Hello,

I try since few days to upload images (we have around 150 images made this way) of a Windows 7 were i made partitions myself.
As i did it myself, there is no the 100mb system partition and it was starting at sector 63.
All was fine under Fog 0.32 and partimage.

I find out that under Fog 1.x, I can only upload it as Windows XP because of the 63th sector but i haven’t try to download it yet.
I made modification to put the partition at the sector 2048 as it should be under Windows 7 still without the 100mb partition.
I tried to use Vista, Other and XP (but this last only want 63th sector) as Windows 7 image type but without success.
It like Fog 1.x is looking for the system partition and the sector 2048 as start in all case to upload a Windows 7.

The only solution is to backup data and restore them under a normal Windows partition type but this will take too much time and much more when i have to download them using for 0.32 and block use of a computer.

Thank you for your ideas and possibilities.

I know but i still can’t backup a Windows 7 without the 100mb system partition (at the 63th sector or even at the 2048) if it’s declared as Windows 7 on image settings.

I think FOG or maybe Partclone handle image like if the partition was always make as default of the OS on it (XP will always require to be at the 63s and Windows 7 always need to be at the 2048 with a 100mb system partition) but it’s not the case all the time.

I going to run few test.
First, i use my old Windows 7 without the 100 mb system partition and starting at the 63th sector :
With Image OS as Windows 7, i got an upload error.
With Image OS as Windows XP, upload is working.

As there is not reply, I tried on my side to upload using debug but it doesn’t work better this way.
I use 1949 release.
After resizing of the partition, it pass directly to the post operation screen with the other resizing.
There is no sign of partclone at all during the process and fog even let in the dev directory the folder named as the mac address of the computer.
I have check log but there is nothing in it.

No other idea or a way to debug this ?

If it’s only linked to Chrome : [url]http://news.softpedia.com/news/Chrome-34-Seeks-to-Save-All-Your-Passwords-436693.shtml[/url] (added screenshot about that flag but can’t test if it works right now)

But, I’m under the same Chrome and going to the FOG 0.32 right now and the problem isn’t here.
Homepage password is saved but it’s doesn’t overwrite node account or password.

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Here is a screenshot of that 2048th sector on my fresh install with the 100mb partition.
First print display in Bytes, second print in sectors.

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edit : This will help by showing that fog debug load from pxe have parted.

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Maybe i didn’t explained well.
Windows 7 (and all new OS maybe) use the 2048, not the 63 so, maybe put at 2048 is the solution.

To try this, you also need to make a backup to keep your system ready for the upload but now also need to get a live CD, USB or even PXE distribution with parted.
I used Gparted put in FOG pxe menu.

Boot on it then run “parted” in a terminal then use “print” to display the partition.
If it display “[SIZE=3]32,3kB” as starting sector, it’s the 63th sector.[/SIZE]
write “rm #” where you replace # by the number of the partition to remove, in your case it should be 1.
Then recreate a partition starting at 2048 using the all drive size with the command “mkpart primary ntfs 2048s 100%” and add boot label to with “toggle 1 boot”.
Check your partition with “print”.
Reboot and restore data on the new partition.

If you did well and if i explained well too (haha), you shouldn’t even need to boot windows and break your fogprep.
But as the first try, maybe it will help to check if windows is well loading then restore again the data that have been fogprep.

Maybe there is easier way like a using a gparted with an interface but i prefered used command line with easy and clear data to read.

So you probably have the same problem than the one i had.
If you don’t want to reinstall everything or maybe try this for nothing, you can make a backup of the current computer with a software (i used Acronis 2014 CD version) then make a “fresh” install with the 100mb partition then restore you the single partition without the MBR on the 2nd partition of the computer.
I has worked for me.
Yet, i didn’t tried to upload it because the computer was needed for work so only check if windows was starting well.

Thinking again of this, i haven’t check if it’s the 100mb partition or the first partition sector that block the upload.
I haven’t work on partitioning since few months and maybe more than a year.
If i remember well, i was using the sector 63 for all my image, like XP, instead of 2048 like the usual windows 7 installation.
Maybe try to this would be helpfull.

You can’t backup anymore with partimage so that’s why it always go back to partclone.
Do you have the “original” 100mb partition made by Windows during a normal installation ?
I have been working without these 100mb with partimage and now, it look to be a problem for partclone.
I think i had the same error when i was trying to upload an image with only one partition.

Hello,
when i tick “Join Domain after image task” it doesn’t fill domain details (name, user and password).
In a previous version, if i remember well, it was fill everything itself but when i tried under one of my current 0.32 version and my 1.1.x, text box wasn’t filling themselves.
Under 0.32, computer doesn’t seem to join domain without these data.

The second things is, when i save my homepage login account (fog / password by default) browser put it in most (if it’s not all pages) requesting for a accound (AD account, node account, etc.).
Even overwrite the saved account for nodes and possibly on others.
Is it possible to check webpage code to prevent this (box name) and avoid wrong account and password saving ?

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It works with “GRUB”.
Thank you again.

I have link my 0.32 storage to my FOG 1.x server but on web interface it detect wrong disk space.
Should it work or i have to upgrade my storage to an 1.x version ?

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Thank you for the explanation.
Since we work on the server and not on the client, it could also means that the server download the image from the client or the server upload it to the client and much when we read “image push” on the pxe interface, saying that’s the server that is working.

It doesn’t work better with partclone.
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