Success. Looks like I had a bad disk on my test machine… Thanks!!

sysprep was my initial issue - sysprepped machine and image started - and then went to this.

I have a feeling this has to do with the machine im pulling from - and not the fog side - am i correct on that?

All mount points on fog-server:
192.168.1.133:/images
192.168.1.133:/images/dev

DHCP config also enclosed

@george1421 I tried to create another storage folder to test - I am now back at default.

I have recreated my debian 11.6 ESXI8 guest - installed fog and configured dhcp and all seems to be working - i am booting with a pxe usb disk - connects and gets an ip, and when it goes to pull the image i get this

thanks for your reply and your help…

Could not mount image /bin/fog.upload
Mounting x.x.x.x:/images2/dev/ on /images failed: permission denied

TiA who can point me in the right direction here. Running in esxi 8 on debian 11.6.