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@george1421 also tried this

sudo /etc/init.d/isc-dhcp-server restart

this one at least returned a positive result,

@george1421 Yes my FOG server has always been my DHCP server.

I ran

sudo /etc/init.d/dhcp3-server restart

and it didn’t help

@Wayne-Workman already done, and not working. Tried this on multiple laptops, none are connecting. Im about to give up.

Server

• FOG Version: 1.3.5
• OS: Ubuntu

Description

After a power outage, the FOG server DHCP function is not working. I have a new switch, there is no DHCP interference as i’m using a switch and a server with no internet connection. I’ve changed the cables for brand new ones, and verified the enet port on the laptop works fine.

Suggestions?

@Wayne-Workman Wayne, I will be back in the office tomorrow, and can do so then.

@Wayne-Workman Ironically the debug deploy boots into the OS just fine. LOL

Non resizable must be the way to go.

@Wayne-Workman POST deploy on new machine

@Wayne-Workman Debugging Clone(pre-deploy)

@george1421 Correct

I am currently capturing an image with single disk non resizable, and the first was resizable. So I will be able to compare “reactions”

@george1421 in laymans terms, if you have something pushing DHCP to the device and a server delivering data, the netboot SHOULD pick it right up and the capture or deploy function should work. However, I have never actually imaged with Fog on a mac, more just delivering the “how to netboot” answer…

@Wayne-Workman currently capturing a new image. Once complete I will recapture a "debug"image from the same computer and upload. Thanks.

@george1421 said in I not how understand to make ? (beginner question):

I’m sorry I can’t help you understand the MAC and FOG, I have seen a MAC in a picture book before. (Actually I have not touched a MAC since 1995)

I can tell you that MACs use a different pxe boot method than IBM PCs. MACs use something called netboot (not pxe boot). Netboot (from BSD Unix) requires more information in dhcp than PXE boot.

One of the FOG developers @Sebastian-Roth has personal experience with network booting MACs in a previous job. He may be able to provide some additional info. I did find one of his posts with a bit more information: https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/9189/macpro6-1-pxe-boot/20

You can also search in google “netboot macbook” in your native language to see if you can find specific instructions. It is possible to boot and image with FOG once you can get the target MAC to network boot.

Just hold down N during the boot. The Mac will do the rest of the work. (Apple certified Mac Technician)

I think the hardest part for me is that a majority of the documentation I can find is based on an older version, and this version has many options that older versions didn’t.

@george1421 UPDATE: I created a new image on the same exact laptop we are trying to image. Still boots to a black screen. ARGH.

@george1421 what I am doing now as a test is configuring the same exact machine from scratch. Then I will clone it, and deploy it, and see if that makes the difference. If it works, then I have the right image for future machines.

In my past experience with FOG we already had the images created, and we did have one that was a “generic” install. I wish I knew how we created that one as well…but alas, I don’t have that resource any longer.

@george1421 Yeah and I think its that threefold possiblity that is making it very hard for us to determine exactly what the issue is.

@george1421 they are not one for one. The source is a 500GB SSD SATA drive. The client we are deploying to is a 250 GB FlashSSD. All other hardware remains the same.

@george1421 Win 7 is the deployed image.

No, bootpart commands do not fix the issue.

@george1421

1. Boots to the black screen with the flashing white cursor
2. Uh…unsure? Im an idiot apparently.
3. Legacy
4. legacy as well on the deployed system

@Wayne-Workman 1.3.5 revision 6067

Morning!