Posts made by mmoore5553

I am sorry I am on an isolated network. Just a unmanged switch. I can boot any computer hooked up and pxe works like a champ to push the image. The only issue that I run into is uploading an image to the fog server. It gets stuck on that screen. I have tried bridge and nat. None of them work.

I was wondering if fog had an iso that I can try to boot from to get to the fog server. I am running latest version of fog and it works fine if I boot a computer and image it. I have not tried an upload to it. I can not even get it to boot from the vm to drop and image in the vm.

I have done this before in the past on an older fog server with no issues. I have even turned that one on and get the same message when using vmworkstation. I am at a loss when it works on a normal computer .

I have open a ticket with VMware and they say it is not there issue. I can not boot from VMware workstation pro. I have bios set to UEFI. Not sure why. I am on windows 10. I have tried bridged and nat. I am unable to get it to pxe boot. It stops at the screen and says start pxe over ip4. I am not sure why. I know I can reboot the computer and then to the setup screen and I can select uefi network boot ip and it works fine. I just do not know why UEFI is not working in VMware workstation. Has anyone seen this. I can push an image out all day using fog. I just can not upload one from vmworkstation. Is there a bootable fog image iso that I can try ?

@george1421

i swear i can not win. I had a talk to management and we have to use ubuntu desktop. I am unable to get it to start.

I am not sure but at the end where it is checking web services it fails. I went back to the ubuntu that is working on the laptop. I am installing newest version and that is the only spot it fails.

I have a second network adapter . i went through the normal install and choose no for router portion. i assigned an ip address and made the fog server dhcp and dns. Everything appears to install but the starting and checking status of web services fail.

not sure where to go from here

@george1421

the problem is that i have installed linux over 2 times and then the same files and folders never exist. I will try with the second nic card as maybe that is the issue.

i do not know why .fogsettings file and the tftp folder is missing on both new installs.

@george1421

Now here is the problem that i have …

I go into computer and then look at all the folders and files.

I do not have /tftpboot

I do not have anything under /opt/fog. No folders or files listed under there.

I do have the dncpd.conf

that is why i thought i had a bad install. I see the on the old fog server on the laptop. Those locations are there. I install fog under the root admin. I always enable that and do all installs under root in ubuntu. Forced habit of seeing files failed in other software.

That is what got me wondering why the files where gone. I can find them under /var/lib/tftpboot and the .fogsettings I can not find at all.

i am able to go to the ip address and open up the gui with no issues.

i am using 1.05 install and follow same instructions on the wiki . I wanted to be sure i was not going crazy .

@george1421

That sounds like a good idea. I will go ahead an get a usb to network adapter. I have one at home for the nintendo switch. I will install linux and run the install again. I assume I would just setup and pick the network card in the settings ?

@george1421

yes i change the ip address since it requires internet when it first installs.

@george1421

just upper management says it is in isolated network. I have it hooked to internet and download everything and then i go under network and interfaces file and static set the ip address . I only have one network card .

we have a lab where we take all the computers and reimage them.

@george1421

oh how horrible of me. I am sorry i should have put that information.

1. the fog server will be dhcp and dns
2. we have a small switch and same vlan.
3. this is an isolated network
4. This is the odd part. I am beginning to think this is not pxe but dhcp. I do not get any error message. I do not get anything on the screen. It just goes to no boot device. If i take my laptop which i have fog installed it will boot right away. This is an older version of fog. I am trying to get a desktop version to set up in a location.

I have checked and dhcp service is running and other services are running

I have reinstalled linux and fog twice and the same results.

I thought since i was missing the folders on the root of C that i got a bad install.

![I am running on ubuntu 16.04. I have fog running on another laptop and images computers fine. I have checked the services and they were up and running.

I did have to update the dhcp server because the file did not have the correct lines added. It was all commented out. I then look into the service and it started to run. I still can not get pxe . Sql is working. I was able to log into the fog server after i static assigned IP address. Then i looked into the TFTP settings in fog and saw that was wrong. I changed it to a couple different things. It had an extra “/” in the settings.

This is hooked up to a small switch. As i said earlier it is working on a laptop with 14.04 ubuntu desktop with no issues at all. It is the same setup. Just the newest version I can not get it working correctly. I do not even get the PXE answering.

I have disabled the firewall from startup . Not sure where else to check . I am not sure what files to upload but here are some screenshots

i have noticed that some of the folders that i see on the other fog server - tftboot and some others - are not on the root of the computer. But nested in another folder. Is this a botched install ? I ran installfog.sh again but folders never created.
Here are the images

https://ibb.co/iXyjqS
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Oh i am sorry maybe i am not explaining. The computer name is not being renamed. It is not changing it at all. It stays as renamed. I change it manually . I did not run fog sysprepping as i thought that was no longer needed.

can anyone explain to me the issue ?

Okay i have one issue and sure it is my fault. I am having trouble understanding

[BE SURE TO REPLACE YOUR “Hostnamechanger.dll” or your
machine won’t rename and add to domain after imaging". Replace this after FOG client is installed.

can we go into more detail on this process as I am not understanding it at all. The tutorial is great and works fine. I just can not get the computer to be renamed during imaging . It stays at rename so i am sure it is me missing a step.