@JasonNaughton

Hi, I noticed that this was unresolved after so long. Wonder if you have solved it?
I recently stumbled across the man page for dhcpcd.conf. In there is a denyinterfaces (pattern) should solve the issue for you. It tells dhcpd to ignore the nic interfaces listed in pattern. Just was wondering if you found the fix otherwise hope this helps.

@Mr_____T Well, I have discovered a work around. According to our consultant, the legacy wrapper message in the 1st or 2nd image was kinda the key. the X360 has no wired nic port and the usb nic adabter is recognized as a legacy booting device. But the unit only boots efi. I followed this link for starters:

Kernel runtime parameter:

Next I added the MAC addresses from each usb dongle I have available. Then, from the fog web interface:

list all hosts
Select the host
Basic Tasks tab
Deploy tab
Task (I first checked debug and followed the bread crumbs no issues)
Imaging commenced.

This is quite a bit more work than I was hoping to do just to image one machine. I was hoping someone out there could come out of the fog (pun intended) and provide some feedback.

So this is not solved. But a work around that does. If you got this far Tx

This is an update to: (https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/17824/selecting-deploy-an-image-boots-to-text-menu). I couldn’t edit it so I’m referencing it here. Sorry for any confusion caused.

In the body below I have added some pictures for reference and some of my software running on this system.

Greetings,

FOG 1.5.10 running on (K)ubuntu server 24.04 VM, on top of Proxmox 8.3.3.

I am relatively inexperienced with troubleshooting software and I have a problem. We are trying to image 200 HP Elitebook x360 830 13 inch G10 2 in 1 NoteBook PC’s using kubuntu 24.04. I have managed to capture an image. But for every attempt to apply an image to clients I get:

3 related Pictures

Because the this model has no ethernet port, had to spoof the MAC of an USB 3.0 to ethernet dongle. to capture the image. To deploy the image, I ave tried checking off i.m.c. and i.m.i. I thought that somehow my issue was related to the host / images MAC.

Initially, configuring the client’s firmware to actually pxe boot and the image the unit from a host already on the system, I needed to register the client. However, after this I was unable to image another w/o deleting host on the server. Still it felt like the HP windows centric firmware was some how in the way. Now not so sure. So, I need some troubleshooting tips so my clients get to the images menu. Get that far and the rest is history. Let me know what kind of information needed to help with my issue.

Tia) edited added some pictures for reference.

Greetings,

FOG 1.5.10 running on (K)ubuntu server 24.04 VM, on top of Proxmox 8.3.3. DHCP is provided by UniFi Dream. We’re using dnsmasq to provide legacy capabilities.

I am relatively inexperienced with troubleshooting software and I have a problem. We are trying to image 200 HP Elitebook x360 830 13 inch G10 2 in 1 NoteBook PC’s using kubuntu 24.04. I have managed to capture an image. But for every attempt to apply an image to clients I get:

3 related Pictures

Because the this model has no ethernet port, had to spoof the MAC of an USB 3.0 to ethernet dongle. to capture the image. To deploy the image, I ave tried checking off i.m.c. and i.m.i. I thought that somehow my issue was related to the host / images MAC.

Initially, configuring the client’s firmware to actually pxe boot and the image the unit from a host already on the system, I needed to register the client. However, after this I was unable to image another w/o deleting host on the server. Still it felt like the HP windows centric firmware was some how in the way. Now not so sure. So, I need some troubleshooting tips so my clients get to the images menu. Get that far and the rest is history. Let me know what information is needed to help with my issue.

Tia

Greetings,

I am relatively inexperienced with troubleshooting software and I have a problem. We are trying to image 200 HP Elitebook x360 830 13 inch G10 2 in 1 NoteBook PC’s using kubuntu 24.04. I have managed to upload an image to the FOG server, but for every attempt to apply an image to clients, I get a text based menu with 7 selections. I believe that MAC addresses are involved. I had to spoof the MAC of an USB 3.0 to ethernet dongle. to get an image up to the host. I ave tried checking off i.m.c. and i.m.i. I thought that somehow my issue was related to the host / images MAC.

Now the rub here. is initially, configuring the client’s firmware to actually pxe boot and the image the unit from a host already on the system, I needed to register. However, after this I was unable to image another w/o deleting host on the server. Still it felt like the HP windows centric firmware was some how in the way. Now not so sure. So, I need some troubleshooting tips so my clients get to the images menu. Get that far and the rest is history. Let me know what kind of information needed to help with my issue.

Tia

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

@Tom-Elliott

Thanks for your suggestions. I will get at it tonight.

Greetings,

I spent several hours d.d.going/googling for an answer and now I’m posting here. I just installed the latest version of fog via git running under proxmox 8.x. I set it up to use my Verizon home router G3100 as the dhcp server.

I am able to get an ip for a client. The dhcpd logs on the G3100 say as much. But that is all the pxe boot screen of my lenovo w540 just times-out and returns to the boot menu. I tried running wireshark (I either have not set up a proper condition or I am misapplying wireshark here) on one of my hosts to see if traffic was occurring between the dhcp server and fog w/o any success. I tried booting an ipxe iso via ventoy and got some data (ip address of the client, but no info regarding the pxe server.

I need some suggestions regarding troubleshooting. I am not sure if my home router requires modification or what. I have experience using the linux command line but my knownledge of pxe and dhcp is incompleted.

TIA