Do you mean a later version as in same model, just a newer build date, or same line but newer versions? i.e. We have Dell E6400, E6410 (similar but a new revision) and E6420, E6430. The E6420 and 30 are very similar, but again, newer parts. Have you tried a kitchensink kernel?
Posts made by Kevin
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RE: Can't image blank screen
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RE: Host Registration
I did find this thread, [url]http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/fog-server-fatal-error-failed-to-mount-nfs-volume.115/[/url] I also found a KB article on the Wiki that might help a bit as well, [url]http://fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Image_Upload:_Error_Checking_Mount[/url]
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RE: Dell E6530, E6430, Optiplex 7010
We have no problem with 3.6.9 and imaging the 7010’s.
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RE: Host Registration
It should be only moments to register the host with FOG. However, it is not required to install the FOG client on a machine. If you log into the web portion of FOG, all that the FOG client does is control everything under the ‘FOG Configuration’ tab. However, I did find this post which might help, [url]http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/189072-fog-wont-register-host[/url]
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Other opensource software that you use
We are all here because FOG has helped us save countless hours of imaging and deploying on our networks. I’m posting this here to see what other opensource software you may use at home or at work. Just throwing out some examples:
Untangle
ClearOS
Zentyal
PfSense
SpiceworksAnyone use anything like those listed above? Of course there is a lot more than just that, but those are some big players in the free/opensource world. I’d love to hear some feedback for those who use them. I personally use Zentyal and PfSense and love them.
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RE: Switching to Gpxelinux
I think all you would need to do is point option 66 or 67 in DCHP settings from pxelinux.0 to gpxelinux.0. I have not personally tried this, but that should be all that’s needed.
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RE: Host Registration
Have you tired manually entering the information into the FOG interface?
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RE: Host Registration
when you register the host, it needs to be tied to an image ID. If you haven’t set one up, it’ll throw some errors. So what you would do (for this sake, we’ll say it’s XP). You need to go into the web interface, setup an XP image, we’ll say it’s called ‘XP Domain’. When you register a client in FOG, it’ll get to a point where you can pick an image which should say something similar to ‘1- XP Domain’ and you would enter the number 1, and finish up. Then after you register it, you would go and upload the image to that template and officially load your image onto the server for that image ID.
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RE: Changing default PXE menu option
Ammar, I would try modifying the “default” file to fit your needs. This file can be located in /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default. Also, check the links in my signature as there is a lot more information located in the Wiki. If you have any additional questions, please feel free to post them on here!
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RE: Individual Boot menu for groups
You can’t have different menus come up, however, you can create sub-menus within the main screen. A guide to doing this can be found here: [url]http://www.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Edit_PXE_menu_to_create_sub_menus[/url]. Then you can push any kernel you would like to the machines you need.
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RE: Host Registration
that could very well be the problem. Our computers are built with our own image, so when we image the machines, it wipes out the Dell utility partition. Just to test, have you tried the multi-partition option for the image?
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RE: Choose image from Menu
I wrote up a how-to on installing the bypass, it can be found here: [url]http://www.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Installing_the_FOG_Bypass_Host_Registration[/url] Let me know if you run into any problems!
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RE: Choose image from Menu
sure, give me a bit and i’ll get something posted in the wiki.
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RE: FOG installation problem - MYSQL password
I would check the etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf file and make sure everything is set correctly in there. That’s the DHCP config file. I’m not by my FOG server to check, but i’m pretty sure that’s where it’s located.
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RE: Host Registration
Honestly, every machine that I boot gets the unsupported BIOS version, though i’ve never had it actually cause a problem. Hope you can get it working, post back your results!
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RE: Host Registration
1 thing that pops in my mind is in the BIOS, how your hard drive SATA settings are set. I"m going off of something I tried a long while ago, and may not be relevant anymore, but I don’t think FOG likes RAID. I know our Dells tend to come with RAID mode enabled, which we turn off. I would look at that and see how that’s set.
If that all checks out, make sure you’ve already created an image “template” in FOG. If you login to the web portal, go to Image Management (Fifth tab) > New Image. Give it a name, select a storage group (probably default) and select an image type.
This will need to be done prior to doing a host registration (at least a full host) since it asks what image you want to associate to that machine.
If it still fails, you can enter the information manually by going to Host Management (third tab on the web portal) > Add New Host. Here you can enter all the information that would be asked from the Full Host Registration through the PXE menu. Note that the MAC address has to be entered as xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx.
Then you can try to upload an image by going to List All Hosts > Click on the machine you registered or entered manually > Basic tasks > Upload. The next time you pxeboot, it should automatically upload your image.
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RE: Host Registration
I would try loading this file into your server, this is the most up to date kernel for FOG, [url]http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeghost/files/Kernels/Kernel-linux-3.6.9.core/Kernel-linux-3.6.9.core/download[/url]
rename your current bzImage to bzImage.old (you might have to chmod it) and then rename the Kernel-linux-3.6.9 to bzImage and you should be good to go, at least to test to see if a newer version will solve your problem.
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RE: Host Registration
what model computer are you using? FOG won’t always reboot the computers at the end of tasks. I’ve found that Dell Optiplex 780’s have a real hard time restarting after imaging. Have you tried updating the kernel (bzImage) yet on fog?
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RE: Switching to Gpxelinux
gpxelinux uses http as the protocol instead of tftp. The big advantage is that items from the pxe menu will load significantly faster than tftp, which is limited to around 2-4 MB/s. In a test environment, and loaded an ISO that took 4:52 to boot using tftp and pxelinux. When using http from gpxelinux, the same iso was able to load in 14.9 seconds.
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RE: Bypass Host Registration 0.32
For those who would like to use this file, bypass.gz, i’ve included a link in the Wiki page at [url]http://www.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Bypass_Host_Registration[/url]