Knowledge Base

Below are the knowledge base articles on this wiki. We will add more as we resolve and work around any issues.

General Questions

Networking Questions

• Can I use my existing DHCP Server?
• What is PXE?
• What is iPXE?
• Rate/Bandwidth limiting
• Unicast vs. Multicast vs. Torrent-Cast

Other Questions

• Can I run the FOG Server on a MAC (G4)?
• Where are images stored?
• Default Username and Password?
• Can I image SATA drives with FOG?
• Does Fog support SAS?
• Ubuntu 12.04 static ip configuration
• Is there an installer for Debian? (outdated)

How-To-Guides

FOG PXE/iPXE Menu

• Boot looping and Chainloading
• Create Custom Fog Registration process in the FOG Bootmenu.
• Edit PXE menu to create sub menus
• How to modify the default pxe boot menu background.
• How to modify the PXE menu color / font
• Include DOS based applications into the PXE boot menu
• Include GParted in the FOG Bootmenu.
• Include SystemRescueCD in the FOG Bootmenu.
• Include DSL in the FOG Bootmenu.
• Include Puppy Linux in the FOG Bootmenu.
• Include Parted Magic in the FOG Bootmenu.
• Include any ISO in the FOG Bootmenu

Kernels

• Build FOG Core Kernel
• Build TomElliott Kernel

OS Help

• Auto_driver_Install (Windows)
• How to create an XP image that will deploy across different hardware types. (Windows)
• How to get Macintosh's Netboot working with your FOG server (MAC)
• What Operating Systems can be imaged with FOG? (ALL)

Networking

• Change FOG Server IP Address
• Not passing PXE, or ProxyDHCP...NO PROBLEM Cisco
• How to multicast over a router

Storage Nodes

• Adding Storage to a FOG Server
• Using Windows Server as a nfs storage node
• Moving your images directory/Adding Storage to the Images directory

Upgrading/Uninstalling/Backup FOG

• Backing up FOG
• Restoring FOG from Backup
• Uninstall FOG
• How do I upgrade FOG?
• How do I upgrade to Fog 1.0.0
• How do I upgrade to Fog trunk & * How do I upgrade to Fog SVN

WOL

• How to forward Wake-on-LAN and DHCP traffic from one subnet to another subnet.
• Wake On LAN Bug workaround
• How to use the wakeonlan perl script instead of etherwake.exe

Other

• After making one image, can I change the Windows Serial Number?
• How can I modify the init.gz file?
• Make Snapins Using FOSS
• How to remote control a computer through FOG
• Using FOG on removable media.
• Using a Snapin to update ntuser.man
• Bonding Multiple NICs
• How to translate FOG
• Booting/Imaging a computer without PXE capable Network Card
• Using FOG with an unmodifiable DHCP server/ Using FOG with no DHCP server
• How to install window XP using unattended and FOG
• Build FOG file system with BuildRoot - init.gz
• Switching to gpxelinux on Ubuntu FOG server
• Installing the FOG Bypass Host Registration

Knowledge Base Articles

Installation and Configuration

• Booting into FOG and Uploading your first Image
• Deploying your Image a single client
• Deploying your Image a group of clients
• tftp timeout....
• Unable to connect to TFTP
• MySQL setup error when installing
• Installing Windows TFTP Client

The FOG Interface

• Reset WebUI FOG password
• Dashboard Error: Permission denied...

Using FOG

• gunzip not found
• You receive the error: unable to move /images/dev/macaddress to /images/name-of-image when creating an image
• I keep getting Error: extended record needed, what do I do?
• Vista won't boot after being imaged?
• Vista Image says 0xc000000e \windows\system32\winload.exe can not be loaded
• Error mounting NFS server 127.0.0.1
• Unable to start task either image, or MAC address is null
• Kernel Parameters
• Moving Between Servers
• Supported Snapin's and Command Line Switches
• Debug Mode is asking me for a password

Hook System

• Hook System*

FOG Classes

• FOGController*
• FOGManagerController*

Troubleshooting

• Is PC compatible with FOG kernel
• Multicasting
• Active Directory - FOG Setting
• PXE error code
• Error Messages
• Uninstalling FOG Service on WinXP clients
• Boot looping and Chainloading
• Setting up and building UDPCast...Failed!