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I was reading this article : [url]http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/15458-uefi-bootable-usb-flash-drive-create-windows.html[/url]
that drove me to [url]http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2328-uefi-unified-extensible-firmware-interface-install-windows-8-a.html[/url]
well it doesn’t work
BTW, my DHCP scope is under Windows 2008R2 (with active directory), if i could use another option for UEFI PXE such as an architecture test or another boot from another IP, i would do so, but i have no such option. I found a “93 option” in DHCP relative to this for windows 2003, but this option has desappeared, i do not want to test on my production network… And create a special server just for that … 
Hello
thanks for your feedback ! basically, what is the difference between these different boots :
What i tried :
[B]Amir’s solution[/B] in the other post i mentionned earlier. But for UEFI 64 bits, it doesn’t work for me. I think i misunderstood something, because i followed at the letter his instructions and still no result.
[B]adapt pxelinux.0[/B] using gpxe, but i failed
[B]test MDT 2013[/B] : i ran in another issue : the USBkey …
i followed a tutorial that made me create a bootable USB key, but one of the files was larger than 4Gb …
UEFI boot via USB can only be done through FAT32, no NTFS, no exFAT, so i lost a lot of time.
I found this article relative to the famous USB key : [url]http://blogs.technet.com/b/askcore/archive/2013/03/20/creating-bootable-usb-drive-for-uefi-computers.aspx[/url]
but i am a bit discouraged to restart from the beginning, next week maybe !
this way, i would use a tiny USB hub for both the “magical USB key” and the ethernet adapter :rolleyes:
I think you’re right …
it waits for a correct boot, but doesn’t find it, so FOG cannot deploy Surface Pro 2 at the moment.
MDT 2013 special update for Windows 8.1 may do the job…
found this thread : [url]http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/eufi-bios-and-fog.162/[/url]
i’m trying it.
Hello,
I ran some tests.
I have my FOG server, and to check, i installed a Windows Deployment Server (2008 R2).
The error message given on the surface is displayed too quickly (1/10th second) to be read, but i took a movie with my smartphone in order to get the message.
With FOG, the error message is :
[CODE]>> Checking Media presence …
Media present …
Start PXE over IPv4.
[… 1/10th second after…]
Start PXE over IPv6.[/CODE]
And i can wait …
With my movie, i can replay what happened at the 1/10th second :
[CODE]
Station IP address is A.B.C.D (a correct IP address from my DHCP scope)
Downloading NBP file …
Succeed to download NBP file.
[/CODE]
and then Surface Pro 2 switches to IPv6. (i have no IPv6 in my network).
On WDS, i get this error :
[CODE]
Station IP address is A.B.C.D (a correct IP address from my DHCP scope)
Server IP address is 1.2.3.4 (ok it’s my WDS)
NBP filename is boot\x64\wdsmgfw.efi
NBP filesize is 0 bytes
PXE-E23: client received TFTP error from server.
[/CODE]
this file doesn’t exist, that explains the error. Maybe my WDS version is too old (2008 R2 for Surface Pro 2 with Windows 8.1 pro) but the PXE seems to start…
There’s something in pxelinux.0 the Surface Pro 2 doesn’t recognize…
hello
i enter in this topic, as we plan to buy 30 tablets. 2 models are being tested, MS Surface Pro 2 and Dell Venu 11.
Dell has not sent their model yet, whereas MS lent us one.
I have the Microsoft ethernet adapter (MS #1552) but no boot from FOG, whereas all my 80 desktop and 30 actual laptops recognize the FOG PXE boot.
I read SCCM 2012 can reinstall MS Surface so it means there’s a way to mass deploy OS…
MattT : how do you get a boot on Surface ?
I disabled in the Surface’s BIOS the secured keys, so now i can see a tiny text “Start PXE boot on IPv4 …” then quasi immediately “Start PXE boot on IPv6”… and screen hangs on there.
I applyied all may 2013 patch/firmware, but no choixe at all on which target to boot from… Thanks for your reply.
Hi,
the same with me : nearly 8-9 Gb for windows 7.
When my older network was in 100M, reinstalling a machine took 40 min, but now i migrated all into gigabit and the file copy lasts 15 min …
hello
just to thank again for your work !
i’m using 0.32 and when i can test 0.33 i’ll do it (busy job too). Congrats to the team !
Hello
i have a PHP MySQL intranet with all my machines into it. And my users too (they authenticate with Active Directory).
Is there a way to setup a kind of backdoor so that each one can launch a “reinstall.sh” on my intranet that would call FOG / Deploy / ThisMachine ?
hello
you’ll need a powerful VPN link …
if the remote computers can :
then there may be a chance that wat you want can pass. But, many routers block DHCP and pxe boot. you’ll have to bypass this, or the best way is to setup a FOG server on the remote location you’ll manage from you chair 
But if the children are geographically separated, what i just suggested is useless.
Hello
i’m very sorry to come back “so late”, i just didn’t have time to schedule this project. Now i’m busy with my branch.
Here is the infrastructure
France LAN (wan link with VPN) Abroad LAN
FOGserver ====== [ firewall ] :::::::::::::::::::::::::::: [ firewall ] ======= FOGstorage
I ran the installation on the remote ubuntu server to create a storage node. This one is not listed at the moment in my french FOGserver.
