I was afraid of that. The good thing is that the laptops are under warranty so I can get the NIC’s fixed. so in the end things will work out. I think it is a good plan to NOT to worry about iPXE and wifi. Keep the core product working as it does and in the end outliers will find other methods.

Mark

As we have been fogging our school’s laptops we have found several that do not have a working wired NIC. Is there anyway to Fog a laptop over a wireless connection? I know there may be a performance issue, but with less than 10 laptops we should be able to knock them off in a day or two.

Fog 1.2
Windows 7
Ubuntu 12.04LTS server

Before I try Tom’e suggestion I wanted to update the thread. I found a forum thread about issues with the DC7800 from June, 2014. The solution provided was to replace undionly.kpxe with undionly.kkpxe. It worked for that user and another user stated they had not had issues with DC7800’s. I tried the change and I get the same error as before.

Tom. the fact you mentioned a frame/console buffer had me check my video of the error messages and I see that there is an error message “Could not configure Console Invalid Argument”. This adds weight to your suggestion. However before I proceed I need to determine how many of these PC’s I have to Fog and if it is a single device causing the error of a whole group. No need to spend hours on one device if that is the only one effected.

Here’s and update. It is not the Fog installation because I can Fog other devices. So it must be something specific to the PC. It is an HP Compaq DC7800 small form factor. I will do some research in the forums to see if I can find out what it could be.

When I say the output is a text file, what I meant was that a text file was displayed in the browser window. I copied it:

[SIZE=4][COLOR=#000000]#!ipxe
cpuid --ext 29 && set arch x86_64 || set arch i386
colour --rgb 0xff6600 2
cpair --foreground 7 --background 2 2
console --picture [url]http://192.168.1.30/fog/service/ipxe/bg.png[/url] --left 100 --right 80
:MENU
menu
colour --rgb 0xff0000 0
cpair --foreground 0 3
item --gap Host is NOT registered!
item --gap – -------------------------------------
item fog.local Boot from hard disk
item fog.memtest Run Memtest86+
item fog.reginput Perform Full Host Registration and Inventory
item fog.reg Quick Registration and Inventory
item fog.sysinfo Client System Information (Compatibility)
choose --default fog.local --timeout 3000 target && goto ${target}
:fog.local
sanboot --no-describe --drive 0x80 || goto MENU
:fog.memtest
kernel memdisk iso raw
initrd memtest.bin
boot || goto MENU
:fog.reginput
kernel bzImage32 root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 ip=dhcp dns= keymap= web=192.168.1.30/fog/ consoleblank=0 loglevel=4 mode=manreg
imgfetch init_32.xz
boot || goto MENU
:fog.reg
kernel bzImage32 root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 ip=dhcp dns= keymap= web=192.168.1.30/fog/ consoleblank=0 loglevel=4 mode=autoreg
imgfetch init_32.xz
boot || goto MENU
:fog.sysinfo
kernel bzImage32 root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 ip=dhcp dns= keymap= web=192.168.1.30/fog/ consoleblank=0 loglevel=4 mode=sysinfo
imgfetch init_32.xz
boot || goto MENU
autoboot
[/COLOR][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][COLOR=#000000]So if I understand correct when you say:[/COLOR][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=13px][FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#141414]All the error you’re seeing means is that the ipxe.iso you have does not have the command tools built into it.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=13px][FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#141414]You are talking about the ISO I used on the live CD, which is not the same as the using the ipxe in Fog?[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=13px][FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#141414][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE]
[FONT=Tahoma]I am doing some more troubleshooting this morning and see if I can narrow down what is happening. One think I will do is try to Fog a client that was Fogged last week.[/FONT]

Since September I have been having no issues with FOG until today. When I tried to Fog a client I get an IP address then after some text flashes across the screen I see something to the effect "cannot boot: invalid argument ipxe.org/1c1c2002. At ipxe.org that error is unsurprisingly invalid argument.

I did some troubleshooting by using some test that Junkhacker recommended in the thread “PXE issues?”

1. Does default.ipxe exisit in the tftpboot directory? - yes
2. Does the line chain [url]http://[/url]… look correct? - yes
3. When you go to the website listed in the chain command what do you see? - I see a php text file. OK that is not what he said to expect.

Next bit of troubleshooting. I booted from a ipxe live cd. I issued the dhcp command to get an address then the chain command in the default.ipxe file. I got the following error:
colour:command not found
could not boot: Exec format error([url]http://ipxe.org/2e022001[/url])

At ipxe that error is an improper command or argument. Checking the php doc I got in step 3 above I see the command [SIZE=4][COLOR=#000000]colour --rgb 0xff0000 0[/COLOR][/SIZE]

[SIZE=4][COLOR=#000000]Did something change so the English way of spelling no longer works? How can I correct this issue? Or am I missing something else?[/COLOR][/SIZE]

[SIZE=4][COLOR=#000000]version 1.20 on ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS server[/COLOR][/SIZE]

[SIZE=4][COLOR=#000000]Mark[/COLOR][/SIZE]

I should have known that. Thanks it fixed that issue.

I forgot to say I am using Fog 1.10 and the computer is running Windows7. The image was created using VMware workstation. Anything else that could help let me know.

After Fog has imaged a computer it does not change the name or join the domain. I have Fog services on delayed start. Here is a section of the log file with the error for namechanger about joining the domain:

6/16/2014 2:28 PM FOG::HostnameChanger Attempting to connect to fog server…
6/16/2014 2:28 PM FOG::HostnameChanger Module is active…
6/16/2014 2:28 PM FOG::HostnameChanger AD mode requested, confirming settings.
6/16/2014 2:28 PM FOG::HostnameChanger Could not find any recognizable digits.
6/16/2014 2:28 PM FOG::HostnameChanger at System.ParseNumbers.StringToInt(String s, Int32 radix, Int32 flags, Int32* currPos)
at System.Convert.ToByte(String value, Int32 fromBase)
at FOG.FOGCrypt.hexToByte(String hex)
at FOG.FOGCrypt.decryptHex(String hex)
at FOG.HostNameChanger.changeHostName()

I verified that the default domain settings are there and correct (just username not domain\username) what am I missing?

Tom,
Of course. However I didn’t think it through all the way. Right now the only service I use is joining the AD. In the future I would like to get snapins working, but so far multiple images has worked for me.