Since ages:
NFS = Not For Security

Hello fog featurists(?)

Currently i can’t see anywhere, if the fog script at the client fails, or?
The “report page” only shows: “Script was run then and took xxx seconds”

Debugging and ~ reporting is very complicate or impossible.
If this is not my ridiculous newbee fault i would like to ask:

Would it make sense the setup a remote syslogd so the fog-script could sent persistent log file entries
to the fog-server (eg).
IIRC this are only some few lines of configuration in /etc and installing (see below)

As the clients fog script/kernel already knows where to pull the images he could sent UPD-packages in this direction.
What is my error there? I can’t imagine why this is not already done instead of “blind filying”.
The webpages and set up must be expanded, some day. But in the first step only the PXEied kernels have to be patched, or?

[url]http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-remote-syslog-logging-on-debian-and-ubuntu/[/url]

Hello Tom

thanks your “wondering” (and your work on/at fog)

Your are right: It’s hard to get rid off GPT. But that’s by intension, but
I’m lucky currently not to have to handle GPT-
I think i will use fog to deploy an “embedded” OS.
So the disks delivered are empty (i think all “00”), uses MBR.
But don’t (usually) have a BIOS compatible console.
So there is problem with the debug-option
No keyboard, No screen.
Deploying via fog would have been so elegant.

If i could give help i would like to help to find the reason while that big fog script fails to detect that the disk is empty.
I see it is looking on /proc/partition and asks sfdisk. All say: There is a “/dev/sda” (but no /dev/sda1)
I used a dd | hexdump to see that the first 32MB are really empty(=zero(0)).

A new feature request thread (i’ll place there):
Would it make sense the setup a syslogd so the fog-script could sent persistent log file entries the fog-server.
IIRC this are only some line of configuration in /etc and installing

[INDENT]Would it be possible to change this text as it does not become clear (for me noobie) what is going on as it always goes “to a computer” (Someone used copy&paste and then replaced “send” with “upload”?)

Good:[URL=‘http://10.51.251.180/fog/management/index.php?node=host&sub=deploy&id=10&type=1’]
[I]Download[/I][/URL][I] Deploy action will send an image saved on the FOG server to the client computer with all included snapins.[/I]
[I] [URL=‘http://10.51.251.180/fog/management/index.php?node=host&sub=deploy&id=10&type=2’]Upload[/URL] Upload will pull an image from a client computer that will be saved on the server.[/I]

Not clear what will be written where(if you don’t already know):
[URL=‘http://10.51.251.180/fog/management/index.php?node=tasks&sub=hostdeploy&id=10&type=15’]
[I]Download - Debug[/I][/URL][I]
Download - Debug mode allows FOG to setup the environment to allow you send a specific image to a computer, but instead of sending the image, FOG will leave you at a prompt right before sending. If you actually wish to send the image all you need to do is type “fog” and hit enter.[/I]
[I] [URL=‘http://10.51.251.180/fog/management/index.php?node=tasks&sub=hostdeploy&id=10&type=16’]
Upload - Debug[/URL]
mode allows FOG to setup the environment to allow you Upload a specific image to a computer, but instead of Upload the image, FOG will leave you at a prompt right before restoring. If you actually wish to Upload the image all you need to do is type “fog” and hit enter.[/I][/INDENT]
[INDENT]
maybe it becomes more clear to a noobie what’s done when:
[URL=‘http://10.51.251.180/fog/management/index.php?node=tasks&sub=hostdeploy&id=10&type=15’]
[I]Download - Debug[/I][/URL]
[I]Download - Debug mode allows FOG to setup the environment to send a specific image to a client computer, but FOG will leave you at a prompt right before [COLOR=#ff0000]restoring[/COLOR]. If you actually wish to [COLOR=#ff0000]store[/COLOR] the image to the client all you need to do is type “fog” and hit enter.[/I]
[I] [URL=‘http://10.51.251.180/fog/management/index.php?node=tasks&sub=hostdeploy&id=10&type=16’]
Upload - Debug[/URL] [/I]
[I] [COLOR=#ff0000][B]Upload - Debug[/B][/COLOR] mode allows FOG to setup the environment [COLOR=#ff0000]for pulling[/COLOR] a specific image [B][COLOR=#ff0000]from[/COLOR][/B] a client computer, but FOG will leave you at a prompt right before [COLOR=#ff0000]pulling the image[/COLOR]. If you actually wish to [COLOR=#ff0000]pull[/COLOR] the image from the client all you need to do is type “fog” and hit enter. [/I][/INDENT]

OK.Thanks for the infos/views.

Hm, is there no way just to (remotely) “dd” a dummy mbr (i have a quite good mbr that works…see “/image” or?)
and partition table (only if the first 512 byte/32MB are all zero(*))?
And fog deploy will overwrite the dummy partition entries.

