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Thanks, Tom Elliott. Your kernel works on our HP Z820 workstations with Quadro K4000 graphics cards.

[quote=“ings0c, post: 12506, member: 4157”]Hey, any chance you could reupload that kernel elsewhere?

multiupload.nl seems to be down today

Thanks :)[/quote]

try this: [url]http://www5.zippyshare.com/v/91566930/file.html[/url]

[quote=“x23piracy, post: 12491, member: 3982”]Hi,

sure…
[url]http://www.multiupload.nl/UOQVLDZ7XB[/url]
Let me know if you had success and gimme the specs of your system not working (hw).
Which core.config did u used?
this one?: [url]http://freeghost.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freeghost/trunk/kernel/core.config[/url]

Greetz X23[/quote]

You’re my hero. This works a treat. With C600 and a Quadro 4000. Thank you ever so much.

thanks a lot!
I just realised…that the core.config I was using was way older… The one from the fog [S]0.32[/S] 0.29 package I think. That’s probably why! (what an idiot…)
I’ll test your kernel tomorrow and will let you know.
Thanks!

[quote=“x23piracy, post: 12488, member: 3982”]Hi,

it is working now, the problem was the nvidia driver like i already wrote i just forgot the disable the nuovo nvidia driver.
The machine with the C600 SAS Controller is now working. Yeahaaaa

Greetz X23[/quote]

nice one! I swear I tried all this but mine doesn’t work
Any chance you could share that kernel?

HI x23piracy, are you by any chance trying to use fog on a HP z820 or something similar? Looks like our hardware is quite similar but every time I seem to fix an issue, another one arise. Let us know how it goes with your kernel.
And again, thanks everyone for your valuable inputs, much appreciated!!

[quote=“Ozzy, post: 12317, member: 3595”]Are you having the hard drive not found error or the NIC issue? Either way, I’ll get my kernel uploaded.

Here is my custom kernel. I used CORE and linux-3.10-rc1 kernel and selected the SAS C600 driver and intel NIC drivers, I left the rest default. Let me know if it worked or not.

[url]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/61767344/ozzy_custom_bzImage[/url]

PS: I’m going to actually write a step-by-step Ubuntu tutorial for kernel building the way I did mine.
DONE If you see any instruction that needs to be updated please let me know.

[B]How to Build a Custom Kernel for FOG Server using Ubuntu 12.04[/B]

First, make sure you have [B]G++ (GNU C++ compiler) and QT4 (Qt 4 Designer) [/B] installed through the Ubuntu software center.

Next, pick a Linux kernel you want to use to compile the kernel at [URL=‘http://www.kernel.org’]www.kernel.org[/URL]. (Used linux-3.10-rc2.tar.xz for this document; [url]https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/testing/linux-3.10-rc2.tar.xz[/url]) Download the file to the ‘home/user/Downloads/’ directory. (default)

Then, download the Fog installation package installer. (Current version 0.32; [url]http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeghost/files/FOG/fog_0.32/fog_0.32.tar.gz/download[/url]) Make sure to download to the ‘home/user/Downloads/’ directory. (default)

Now we will extract the files to their proper locations.

First, extract the FOG installer to the download folder. (see below for command)
[B]sudo [/B][B][FONT=Tahoma]tar -xvf /home/user/Downloads/fog_0.32.tar.gz[/FONT][/B]

Then, we will want to extract the kernel to the ‘/usr/src/kernels/’ directory. If the directory does not exist create it. You will also need to copy the tar.gz file to the kernels directory in order to extract properly. (see below for commands)
[B]sudo mkdir /usr/src/kernels/[/B]
[B]sudo cp /home/user/Downloads/linux-3.10-rc2.tar.xz /usr/src/kernels/[/B]
[B]cd /usr/src/kernels/[/B]
[B]sudo tar –xvf linux-3.10-rc2.tar.xz[/B]

Now we can either use CORE or Kitchen Sink to create the kernel.

