Hi,
I've not had much luck with this request on FOG's own support page so thought I would equire amongst other education based IT folk!
I'm having a few problems creating an image of Dell Optiplex 320 desktops at the school I work on behalf of.
PC Spec:
Dell Optiplex 320 DT
Intel Celeron D
BIOS 1.1.4
60GB hard drives
2GB RAM
Server running FOG 0.30. It isn't a fantastic spec, but does what we need at this early stage.
The machines will PXE boot correctly and get to the FOG menu. However when I try to do anything but "memtest", the error we get on the desktops is:
fb: conflicting fb hw usage radeonrmfb vs vga 16 vga - removing generic driver
ata1 soft reset failed
wistron_btns : system unknown
2 machines do proceed and register with the server following this error. The other 28 will PXE boot, but die just after a "tps65010 no chip?" error. The screen gets a series of vertical lines on it or goes blank and sits there until it is rebooted.
We have changed IP address of the server and I modified the config in the FOG admin (FOG_WOL_HOST, FOG_TFTP_HOST, FOG_WEB_HOST and in All Storage Nodes > Default Member). The server has been rebooted since this action was taken. (I know this is Ubuntu but it's a Windows habit, just in case..)
I've checked the graphics settings in the BIOS comparing a broken machine to a working one but can't see any fix. We have about 45 of these machines in total and really want to roll out images using FOG. We have another 20 laptops to be rolled out shortly, so anything to make the process easier will be well received..
I've tried some of the kernel parameters with regard to vga/video, but they didn't seem to do anything so either I put them in the wrong place, or they just don't do anything to fix it.. Ideally I'd like to perform the full host registration and inventory on these machines because it will be useful information to have later on.
The only other option I can see is to enter the MAC and hostname manually in FOG, then get the FOG server to pull the image off the machine. The first machine has all the software and updates on, has been dropped from the domain, has the Windows Support Tools and FOG service installed and has been sysprepped. Do I just set the task via the FOG panel, reboot the machine into Windows, wait for the initial stuff to happen as it will be the first boot, then let FOG to pull the image of?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Adam
