Posts made by jcabuco

Got it! Thanks.

Hello, my organization recently moved into a new building. Originally we were on IP Addresses of 192.168.x.x and now we’re on 172.16.x.x

I edited the static IP address of my fog server by using sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces to reflect the new 172 address

I also went into my DNS and pointed my “fogserver” record to also point to the new 172 address. Is there anywhere else I need to update the record?

Currently when I attempt to PXE boot, it just hangs and cancels out.

I’m able to login to my fog server via a browser and I see this:

Weird, disregard. It just suddenly started working now. No idea what fixed it. Maybe it took a while for something to register.

Hello, I’m not able to reach my FoG webUI anymore. The only thing that I’m aware of that has changed was there was a reboot to the server over the weekend. I have already rebooted the fog server VM itself a few times.

I can ping my fogserver via IP along with using it’s host name.

C:\Users\jcabuco>ping fogserver

Pinging fogserver.bighen.us [192.168.0.60] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.0.60: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.0.60: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.0.60: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.0.60: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 192.168.0.60:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 3ms, Average = 2ms

Is there some sort of service I should restart somewhere?

@george1421 I’ve got two videos for you. The BIOS Firmware on the problematic one is newer than the one where it works. I’ll try a rollback and see if that makes a difference. Anyways…

This is for the remaining problematic 1040G3

Video 1: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OEeLrkW2I8FIqLh092IHH03-zAhcM8X6
This is me using the USB Bootable Flash Drive

Video 2: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Uz4cCiQf00VymXMKCqfiA7VK5-KKP3xl
PXE Booting without the USB Bootable Flash Drive

@jcabuco flash drive didn’t work for the 1040G3, but it did for the 1040G4.

What’s really confusing is that I pulled aside two 1040G3’s.

One of them is able to PXE boot and fully image with Secure Boot Off, UEFI On.

My guess is that there’s something within the BIOS of the 1040G3 that’s different from the other 1040G3. Ugh, at least I’m getting somewhere.

@george1421 thanks, giving that a shot.

@george1421 was able to create the USB Bootable no problem, but it fails saying no configuration methods succeeded:(

Guess I have to hunt down a different ethernet adapter? I’m just confused as to why it gets detected when Secure Boot is enabled.

@george1421 said in PXE: No Network Option w/UEFI & Secure Boot Turned Off:

https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/6350/usb-boot-uefi-client-into-fog-menu-easy-way

Is following https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/6350/usb-boot-uefi-client-into-fog-menu-easy-way the same as following: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=USB_Bootable_Media ?

@george1421 Where is FOS’s supported hardware list?

I also tried building this: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=USB_Bootable_Media

It loads iPXE, but then doesn’t receive an IP Address and just fails. Network Cable via USB Adapter is plugged in, but I assume it’s because I don’t have a certified adapter?

@george1421 Is there a listing I can reference that has certified USB Network Adapters for PXE Booting?

To answer your questions…

On these two troubled netbooks, do I understand you can only see network booting if secure boot is enabled? Yes

If secure boot is enabled does it indeed try to pxe boot? Yes

What would be the work around?

Hi all, I’m wondering if anyone has run into a similar issue as me in trying to get computers to at least show an option for a network boot. First here’s the hardware…

Models I’m having trouble with:

HP EliteBook 1040 G4 - Tried using with USB Ethernet Port / USB C Ethernet Port
HP EliteBook Folio 1040 G3 - Tried with using USB Ethernet Port / Ethernet via Dock

Models that work for me:

HP EliteBook 840 - Has an Onboard Ethernet Port
HP EliteBook Folio 9470m - Has an Onboard Ethernet Port

The settings I want to use with PXE Booting are

UEFI
Secure Boot Disabled

For the problematic models, I notice that if I enable Secure Boot in BIOS with UEFI, I’m able to see an option to select IPv4 and Network Boot. As soon as I disable secure boot, move it to Legacy on UEFI, it’s as if no ethernet cable is plugged in.

(The problematic units can PXE Boot without issue in Legacy Bios (Non UEFI).

Is there an option you think I’m missing in BIOS for these things to be able to PXE Boot without Secure Boot?

Any ideas would be appreciated.

@Sebastian-Roth Brilliant. Thank you so much!

Hi Guys,

How do I free up space with this? I’ve been creating images and then deleting them, but the Storage Disk Node keeps getting closer and closer to 100%. I’m worried what will happen when it finally gets too full.

Follow up question…

Here’s what I’m doing, let me know if it won’t work…

I changed my DHCP to undionly.kpxe so that my Virtual Box VM can PXE boot. I use that boot to have FoG Capture an image from my VM.

I then go back to my DHCP and change it to ipxe.efi. From there, since my image is already captured, I should be able to deploy an image to a PC on UEFI correct?

@Sebastian-Roth I’m actually looking to enable bitlocker after FoG has laid down an image so I don’t think I should run into the problem you’re referring to?

@george1421 Thanks. So I actually got PXE to work with UEFI on by changing DHCP Option 67 to ipxe.efi

So my guess is that I should be able to image a PC and enable bitlocker now that I can keep UEFI on. I’m not too familiar with these things so I’ll give it a shot. Just gotta build a new image with a correct answer file to utilize UEFI, i think…

@george1421 thanks for the reply.

So I was reading the following article here: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/BIOS_and_UEFI_Co-Existence Cuz it looks like all I need is to be able to PXE while keeping the computer in UEFI. Secure boot no longer needed since I can enable bitlocker without secureboot.

So now that I understand that the requirement is UEFI…I’ve run into a new issue…

I’m using Server 2008 in my environment. The above mentioned article says no one has got it working…

Has anyone gotten it working or am I screwed?

@Tom-Elliott Thanks Tom.

I was initially confused as my requirement is to be able to utilize Bitlocker more so than Secure Boot. I was under the false impression that Secure Boot was required in order to enable Bitlocker.

Now that I know all that it requires is UEFI, then I can focus on getting my fog installation to work with UEFI.

@Quazz Thanks for helping me understand. So then is it possible to place something in UEFI boot and have it be able to PXE so that I can image?

That way I can image using FoG while keeping the system set as UEFI so I can enable bitlocker.

If so can you point me in the direction to something that can walk me through setting up FoG so that it can image for UEFI?