OK, thanks 4 info.
How can i move it to the feature request section or do i have to make a second post there?

I have German Keyboards where Z and Y are swapped…
i have sysprepped windows.
if i only once misstyped in fog dialog
fog will boot off disk, making the sysprepped windows useless so i have to restart the entire process.

so i second:
[QUOTE]
[LIST]
[*]Where it asks the yes/no questions, like joining the domain, it accepts input of other characters other than y/n. Is there any way to have FOG only accept y/n and if anything else is entered, prompt again, this time entering y/n? It would avoid having to shut down and restart the registration if you accidentally enter the wrong key
[/LIST]
[/QUOTE]

Yes.
Very useful.
Thanks .

If it would be activated by default using fog would be much easier for a newbie.
If he has some day 1000 clients, he’s no newbie anymore and can turn it off

Would it be possible to change this text as it does not become clear (for me noobie) what is going on as it always goes “to a computer” (Someone used copy&paste and then replaced “send” with “upload”?)

Good:
[URL=‘http://10.51.251.180/fog/management/index.php?node=host&sub=deploy&id=10&type=1’]
Download[/URL] Deploy action will send an image saved on the FOG server to the client computer with all included snapins.
[URL=‘http://10.51.251.180/fog/management/index.php?node=host&sub=deploy&id=10&type=2’][IMG]http://10.51.251.180/fog/management/images/restoredebug.png[/IMG]
Upload[/URL] Upload will pull an image from a client computer that will be saved on the server.

Not clear what will be written where(if you don’t already know):
[URL=‘http://10.51.251.180/fog/management/index.php?node=tasks&sub=hostdeploy&id=10&type=15’]
Download - Debug[/URL] Download - Debug mode allows FOG to setup the environment to allow you send a specific image to a computer, but instead of sending the image, FOG will leave you at a prompt right before sending. If you actually wish to send the image all you need to do is type “fog” and hit enter.
[URL=‘http://10.51.251.180/fog/management/index.php?node=tasks&sub=hostdeploy&id=10&type=16’][IMG]http://10.51.251.180/fog/management/images/restoredebug.png[/IMG]
Upload - Debug[/URL] mode allows FOG to setup the environment to allow you Upload a specific image to a computer, but instead of Upload the image, FOG will leave you at a prompt right before restoring. If you actually wish to Upload the image all you need to do is type “fog” and hit enter.

maybe becomes clear to a noobie too what’s done when:

[URL=‘http://10.51.251.180/fog/management/index.php?node=tasks&sub=hostdeploy&id=10&type=15’]
Download - Debug[/URL] Download - Debug mode allows FOG to setup the environment to send a specific image to a client computer, but FOG will leave you at a prompt right before [COLOR=#ff0000]restoring[/COLOR]. If you actually wish to [COLOR=#ff0000]store[/COLOR] the image to the client all you need to do is type “fog” and hit enter.
[URL=‘http://10.51.251.180/fog/management/index.php?node=tasks&sub=hostdeploy&id=10&type=16’][IMG]http://10.51.251.180/fog/management/images/restoredebug.png[/IMG]
Upload - Debug[/URL]
[COLOR=#ff0000][B]Upload - Debug[/B][/COLOR] mode allows FOG to setup the environment [COLOR=#ff0000]for pulling[/COLOR] a specific image [B][COLOR=#ff0000]from[/COLOR][/B] a client computer, but FOG will leave you at a prompt right before [COLOR=#ff0000]pulling the image[/COLOR]. If you actually wish to [COLOR=#ff0000]pull[/COLOR] the image from the client all you need to do is type “fog” and hit enter.

Same corner?

Wrong image size, wrong date
The storage is local on the fog server.

Image Management On Client On Server
Multiple Partition Image - All Disks (Not Resizable) 346.68 GiB 2.02 GiB Today, 4:29pm

ll -h

total 4.8G
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4.0K Aug 7 18:29 ./
drwxrwxrwx 8 root root 4.0K Aug 7 18:29 …/
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 512 Aug 7 18:16 d1.mbr*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8.0M Aug 7 18:16 d1p1.img*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4.8G Aug 7 18:29 d1p2.img*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18M Aug 7 18:29 d1p3.img*

An other image:
Multiple Partition Image - All Disks (Not Resizable) 0.00 iB 4.01 GiB 01-01-1970 12:00am

ll -h

total 9.2G
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4.0K Oct 18 2013 ./
drwxrwxrwx 8 root root 4.0K Aug 7 18:29 …/
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Oct 18 2013 bla.txt*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 512 Oct 18 2013 d1.mbr*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8.0M Oct 18 2013 d1p1.img*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3.6G Oct 18 2013 d1p2.img*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 577K Oct 18 2013 d1p3.img*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5.6G Oct 18 2013 sys.img.000*