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in order to explore the files for recovery, all you’ll need to do is decompress the partition images and then mount them on a Linux computer. i’ve never done it myself because of how long it takes to decompress the files and how quickly i can just deploy the image and recover the files i need

@DevinR said:

FOG server (1.2.0)

I would love to see the addition of performance stats after an upgrade to trunk.
(if deployment time is a big concern of yours, you’ll like what you find after the upgrade)

@daguilar if you no longer have the option of exporting from the old server, you’re probably best off just creating each one manually though the interface. just make sure the “Image Path” field and format info matches the info that goes to the files.

you say that you’ve “configured the password in TFTP settings for FOG” but have you made sure the username and password are correct in the storage management settings? those are what matter for the ftp operations used in imaging processes.

are those 200+ desktops configured to boot to UEFI or Legacy?

@Hubi i’m pretty sure there’s references on how to do it on the forums, but here’s how i’ve done it in the advanced menu. it will take just a little modification to put this into the ipxe menu entries instead, but it should give you a pretty good idea of where to start

:Win7SP1x64
kernel bzImage root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 ip=dhcp web=${fog-ip}/fog/ consoleblank=0 loglevel=4 type=down img=Win7SP1x64 ftp=${fog-ip} imgType=n imgPartitionType=all osid=5 storage=${fog-ip}:/images/ capone=1
imgfetch init.xz
boot ||
goto MENU

@Juan-Antonio ubuntu 10.04? yikes that’s old.

judging from the boot.php via browser showing 127.0.1.1, you likely need to change the FOG_WEB_HOST value to the correct IP in FOG Configuration>FOG Settings>Web Server
you also may have the wrong IP set in the /tftpboot/default.ipxe file

i’m willing to help point you in the direction of a few possibly helpful resources, just because this sounds like fun.
the main thing you’ll need to look into for this is ipxe boot methods. you can find all of the official documentation you need at ipxe.org and you can find many examples of ipxe boot menus and how to use them on this forum as well as here https://netboot.xyz/ and here https://github.com/robinsmidsrod/ipxe-phpmenu

with all that in mind, the only way you’re likely to get a Windows system to network boot (beyond just a WinPE type boot environment) is probably going to be by using ipxe to configure a iSCSI drive for it to boot to. even then don’t expect wonderful performance.

you’re probably better off setting up a system where the computers can be reimaged quickly (with fog) and you can install their games quickly onto them. here’s a project that can help with the quick game installs https://github.com/junkhacker/lancache

you may have better luck if you upgrade to trunk

@watson first off, you’re really going to want to update to the latest version of fog. the number of improvements, enhancements and optimizations are huge.
you’re going to have a hard time finding help with 0.32. it’s old, and frankly i’ve never used it (ok, i used it for a day, then started testing the development build, then 0.33b)
also, the lastest version of fog is faster than 0.32. like, way way faster.
i can assure you that the latest version of fog will work with the Optiplex 380 as well.

of course make a backup before you try upgrading

@Matthieu-Jacquart the bzImage file has absolutely nothing to do with how snapins, printers, or the rest of the client’s operations work

@Sebastian-Roth said in Using FOG with older OS? (Win2000 or even 98/ME, earlier OSX/Linux):

Right now we have support for btrfs, ext2, ext3, ext4, fat(12/16/32), hfs+, ntfs, xfs as those seem to be the filesystems that most people use.

that being said, some of those we don’t test much. not too many people are deploying systems on fat(12/16/32) these days. so, let us know how it goes.

https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Upgrade_to_trunk
the trunk is the “work in progress” next version of fog. many upgrades and bug fixes are in the new code.

@watson if you’re running 0.32, i kind of assume you’re also running an old server OS too. you’ll need to update that too.

@Wayne-Workman said:

Can you try with Ubuntu 15.04, or better yet, Debian 8 ? or CentOS 7 or Fedora 22 ?

I can’t guarantee fog trunk works with Ubuntu 12.04, and if it does, I don’t know how to make it work.

For most people, new installations of FOG mean a new server build. With limited volunteers and time, the developers / beta testers just focus on the latest stable releases.

i run and do development of fog on 12.04. as far as i know, there are no issues with running fog on 12.04 that are not already well documented with known fixes.

@ablohowiak you can’t really move the parts of ipxe that are effected here, since it’s the php generated boot files that you’re timing out on. let’s try to fix the real problem than. first off, what OS and version number, what version of FOG, how many clients checking in? Also, what kind of hardware are you running your server on?

the fog of 2009 would be from a very different version of fog.
is there a reason you’re building the image on the dell instead of the lenovo?
4 hours to capture a 27GB sounds very odd to me
did the imaging task seem to go properly when you deployed it to the lenovo?

@watson you just need to elevate your privileges to edit the file. what do you mean you lost the images?

just a shot in the dark, but have you tried a different network cable?