[URL=‘http://fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/FOGUserGuide#Advanced_Installations’]When reading the provided link abode (http://fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/FOGUserGuide#Advanced_Installations) i understand i have to create multiple tftp servers, because i have a VPN link, and both LANs are not on the same IP address range. But my abroad server can ping my french master FOG server.[/URL]
I’ll continue to write down what i do as i used to do with windows 7 :)[URL=‘http://fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/FOGUserGuide#Advanced_Installations’][/URL]
Hello,
If your computers are all the same, you can use FOG. I’m doing this already with Optiplex, etc.
Here is what I do : [url]http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/windows-7-deploy-error-0xc000000e-boot-selection-failed-because-a-required-device-is-inaccessible.462/#post-2210[/url]
Hi,
Well no side effect at this moment 
Yes, the only one I have now is the PXE boot that is a bit slow, of course, my Optiplex 390 is 30km away from the FOG server, with a tiny VPN between both sites.
But no other effect.
Hi,
I read somewhere (but dunno remember where) FOG can manage remote computers in another site.
We have 2 sites separated by 30km, with a tiny VPN between (1Mb) so it’s useless to deploy machines through the VPN link.
Actually, people “there” are used to send machines to the main site, we deploy here and resend back. But the better should be to have a FOG server on their side.
Do I need to create another FOG server (i can but … well …) or can I use mine, with a remote share ?
Thanks.
Yes Robin, that’s what my method does. And if you use an image on a single computer, you can even place the .bat file I wrote earlier somewhere on your HDD with a linf into Programs > Startup, so that the key will be enabled the first time you login as Admin.
Hi,
I (successfully) imaged a Dell Optiplex 390 with Win7 last week, with the “chainloading” corrected, it works.
Hi,
[QUOTE]Just wanna ask, when you said “real” sysprep do you mean you download Sysprep from Microsoft instead of the one that comes with [B]Windows installation[/B]?[/QUOTE]
I think you want to say “FOG installation”, yes i use the Windows Sysprep instead of FOGprep.
[QUOTE]By the way, before you sysprep did you activate your Windows already? Cuz I’m facing some activation issues and I’ve yet to try your method.[/QUOTE]
No, i don’t activate my windows. It’s useless at this moment : in the sysprep I specify a generic key given from Microsoft.
Plus, my computers have OEM keys so it won’t activate onto many laptops when deployed.
[QUOTE] Another things is that did you install all your softwares already before you image your Windows 7? Just to get an overall picture 
[/QUOTE]
To answer your last question, here is, basically, what i do for a new machine. I don’t write in details all the steps, because you’ll customize to your needs, but you have all my steps.
insert the windows 7 DVD
chosse “custom installation”
delete all volumes/partitions. Create a new one that takes all the HDD. windows install offers to create the 100 MB partition. Accept.
Windows is being installed.
during installation, windows asks me for a username. I set “Casimir” (well, whatever you want) with no password.
this will be an admin account i’ll use to install all, and delete when I finish just before uploading the computer image.
when installation is finished; i install the drivers :
chipset
sound
ethernet / wireless
card reader
video
etc.
As i now have an ethernet connection, i run Windows update. I update at the maximum. I have a WSUS on my LAN so the computer when deployed, will be able to retrieve new updates from this server. I select “microsoft update” (to get updates for windows and others microsoft products)
once all updates are done (takes 5 or 6 times with as many reboots, specially for the .NET…) i install all my softs.
office 2007 with SP3
zip
etc.
Once again, windows update (to update office and all my microsoft softs).
At this point the computer is nearly ready. I have to do a few tasks before uploading it.
I activate the local admin account and set password. I reboot the computer and log in with the previously activated admin account. That enables me to properly delete my “Casimir” user (folder and user in Manage computer).
I enable remode desktop.
I clean all desktop shortcuts, and I empty all the windows logs. I delete all folders previously created,such as C:\dell\drivers (I have Dell computers).
I copy my unattend.xml + setupcomplete.cmd that I created following this tutorial :
[URL=‘http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=14120213’]http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/windows-7-deployment-fog-sad2-driver-tool.380/[/URL]
[URL=‘http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=14120213’]or http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=14120213[/URL]
It starts at “step 4” and I dont include the drivers as he does. So in this tutorial, I’m using steps 4, 6, 7 and in the .cmd file, i do not add the line that concerns the drivers.
Then I install only the FOG service : [url]http://myfogserver/fog/client/[/url]
At this point my machine is 99% ready.
Then 2 ways are possible :
If “2”, I create the image first / single partition + the machine (netbios + MAC + select image just created into FOG database)
For this machine, i select a new upload task : the task is watiing.
To finish, I execute on the computer C:\windows\system32\sysprep\sysprep.exe
The windows sysprep is being done, then the computer reboots and its image is captured.
And when I deploy a new computer, I deploy it using this FOG image + I have my intranet that stores all my Windows license keys. I created a PHP / Shell script that creates the .bat file with the source code i gave before and copies this .bat into C:\
On the new deployed machine, i only have to log in as local admin, then double click on the ActiveLicense.bat in 
My license is inserted and Windows activated this time.