@george1421 It boots fine into the kernel. Once it gets into the FOG menu and I hit full registration it goes through the motions of inventorying, but never sends the info off. Just blinks and makes a new line forever.
Like I said getting closer, the video I will make today will show all the steps.
OK peeps I finally got one that works using the PXE boot method create by @george1421 , however it will not register the host. So we are getting closer I will make a video of the process here in a little while once I get caught up on morning work. But for now here is the NIC and chipset that is working, it also works on Surfaces.
StarTech USB 2.0 to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
Part# USB21000S2
Chipset ID SMSC - LAN7500
@george1421 I think the ASSIX is a very good chipset, just Dell and HP are being turds about what they are supporting. I think to HP Assix will be the route and Dell it will be SMH7500 (I think that is the right designation)
Well no NIC at Walmart as advertised, I have it on order. Will see if we can resume this next week.
@Wayne-Workman So i read farther down in the comments and expanded the long lines of chats, I found this gem:
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+John Willis John, thanks for the great response. I currently have a XPS 12 that will PXE boot to undonly.kpxe using the LAn7500 and then attempts to use wimboot to kick off winpe. It fails for either the BCD or cannot find bootmgr.exe, but there is other weirdness going on that does not happen on embedded NICs. I will go read your post as well. I had also noticed on the iPXE forum that robinsmidsrod had asked for your solution as well. I will forward him to you post.
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Looks to me I am on the right track now
@george1421 If this does work FOG needs to start selling USB flashdrive and USB to Ethernet packages for support money LOL.
@george1421 Well I the StarTech USB31000 sitting here and it hasn’t worked either, basically the updated version of what I am getting tonight. So I am thinking the USB 3.0 route might not be the route to go unless the FOG kernel supports USB 3.0 once that kernel takes over unless it supports it it will drop connection and not pick back up.
But this is all theory we will know after tomorrow.
@george1421 At this stage of the game it is a point of pride that I will not let this beat me.
@george1421 I’m gona run by my Walmart tonight and pick this up:
http://www.walmart.com/search/?query=USB21000S2&stores=2967,1510,2447,1961,2250
From what I am reading it may work for the Dell (Not to say it will work with all UEFI)
@george1421 Yeah I was coming to the first conclusion on my own after reading through a bit of this blog:
http://www.johnwillis.com/2014/03/pxe-booting-using-usb-to-ethernet-dongle.html
@george1421 I think I understand what you are saying.
@george1421 Yeah that is kinda the same scenario I was seeing with a EFI booting Desktop. It never saw my USB NIC but kept trying to use the onboard one.
@Wayne-Workman When I try from Legacy mode it never sees the flash drive, just says there is no boot device and reboots.
But then again wouldn’t it do that since it is not trying to boot using the .efi file on the USB drive (Basically using BIOS instead of UEFI)
@Wayne-Workman I agree with you Wayne, “Bob” didnt sound like he was trying to hard. I did try the Firmware first to see if it would add functionality. It was a no starter. I want to find out what chipset that Dell USB to Network device is so I can try and find a comparable item. I am sure “Dell” doesn’t make their own network cards.
OK after much cussing and screaming I just got off the phone with Dell. According to their tech and I am not sure if I totally believe him, you have to order the following:
This is the only one that is compatible with their BIOS at this time. I asked him what chipset it was and was told a proprietary one. So i am going to say unless someone has that nic the XPS laptops are a bust
@george1421 OK I just recreated the ipxe.efi file and migrated it to the flash drive and renamed. It is working, but the Sabrent USB-G1000 is still not being seen by the flash boot process. I have tried the following:
Plugged directly into the USB port on the side of the Dell XPS 12
Connected the Dell docking station and plugged both the flash drive and the USB network into the docking station (Which still seed the flash drive fine and boots from it, but never sees the USB dongle)
I am doing all this using the UEFI boot process form the dell. Hitting F12 and choosing to boot from the flash drive. I am thinking I am missing something here but I am not sure what it might be.
I have changed the settings in the UEFI to UEFI with Legacy OPROM; Secure Boot: OFF per the instructions of the Dell forums, but so far no dice. Is this the same process you are using?
Here is a screenshot (Have I mentioned I hate Dell yet?)
@Wayne-Workman Same as before in the video I posted, getting nothing at all.
@george1421 Both adapters are USB 2.0 and ports are USB 2.0. I am going to try to create the efi file form that website you had posted again today to see if the file makes a difference. I was using the files from the FOG server this go around. I only have the option to UEFI boot in these devices. The Surface gives me a PXE boot but it isn’t using BIOS it is emulating it from what I am gathering. But I will get on that more once I get the Dell issue ironed out.
@Sebastian-Roth I’m not sure what you are saying, should I use a bootable USB like I do with the Dell and it will pick up form there? I will try that today and see what I get. Those things are a pain to get into the UEFI interface. they love to just rebooting into Windows even when you know how to hit the button correctly. LOL
@Tom-Elliott I will try all the above suggestions and report back my findings. Hopefully I can carve out some time today to try all this. My boss is the only one with a Surface I can test on and he forgot it at home. I will be sending him out to retrieve it. Meh bosses, so undependable.
However I am getting this from the Surface using the docking station:
So after that screen it just sits there and eventually goes into Windows 10. This is a Surface 4 so I guess we are partially there.
Also tried it with the Surface. No dice there either.