We are exploring the possibility of converting from Windows to Chrome OS Flex for student machines at our school. I’ve done some lite reading and just want to clarify if Fog can image Chrome OS Flex for quicker deployment. Would appreciate the feedback before I take the plunge and make such a huge decision. Thanks!

@george1421 I was able to rebuild iPXE with the latest version and re-run the Fog installer. Worked like a charm! The new laptops now get to the Fog menu. Your help was fantastic! Couldn’t have done it without you! Thanks a ton!

We are exploring the possibility of converting from Windows to Chrome OS Flex for student machines at our school. I’ve done some lite reading and just want to clarify if Fog can image Chrome OS Flex for quicker deployment. Would appreciate the feedback before I take the plunge and make such a huge decision. Thanks!

@george1421 I was able to rebuild iPXE with the latest version and re-run the Fog installer. Worked like a charm! The new laptops now get to the Fog menu. Your help was fantastic! Couldn’t have done it without you! Thanks a ton!

@george1421 I apologize for the confusion. I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed with Linux OS (I’m a Windows guy). I did this yesterday - https://www.ceos3c.com/sysadmin/update-fog-server-to-newest-version/

So if I’m understanding correctly - I should be able to update iPXE.

@george1421 It’s been almost 2 years ago since I installed Fog but I’m pretty sure I installed it from tarball format. I’m understanding that’s going to pose a problem with updating iPXE?

Let me follow up with another question, does the snp.efi file already exist in Fog? If so, I can simply change the configuration on my DHCP server so it boots from it instead of ipxe.efi. Let me know and thanks a bunch for your feedback.

I’ve run into a snag with imaging. I have had zero issues with imaging workstations until these new Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 laptops came in. After getting DHCP and receiving the NBP file, something goes awry. I am running the latest release of FOG (1.5.9.193). Someone please tell me there’s a simple fix for this. Please help!

So I am trying to perform a database cleanup for this issue. I am not good with Linux at all. Can someone help me out with this? I’m stupid with this back end stuff. Fog has been running fine for months now I get this issue with trying to associate an image to a group. I’ve restarted the machine twice - no luck. I need this fixed - have a lot of computers to image!

@sebastian-roth Well I ran into a snag by not being able to multicast to deploy images. So for now I have left the Fog server as the master node. If I run into a space issue further down the road I can always move images over to the NAS and vice-versa. Space was really the only reason for using the NAS.

So I’ve looked around and found a few posts regarding using a NAS device for storing the /images directory. I am setting up Ubuntu & Fog on a retired server that has some decent hardware (perfect for Fog).

My question is - can I run a normal fog install? or do I have to use storage install? If I run normal is there an easy method to mount or redirect the /images directory to a share on the NAS (I already have the share on the NAS setup). I did watch a YouTube video that walks you through a storage node install but that is assuming I already have an existing Fog server running.

Also, what network protocols (if any) do I need to have setup on the NAS for simple communication between the Fog server and the NAS? The NAS is a Synology rack mounted in our main network rack.

UPDATE: So will this tutorial work for a Synology NAS? https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Use_FOG_with_FreeNAS

@george1421

The VM nic is bridged. No other VMs running on the host.

By the way, I am setting up another Fog server to replace this one as its on my to-do list. What Ubuntu version is preferred; Ubuntu desktop or server?

Should I reinstall Fog? If so, does it wipe out my images directory? I ask this because I now have my new NAS appliance installed and I have a spare server that’s been decommissioned that I could setup with Ubuntu and install Fog on with a storage node install type.