Just checking in here to Mark this as SOLVED. I had added the dev branch under a different folder. So the mix up was between the chair and the keyboard. Performed @Tom-Elliott Recommendations and reinstalled from my primary install and it is now working. trying to pxe boot MacBookPro’s. That’s another story, for another thread.

@Tom-Elliott

I am have a current installation and am trying to get early macbookpro efi 2009 to 2012 to pxe boot. I thought I’d try to recompile just ipxe but got that error message. I ran your commands as instructed.

I’m not sure if I should recompile the whole thing or try ipxe only.

oh btw. Have you ever compiled ipxe main branch before? How long should that take? normally…

tx
again

@Tom-Elliott Hi T

Here it is:

root@fogserver:~/fogproject# git reset --hard
HEAD is now at 3eaa83b73 FOG 1.5.10 re-release
root@fogserver:~/fogproject# git pull
remote: Enumerating objects: 7854, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (1340/1340), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (79/79), done.
remote: Total 7854 (delta 1287), reused 1261 (delta 1261), pack-reused 6514 (from 4)
Receiving objects: 100% (7854/7854), 41.43 MiB | 20.48 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (3764/3764), completed with 155 local objects.
From https://github.com/FOGProject/fogproject
   3eaa83b73..a4bb1bf39  master      -> origin/master
 + edb875c16...423a55d2e dev-branch  -> origin/dev-branch  (forced update)
 * [new branch]          stable      -> origin/stable
 + b8e076d37...4101c44b9 working-1.6 -> origin/working-1.6  (forced update)
 * [new tag]             1.5.10.1629 -> 1.5.10.1629
 * [new tag]             1.5.10.1565 -> 1.5.10.1565
 * [new tag]             1.5.10.1566 -> 1.5.10.1566
 * [new tag]             1.5.10.1593 -> 1.5.10.1593
 * [new tag]             1.5.10.1615 -> 1.5.10.1615
 * [new tag]             1.5.10.1622 -> 1.5.10.1622
 * [new tag]             1.5.10.41   -> 1.5.10.41
 * [new tag]             1.5.10.48   -> 1.5.10.48
 * [new tag]             1.5.10.74   -> 1.5.10.74
Updating 3eaa83b73..a4bb1bf39
Fast-forward
 SECURITY.md | 29 ++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

Should I rerun the installer?

Howdy,

I’m in the midst fo trying to get older MacBookProz to pxe boot. In the mean time, I am attempting to recompile ipxe using the buildipxe.sh and I get an error:

./buildipxe.sh: line 83: syntax error near unexpected token `<<<'
./buildipxe.sh: line 83: `<<<<<<< HEAD'
root@fogserver:~/fogproject/utils/FOGiPXE#

My bash scripting skills are not. So I am relying on some input about how to fix this error.

Tia

@george1421 Hi,

Thanks for your reply. Its strange. I am working with (almost exclusively) early 2012 hardware. My older Imacs 2009-2011 afaict pxe boot fine image with FOG w/o issue. The problem comes along when, I try to image our macbooks. They display different levels of progress before they flat out hang. I had one mbpx,y I’m almost sure it was a 3rd gen intel just can’t find it right now. I may be being processed to go out the door to our clients.

Yes the 2019 verison of ipxe was executed from a boot of clonezill 3.1.x the version I would attempt to boot from ventory stick or from an imaged usb stick would display an error regarding not having efi capability and/or hang or return to the ventoy menu. If I just let them be long enough the MBP would just restart.

So I did attempted to roll my own and ran into the same problem with the oobox downloadable iso/zip file. Hang… I am researching w/o much success with how clonezilla compiled their ipxe menu entry or how to just plain add efi capability to ipxe.iso/zip and burn it to a usb stick. I just am not knowledable enough to formulate a good question or find what I am looking for (cause I don’t know:))

So thanks again for your reply. I have a large donations of older MBP’s coming just before the holidays and I would lik to be able to make it rain.

Regards,

@Mr_____T

I have Picture of a failed pxe boot of a MBP9,2

another mbp pxe hang:

Intel Core i5 3210M @2.50GHz
8 GB RAM
128GB SSD

This thread is quite old. Just here to mark it solved. I did manage to set my isp’s router as the dhcp server and successfully captured an image.
Thanks for all your suggestions and help.

@Mr_____T

I read this link and it display some code that modifies dhcp server to pxe boot mac’s. Only I don’t know what that file is. The wiki post doesn’t let on (or I just utterly missed it).

[https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=FOG_on_a_MAC#fancy](link url)

Hi,

I have been attempting to glean information from the wiki regarding pxe booting a score or so of late 000’s and pre-teens (2011,12) Macs, I have a couple Imacs core 2 duos that I would like to image with mxlinux using FOG. And my newer MacBookPros (i series intels) with kubuntu. Currently, I’m just a step above sneaker net ( I image 4 or 5 ssd’d and install them along with 8GB of ram).

From perusing this topic and the wiki, it looks coplicated. I have two configurations, my home lab uses my verizon 3100 to provide dhcp services and my work setup which has fog providing dhcp on its own subnet. Both are running as ubuntu server VMs on Proxmox.

Is there at least a straight forward way to configure something like this? I am trying to get my feet under me regarding setting this up.

tia.

@george1421

Thanks for your reply. I searched through my home router (Verizon G3100) and was unable to find where I would set the ‘next server’. However, following @Tom-Elliott 's instructions, I got a client started. It failed on the second partition. I don’t have the particulars, but this is much further along that I could’ve imaged last week. I am off the bed for now ( I have a fog server at work running on proxmox as well that may need my attention tomorrow). Not solved but close.

Tx again