Posts made by Phil Brackett

Never mind: I just trashed everything and started from scratch, and it’s working now.

After the second FOG server reboot, the GUI does not ask for a schema update, but the TFTP timeout is still occurring.

So, after the FOG server reboot, I have also noticed that the FOG server is generating a schema update screen. When I try the schema update, it generates errors. So, I checked in /opt/fog/.fogsettings, and my username and host information was all erased. I reinserted “localhost” and “root”, and maybe that will help after another reboot.

After a reboot, I tried on a different known working machine (as of this morning (before the update)) and the TFTP request during PXE boot times out.

My FOG server is Ubuntu 14.04 LTS,

I’ll try a reboot.

I did have some chainloading going on with my old version of FOG; could that have been undone? I noticed a new directory on the root called TFTPBOOT.previous, alongside a TFTPBOOT directory, which I’m assuming is the new one. I tried renaming the new TFTPBOOT to TFTPBOOT.NEW and the TFTPBOOT.previous to TFTPBOOT, but that didn’t seem to help.

This is weird.

I just updated to 1.2 (I was on vacation when the new release came out), and my TFTP is now failing during the PXE boot.

I tried to contact my FOG server via the TFTP client in Windows (CLI), but the connection fails.

I am using the same FOG server and client machine that, earlier today, were playing nicely together; now, post updating, TFTP fails.

YYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY!!!

IT WORKED! IT WORKED!

:D:D:D

I chainloaded PXE to iPXE using pxelinux.0, and now a client machine that is PXE booted resolves to the FOG menu!!

I am very happy!!

Now, what next???

Back to the WIKI/User Guide!

I will try this:

[url]http://www.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Chainloading_PXE_to_iPXE_using_pxelinux.0[/url]

Well, still no joy:(

I get to a screen during the process that says:

iPXE 1.0.0+ (1639) – Open Source Network Boot Firmware – [url]http://ipxe.org[/url]
Features: NFS FTP HTTP HTTPS iSCSI DNS TFTP VLAN AoE bzImage ELF MBOOT PXE PXEXT
Menu
Configuring (net0 a0:1d:48:a9:e6:62)… ok
Could not start download: Operation not supported ([url]http://ipxe.org/3c092003[/url])

The reference page at ipxe.org doesn’t make much sense to me, except that it suggests I am trying to use a protocol that is not supported by the ipxe build.

What have I done wrong?!

Thanks, X23.

Your post must have been formulated as I was looking for the very answers you provided.

Scratch that.

I found these:

[url]http://www.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Integrating_FOG_into_an_Existing_Network[/url]

[url]http://www.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Modifying_existing_DHCP_server_to_work_with_FOG#Windows[/url]

I have changed the DHCP settings (066 & 067) for a couple of scopes in my network (just to test), according to the above directions.

Now, to test!

Well, since no one has had anything to say on this thread for many days, let me see if I can revive the discussion…

I have decided to scrap my current install and reinstall 13.10 and 1.1.2, with the intention of modifying my DHCP server settings to point PXE booting devices to the FOG server. The ProxyDHCP approach was my first choice because it wasn’t going to involve screwing with my DHCP server settings, thereby maintaining the integrity of my old system (Windows Deployment Services).

But, at this point, I am willing to “jump all in” to get a FOG server that works.

So, as I am getting ready to install FOG, what choices should I make during the install process, considering what I intend to do? Should I just choose the defaults, or does some special configuration need to happen?

Okay, here’s where I am:

Both the client and the server are connected to a small 8 port hub (which is also connected to the network, so my server could have its IP address, 10.10.0.178).

I edited the ltsp.conf file from here [URL=‘http://fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Using_FOG_with_an_unmodifiable_DHCP_server/_Using_FOG_with_no_DHCP_server#DNSMASQ_settings_for_iPXE’]http://fogproject.org/wiki/index.ph...with_no_DHCP_server#DNSMASQ_settings_for_iPXE[/URL]

the only active lines in the ltsp.conf are

[CODE]port=0
log-dhcp
tftp-root=/tftpboot
dhcp-boot=undionly.kpxe,10.10.0.178
dhcp-no-override
pxe-prompt=“Press F8 for boot menu”, 5
pxe-service=X86PC, “Boot from network”, undionly
dhcp-range=10.10.0.178,proxy[/CODE]

When I PXE boot the client, TFTP picks up so fast that I can’t see without slow-mo what it’s saying. Then the screen reads “iPXE initializing devices…”

Then (thanks to slow-mo) it errors out with “/default.ipxe… Error 0x3d126001 ([url]http://ipxe.org/3d126001[/url])”

Since the FOG machine is not hooked up to my network anymore (because you had me move it to an isolated switch) I don’t know its IP address so I couldn’t modify to ltsp.conf to be any more specific.

On HP Elitebook (client):

no DHCP or ProxyDHCP offers were received.

I am using the exact ltsp.conf that you showed me (no changes).

FOG machine and Elitebook both plugged into Cisco 2960 ports 1 & 2

Jaymes, I have installed the FOG machine and a client machine (the HP Elitebook) on a spare Cisco 2960. I have also edited my ltsp.conf to match the one you showed me at [URL=‘http://fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Using_FOG_with_an_unmodifiable_DHCP_server/_Using_FOG_with_no_DHCP_server#DNSMASQ_settings_for_iPXE’]http://fogproject.org/wiki/index.ph...with_no_DHCP_server#DNSMASQ_settings_for_iPXE[/URL]

I have also restarted the dnsmasq service.

Where is the tftpboot folder, so I can symlink according to your directions?

I will get started right away. More to come in a few.

We are a Windows network with a Lightspeed filter, and my FOG machine is already a part of a filter bypass group, so its inability to access the internet is a little dumbfounding. In fact, when I check my web filter logs to see where the FOG machine has tried to go, it shows no attempts to access the internet at all (since yesterday). Weird?!?!

Anyway, thanks for the CNA information, I have it right now discovering my switches on the IP subnet where I have them all assigned!!

When you suggest moving the FOG server and a host machine to an isolated switch, do you mean just connecting the two machines to a single switch that is not connected to anything else?

By the way, is it strange that I can’t use my FOG box to access the internet?

I was previously able to access the internet on the Ubuntu machine (I obviously downloaded the update to FOG 1.1.2 yesterday), but now I can’t browse to anywhere, other than local web servers (like the FOG interface or my web filter interface).

Just wondering if this has something to do with the major problem.