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@Tom-Elliott Woo-hoo, capturing an image now!

A big thank you to everyone who helped track down and fix this. Your support is amazing! Looks like I have another FOSS project to add to my contribution list…

@Tom-Elliott @george1421

I’ve eliminated the possibility of the problem being the infrastructure or of it being PXE server specific.

1. I PXE booted my netbook within the test environment and everything worked as would be expected.

2. I booted the server off of a clonezilla live CD and attempted to PXE boot one of the mintboxes from that. I received the clonezilla menu, but selecting an imaging option failed on bringing up the Ethernet device “If this fails, maybe the ethernet card is not supported by the kernel 4.7.0-1-amd64”. So, basically the same thing I’m seeing from FOG.

Definitely odd as these machines come pre-configured with Linux Mint and I’ve installed Kali (debian-based distro) on four of them without a single networking issue.

If anyone has any other ideas I’m definitely willing to try them. I’d rather not have to go with another hardware platform if I don’t have to. Luckily still in dev, though.

Thanks for all your help! Cheers

@Tom-Elliott This does occur on both of the two test boxes I have.

To rule out flaky hardware/cables, I’ve taken the following steps.

1. Swapped smart switch for unmanaged switch.
2. Replaced all cables.
3. Replaced NIC on FOG server - both are Intel Gigabit, [8086:10ce] and [8086:10d3]

Thanks and Happy New Year!

@george1421 [8086:1539]

@Wayne-Workman The full specs for the MintBox can be found here - http://www.fit-pc.com/web/products/mintbox/mintbox-mini/

Max Screen Resolution 1920 x 1200 @ 60Hz
Processor AMD A Series
RAM 4 GB SO-DIMM DDR3
Hard Drive 64 GB
Graphics Coprocessor Radeon
Card Description dedicated
Wireless Type 802.11bgn
Number of USB 2.0 Ports 3
Other Technical Details
Brand Name MintBox
Series MintBox Mini
Item model number FITLET-GB-C64-D4-M64S-W-XL-BMint
Hardware Platform PC
Operating System linux
Item Weight 8.8 ounces
Product Dimensions 4.2 x 3.3 x 0.9 inches
Item Dimensions L x W x H 4.25 x 3.27 x 0.94 inches
Color Green
Processor Brand AMD
Computer Memory Type DDR3 SDRAM
Hard Drive Interface Solid State
Audio-out Ports (#) 1
Power Source DC
Voltage 12 volts

@Tom-Elliott @Tom-Elliott identical output - lo only. When not PXE booting the device is running a Debian variant (Kali) with full network capabilities.

@george1421 @TOM ELLIOTT @WAYNE WORKMAN

I manually added and assigned debug task. The contents of /var/log/ are attached. I also ran ifconfig; it only shows the local adapter and it wasn’t possible to bring up eth0.

Also, previously daemon.log on the FOG server showed a DHCP offer of X.X.X.11 that was then requested by the client and ack’d by the server. This was almost immediately followed by a new discover and an offer made for X.X.X.10, which was also requested and ack’d. This time the same thing occurred, other than the initial offer being for .13, which was still followed up with .10.

Thanks for looking at this. Let me know if there’s any other information that would be helpful to troubleshoot.

Cheers!

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@george1421 Roger that. I’ll attempt the manual insertion and debug capture this evening. Thanks for the prompt responses!

And, yes, I have all sorts of junk under my desk…

@george1421 I’ll attempt a manual assignment and look at the debug info if successful. Cheers

@Tom-Elliott I’ve tried through two separate switches. One managed the other as cheap as cheap can get…doubt it has any additional functionality. I’ll dig out an old hub to make sure this isn’t the problem. Thanks for input!

@george1421 Thanks for the pointer, I’ll check to see if there’s anything in the BIOS I can manipulate regarding power saving features.

@Wirefall Update: Looking at the daemon.log, it appears that the client makes a DHCP request and is provided an IP from the FOG server of X.X.X.11. There is then an error message of “init.tftpd[XXXX]: tftp: client does not accept options.” A new DHCP Discover is then completed and the client receives X.X.X.10 (the first available entry in the DHCP pool).

I just installed my first FOG server (1.3.0 SVN Rev 6050) and am receiving this same error message, “Failed to get an IP via DHCP! Tried on interfaces(s):” when attempting to register a client.

I’ve simplified the infrastructure to the client and the FOG server connected through a dumb switch.

The client appears to receive an IP from the FOG server during PXE boot. The error message is received only after full or quick registration is selected.

This is a mintbox mini (http://www.fit-pc.com/web/products/mintbox/mintbox-mini/).

A developer’s previous request asked another user for the output to lspci -nn | grep Ethernet. Mine is as follows…

01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation I211 Gigabit Network Connection [8086:1539] (rev 03)

Any hints, help, or pointers would be appreciated.

Cheers!