From what we can tell, the problem we are having now is that the USB NIC (SABRENT NT-USB2.0) is not being loaded correctly when FOG is starting. We tried downloading the newest linux driver for it and dropping in to a custom kernel build, but it didn’t seem to help.

Similar to this thread, but with a different model:
[url]http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/realtek-8153-usb-network-adapter.10302/[/url]

We will try Tom’s kernels and see if they help at all, but if anyone has any suggestions on this USB NIC, they are appreciated.

Thanks - Rob

The good news is that when we try to do the host inventory, even though we can’t actually get it registered, it does tell us the disk is being recognized

[quote=“d4rk3, post: 46641, member: 23583”]For the record, the ONLY way I was ever able to hit the Partclone screen/pull inventory was by setting the Host Primary Disk to:

/dev/mmcblk0

I tried /dev/mmcblk, mmcblk, mmcblk0, etc and that’s the only one that’s ever worked for me.

Hopefully this can help save you some time/headaches :)[/quote]

Were you able to successfully register the host, or did you use manual registration?

It looks like the issue is now very similar to this one:

[url]http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/uploading-an-image-from-partition-layout-dev-mmcblk0.11783/[/url]

I don’t want to cross post on both, so I will ask, how do I set the “Host Primary Disk” to mmcblk? That’s probably the next step to try in getting this thing going.

Edit I was thinking about this too hard, was just told its a menu option. We will give it a shot.

In the meantime, I’ll try the kernels that Tom had linked in that thread to see if there is any difference. We have tried to build a custom kernel with all the mmc options checked, but did not seem to change anything.

Hi Wayne,

Most of the steps we’ve taken are on the first page of the thread, in summary:

Used the latest Trunk/SVN - fixed the loading issue with bg.png
Pointed Windows Server DHCP options at ipxe.efi - got us to the FOG menu
Replaced the original versions of of init.xz and bzimage with the 32 bit versions (deleted and renamed) - stopped the menu from looping back to itself and appeared to actually load FOG

At this point the roadblock is that we get to host registration (as mentioned above), the errors are thrown, and FOG reports no Hard disk found

This may or may not be related to the issue that if we choose Host Information - the USB port seems to have stopped functioning and we lose keyboard/network access

We are downloading the latest trunk now (looks like it was just updated) to see if that affects anything

We deleted init.xz and bzimage and renamed init_32.xz and bzimage_32 to them in /var/www/fog/service/ipxe

This got us a little further

We got to the Host Information menu, but then we lose all USB functionality, including the ethernet dongle and keyboard, so we can’t get any further on that screen either.
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When we select Host Registration we get some errors and it appears to fail to find a storage device, errors pictures are attached:
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Thanks for all your assistance

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If it helps we were able to boot into Ubuntu Linux 64 bit Desktop on the Venue Pro 8 by following this article

[url]http://www.jfwhome.com/2014/03/07/perfect-ubuntu-or-other-linux-on-the-asus-transformer-book-t100/[/url]

and changing the resolution from [SIZE=15px][FONT=Monaco][COLOR=#656565]1368x768e to 800x1280e[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]

Good morning, here is the video capture of the FOG menu behavior. Sorry it is sideways, not sure what the phone was doing. Wasn’t able to upload the MOV file, so you will have to download and change extension to MOV.

Thanks,
Rob

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Thanks, I will get a video capture first thing Monday morning and upload. I really appreciate the help, and I love FOG btw, killer product

Thanks Wayne, I think the issue is with bzimage and/or init.xz since I am seeing the FOG menu, but to be honest I don’t know what they are or if they are 32 bit

I think my ipxe issues may have been solved in the current trunk

I am hoping Tom will have a suggestion on where i can look for clues, I can post a video if it helps

Thanks again for your suggestions and help

We see the menu, but the different options are just looping back to the menu as described above