT MY DNS SERVER
define( “STORAGE_HOST”, “10.8.22.3” ); THIS IS THE SERVER IP ADDRESS
define( “STORAGE_FTP_USERNAME”, “fog” );
define( “STORAGE_FTP_PASSWORD”, “ac2b918f754c5ae2901d0458035bb14b” );
define( “STORAGE_DATADIR”, “/images/” );
define( “STORAGE_DATADIR_UPLOAD”, “/images/dev/” );
define( “STORAGE_BANDWIDTHPATH”, “/fog/status/bandwidth.php” );
define( “CLONEMETHOD”, “ntfsclone” ); // valid values partimage, ntfsclone
define( “UPLOADRESIZEPCT”, 5 );
define( “WEB_HOST”, “10.8.22.3” );
define( “WEB_ROOT”, “/fog/” );
define( “WOL_HOST”, “10.8.22.3” );
define( “WOL_PATH”, “/fog/wol/wol.php” );
define( “WOL_INTERFACE”, “eth0” );
define( “SNAPINDIR”, “/opt/fog/snapins/” );
define( “QUEUESIZE”, “10” );
define( “CHECKIN_TIMEOUT”, 600 );
define( “MYSQL_HOST”, “localhost” );
define( “MYSQL_DATABASE”, “fog” );
define( “MYSQL_USERNAME”, “root” );
define( “MYSQL_PASSWORD”, “” );
define( “DB_TYPE”, “mysql” );
define( “DB_HOST”, MYSQL_HOST );
define( “DB_NAME”, MYSQL_DATABASE );
define( “DB_USERNAME”, MYSQL_USERNAME );
define( “DB_PASSWORD”, MYSQL_PASSWORD );
define( “DB_PORT”, null );
define( “USER_MINPASSLENGTH”, 4 );
define( “USER_VALIDPASSCHARS”, “1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWZXYabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz_hB()^!” );
define( “NFS_ETH_MONITOR”, “eth0” );
define(“UDPCAST_INTERFACE”,“eth0”);
define(“UDPCAST_STARTINGPORT”, 63100 );// Must be an even number! recommended between 49152 to 65535
define(“FOG_MULTICAST_MAX_SESSIONS”, 64 );
define( “FOG_JPGRAPH_VERSION”, “2.3” );
define( “FOG_REPORT_DIR”, “./reports/” );
define( “FOG_THEME”, “blackeye/blackeye.css” );
define( “FOG_UPLOADIGNOREPAGEHIBER”, “1” );
define( “FOG_VERSION”, “0.32” );
define( “FOG_SCHEMA”, 23);
DEFINE(‘BASEPATH’, rtrim($_SERVER[‘DOCUMENT_ROOT’], ‘/’) . rtrim(WEB_ROOT, ‘/’));
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I can use other windows boxes to run the windows get pxelinux.0 command and they work, why is it not working in boot? this is leading me to believe that something is not being routed correctly but it should still work off the network right?

ran some commands
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root@NOTIMPORTANT:~# ps aux|grep tftp
root 7974 0.0 0.0 2684 116 ? Ss 13:19 0:00 /usr/sbin/in.tftpd --listen --user root --address 0.0.0.0:69 -s /tftpboot
root 10857 0.0 0.0 4372 832 pts/6 S+ 13:42 0:00 grep --color=auto tftp
root@NOTIMPORTANT:~# cd …
root@NOTIMPORTANT:/# cd /tftpboot
root@NOTIMPORTANT:/tftpboot# ls -la
total 224
drwxr-xr-x 5 fog root 4096 Mar 21 13:03 .
drwxr-xr-x 26 root root 4096 Mar 21 13:09 …
-rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 890 Mar 21 13:03 boot.txt
-rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 828 Mar 21 11:34 boot.txt~
drwxr-xr-x 5 fog root 4096 Mar 18 14:42 fog
-rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 25340 Mar 21 11:34 memdisk
-rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 16794 Mar 21 11:34 pxelinux.0
drwxr-xr-x 2 fog root 4096 Mar 21 10:02 pxelinux.cfg
drwxr-xr-x 2 fog root 4096 Mar 18 14:42 tftpboot
-rw-r–r-- 1 fog root 147728 Mar 21 11:34 vesamenu.c32
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this looks right, the services are started and running, Fog is the owner of the files, and I can talk form windows machine to FOG Server, but I can’t PXE boot