About to lose it... stupid PXE boot
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Ok So I just built 10 systems (I know don't ask)
first one I hook up to my fog network PXE boots without issue.
Second, 3rd 4th, 5th and 6th don't boot.
I plug the first one back in, it still boots.
What the **@#!
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And no it's not the BIOS settings of these other machines.
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FINALLY!!
Just trying to piss me off it is....
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What was the problem?
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It has to be the services, because it's back again...
I'm so close to putting something through the monitor I'm using for this...
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See what doesn't make any sense to me is that I've been imagining pre-built systems all day yesterday.
So it's got to be something with these desktops...Driving me bonkers.
Reboot to the FOG VM and it runs for 1 more.
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@DustinB3403 said:
See what doesn't make any sense to me is that I've been imagining pre-built systems all day yesterday.
So it's got to be something with these desktops...Driving me bonkers.
Reboot to the FOG VM and it runs for 1 more.
Can you tell if the Machines are actually getting an IP from the FOG DHCP server or what?
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I can monitor the dhcpd.leases temp file and see what's going on
But I haven't.
Because it clearly works. It's got to be the hardware that I'm trying to image.
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If you have STP enabled on your switches you need to enable portfast or PXE boot will fail.
spanning-tree portfast(for Cisco IOS) -
@DustinB3403 said:
I can monitor the dhcpd.leases temp file and see what's going on
But I haven't.
Because it clearly works. It's got to be the hardware that I'm trying to image.
Bring in another machine and test it?
Also, there used to be a CDROM that could PXE boot your computer, so you could use that if your NIC's firmware is being stupid...
I think it is this one: http://ipxe.org/
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@DustinB3403 said:
I can monitor the dhcpd.leases temp file and see what's going on
But I haven't.
Because it clearly works. It's got to be the hardware that I'm trying to image.
Run out of IP's to lease? I've done that before heheheh
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@Jason Yeah this is just a dumb switch that I have setup at the moment.
So no such functionality to enable or disable.
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@MattSpeller Cleared the leases file, first thing I thought of.
