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@george1421 the computer names are nifferent from fog names. Would they all have to be changed manually?

@george1421 said in Trouble with booting to windows:

@JerJer Ah that’s fog’s ping command.

You need:

1. The hosts to be able to be resolved by name by DNS
2. The host have udp port 445 open in the windows firewall.

How would i go about doing step 1?

@george1421 reinstalled windows on one of the pcs now… The windows is now uefi and the booting works correctly now

@george1421 got more info on the pcs… Apparently they do use uefi. I set up bios as instructed but windows seems to be installed in some “bios mode” and will need to be reinstalled

@george1421 ok got the location for fog now and changed the refind name… Now the boot from hard disk just loops back to the menu… Can see some text for redind conf and efi flash… The installation was done in some weird way as the server didnt have straight internet connection… Will prolly try reinstalling tomorrow or monday unless i get instructions for it today

@george1421 did you find anything out about refind?

@george1421 sry hopped off the pc but the version is 1.5.5

@george1421 https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/230047235944087563/584074817905360900/JPEG_20190531_204437.jpg
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/230047235944087563/584074887589789696/JPEG_20190531_204453.jpg
pictures of the refind screens

@george1421 FOG version is 1.5.5

errors in the list all hosts screen.
will send pics of the refind screen in a bit.
Can’t seem to find the file /var/www… FOG was installed for me on the server but i don’t know how… will have to ask if they remember

@george1421
Can’t find refind on the page. The pcs only have windows but i have no idea if they have refind installed and how i would go about checking that

EDIT: oh and the no such device or address on every host shouldnt affect this? they still wake up and do all the fog stuff

EDIT2: heading off for the night gonna continue trying to solve this tomorrow if you come up with more ideas and i have time to try them

@george1421

same with both macs

@george1421 Still goes into refind

@george1421 I don’t exactly understand what you mean but these are the settings im using currently

@george1421 The computers are running on bios. I did the changes above but selecting the boot from hard disk only gets me to the rEFInd about screen. Going back to the rEFInd main menu there are only options for about, shut down, reboot and reboot with system utility

So i got a job to set up fog for a classroom… the people who were supposed to help me don’t know how to solve the issue i have which is that no matter which bios exit type i use the pc is unable to boot into windows from the fog menu.

I just loop in the fog menu, get a chainloading error or get stuck in the rEFInd menu depending on which option i choose.

I haven’t used software like this before and so have no idea on how i should be looking to fix this…

What are the first steps i should take to troubleshoot this?