
Junkhacker
@Junkhacker
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RE: Wiki news page?
@Jbob said:
Tom is just … Tom.
that’s like saying: Superman is just … Superman.
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RE: PC Name changing
trunk 7609? is there a reason you upgraded to a release that’s almost 2 months old? i think this has been fixed already.
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RE: Deployment fail
@wanderson fog 0.32 was released in 2011. i’m afraid none of us know how to support it. it may be time to upgrade or migrate to a new install of fog. there have been far more than enough improvements to be worth it. your existing images will be compatible with the latest version of fog (as legacy images. if you migrate to a new server instead of upgrading a few setting will need to be set to recognize them properly, but they will work)
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RE: Just ordered a dozen new computers and never used imaging. Will using FOG make deploying easier or is there a steep learning curve?
don’t forget to get the proper licensing. you can’t capture an OEM image and redeploy it to other computers and be in compliance with Microsoft’s licensing. you’ll need a volume license.
once you have an imaging server, you’ll find yourself using it a lot more than you think. user has a virus? a few hours to repair, or a few minutes to reimage, etc. -
RE: ZSTD Compression
@VincentJ default compression level is 6. testing found that it had the best compression/performance ratio for us. i don’t think many people change it.
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RE: Add a second PXE Boot Option
@Junkhacker to clarify, your new “default” menu item would contain something like this:
iseq ${serial} <labSerial1> && goto chainboot || iseq ${serial} <labSerial2> && goto chainboot || goto fog.local :chainboot set net0/next-server <otherPXEbootServerIP> && set filename <whateverFile> && chain tftp://<otherPXEbootServerIP>/<whateverFile> || exit
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RE: Accidentaly Deleted /Images/Dev
@dwagner sounds like you need to recreate the /images/dev/postinitscripts directory, and it’s contents, a single file named “fog.postinit” with the contents
#!/bin/bash ## This file serves as a starting point to call your custom pre-imaging/post init loading scripts. ## <SCRIPTNAME> should be changed to the script you're planning to use. ## Syntax of post init scripts are #. ${postinitpath}<SCRIPTNAME>
permissions 777
also, you’ll need to create an empty file named “.mntcheck” in /images/dev too, if you haven’t -
RE: ZSTD Compression
ok, here are my pseudo scientific results:
pigz vs pzstd (parallel implementation of zstandard, experimental)
tests were performed using a windows 7 image
(larger of 2 partitions only)
uncompressed image file size:34650439624(de)compression tests were performed as closely as i could to emulate fog’s operation methods (without doing too much work :P). files were cat-ed from a mounted nfs share and piped into the programs, with results saved to an SSD. test machine was running Lubuntu instead of a custom FOS init, because i’m lazy.
pigz -6 compression
duration: 6:06
file size: 17548659028pigz -6 decompression
duration: 6:00pzstd default (3?) compression
duration: 5:16
file size: 16967988207pzstd decompression default compression file
duration: 3:17pzstd -6 compression
duration: 6:11
file size: 16247155611pzstd decompression -6 compression file
duration: 3:16pzstd -9 compression
duration: 10:00
file size: 16084180231pzstd decompression -9 compression file
duration: 3:21Edited to add zst compression level 6
Latest posts made by Junkhacker
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RE: Feature request for FOG 1.6.x - Replace NFSv3
on the subject of “not using nfsv3” i have an idea on how to reimplement torrent-casting. clients receiving images wouldn’t need file level access at all (though uploads would still need nfs).
would there be any interest?
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RE: Need help for a test setup
for virtualbox, i recall having better luck if i set up the vm OS version as being “windows 7”
since you’re able to get the furthest with that, maybe give that a try
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RE: Popularity Contest
@Tom-Elliott i think we should default to Y/n instead of y/N
most people don’t care one way or the other and will just click through, let the people who care chose not to send it
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RE: Popularity Contest
@Wayne-Workman shall we make the stats public, because “why not” and to be transparent about what we collect?
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RE: Getting Kernel Panics after upgrade to 1.5.9-RC2
@THEMCV to be honest, i’m not sure. i haven’t been involved much between the new kernel size being experimental to it being in production. i just recognized the problem.
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RE: Getting Kernel Panics after upgrade to 1.5.9-RC2
@THEMCV You need to update a FOG Configuration->Fog Settings parameter->TFTP Server->KERNEL RAMDISK SIZE set it to 275000 from the original value of 127000
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RE: Popularity Contest
@Wayne-Workman i realize i’m coming into this really late, but why not randomize what day of the week we collect the data as well, and we can just look at the window of “last 7 days” when we look at the data?
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RE: Live Image
@Technolust no, this is not something fog is capable of or designed for.