To use [B]Core[/B] use the following command:
[B]sudo cp [/B][B][FONT=Tahoma]/home/username/Downloads/fog_0.32/kernel/core.config /usr/src/kernels/linux-3.10-rc2/.config[/FONT][/B]

To use [B]Kitchen Sink[/B] use the following command:
[B]sudo cp [/B][B][FONT=Tahoma]/home/username/Downloads/fog_0.32/kernel/kitchensink.config /usr/src/kernels/linux-3.10-rc2/.config[/FONT][/B]

Once the .config file is copied to /usr/src/kernels/ you can now run the make xconfig command.
[B]cd /usr/src/kernels/linux-3.10-rc2[/B]
[B]sudo make xconfig[/B]

Now the kernel editor should pop-up after a few seconds. Here is where you will locate and select/deselect drivers you want to load to your custom kernel. (see screenshot for example)

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/a49MUxh.jpg?1[/IMG]

Once you are done with your selections just [B]save and quit[/B].

Now you have to run one final command to write the kernel file.

For 64-bit systems:
[B][FONT=Tahoma]sudo make ARCH=i386 bzImage[/FONT][/B]

[FONT=Tahoma]For 32-bit systems:[/FONT]
[B][FONT=Tahoma]sudo make bzImage[/FONT][/B]

[FONT=Tahoma]You may get a few prompts during the compile, I just used default options (enter). It will take a while (10-30 minutes) to compile the kernel so be patient.[/FONT]

[FONT=Tahoma]Now that you have created a custom kernel you will need to copy/cut the file to your FOG server.[/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma]Go to the [B]/usr/src/kernels/linux-3.10-rc2/arch/x86/boot/[/B] directory to find the new [B]bzImage[/B] file you created. That is the file you need to import to your FOG server kernels directory in order to use it. (You can rename it or use the new kernel as the default kernel for FOG to use if you leave the name bzImage)[/FONT]

[FONT=Tahoma]The directory where you should paste the new kernel is /tftpboot/fog/kernel/ on the FOG server.[/FONT]

[FONT=Tahoma]Make sure you assign the custom kernel to the proper host in the FOG management GUI and then you should be able to Upload/Deploy. You might need to add the host manually; you’ll just need the MAC address of the NIC for the host.[/FONT]

[B][I][FONT=Tahoma]Written by Ozzy[/FONT][/I][/B][/quote]

That kernel didn’t work for me. I get a ‘kernel panic - not syncing’ but thanks anyway! Very kind of you.
I’ll follow your tutorial to try and build it myself. Thanks for taking the time to write all that down!

[quote=“x23piracy, post: 12310, member: 3982”]Hi,

try this: [url]http://www.multiupload.nl/4SQKNW21OC[/url]
linux 3.9.2 kernel with enabled C600 driver.

Greetz X23[/quote]

didn’t work for me but thanks a lot for your time though, really appreciate it!

No luck so far, I try to boot using the kernel i’ve compiled but it says ‘decompressing linux… Parsing ELF… done. Booting the kernel.’ and gets stuck.
I’ll try and compile again later.
Thanks all for your help though, much appreciated!

[quote=“x23piracy, post: 12298, member: 3982”]Hi,

i can build the kernel this evening if i came home, i have a 3.9.2-4 kernel but haven’t included that C600 driver yet,
but that is no problem. i will upload it later today.

But i have to say it’s really easy to compile a kernel by yourself

Greetz X23[/quote]

Very kind of you. I’ve never done it before, I’m trying now, I’ll see how it goes and will let you know.
I should probably learn how to do it myself

I’ve got the same problem, and it looks like you have the solution!
Would you care to share that kernel? You’d be my hero

Nice one Bob! I had the exact same problem with the same hardware (z400), i swapped the quadro for a cheap geforce and it did the trick! Thanks!

[quote=“Bob Fillmore, post: 1085, member: 294”]OK, I swapped out the Quadro 2000 and tossed in a Geforce 9800GTX+ and PXE boots past the initial FOG menu. It complaines that the BIOS for the Z400 is unknown, but appears to function as expected. I’m going to pull an image now and see how it goes. :)[/quote]