Knowledge Base

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

Networking Questions

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

Operating systems
Installation

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 (outdated)

Installation and Configuration

 * Booting into FOG and Capturing your first Image
 * Deploying your Image a single client
 * Deploying your Image a group of clients
 * FOG on a MAC
 * NAS Storage Node
 * tftp timeout....
 * Unable to connect to TFTP
 * MySQL setup error when installing
 * Installing Windows TFTP Client

The FOG Interface

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

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
 * Slow capture and deployment

Hook System

 * Hook System*

FOG Classes

 * FOGController*
 * FOGManagerController*

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

 * Bonding Multiple NICs
 * 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 FreeNAS as a StorageNode
 * 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.x.x (0.29,0.30,0.31,0.32 --> 1.x.x)
 * How do I upgrade to a particular revision?
 * 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 (FOG version 0.21 only)
 * How to use the wakeonlan perl script instead of etherwake.exe

Other

 * After making one image, can I change the Windows Product Key?
 * Fog Tweaks
 * 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
 * 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