Using the FOG Boot Menu

Overview

• FOG attempts to keep management centralized, but in an attempt to
  make deploying machines as easy as possible FOG has added a few
  basic client side tasks.

• These tasks can be run from the client computer during the PXE boot
  process.

• When the client boots and the FOG banner is displayed the pxe client
  will display a prompt like boot: or something similar.

• At this point you have 3 seconds to start typing one of the
  following commands.

  | Memtest86+
  | Quick Registration and Inventory
  | Perform Full Registration and Inventory

Memtest86

• This command will run the memtest86+ on the client computer.
• fog.memtest is the command used to reference this action in pxe
  menu settings.

Quick Registration and Inventory

• This command will run the basic host registration and inventory
  process without any user input.

• It will register any new/unregistered hosts with the FOG server
  and pull a basic hardware inventory from them.

• The hostname of the computer will be the same as the MAC address without the :

  • You can also customize this auto-naming in the fog
    configuration

• If a host is already registered, then only an inventory will be
  performed.

• fog.reg is the command used to reference this action in pxe menu
  settings

Perform Full Registration and Inventory

• This command will run the full host registration process with user
  input, inventory and give the option to push down an image, all at
  the same time. During this process the user registering the host
  will be prompted for the computer host name, ip address, operating
  system ID, image ID, Primary User of the computer, asset tag 1,
  and asset tag 2.
• If a valid hostname, os id, and image id are given and the option
  is selected to image the workstation after registration, the host
  will reboot and an imaging send will began.
• If a host is already registered, then only an inventory will be
  performed, this prevents end-users from re-registering a machine
  with a different hostname, etc.
• This tasks was designed for institutions that may get shipments of
  hundreds of computers that need to be deployed very quickly. They
  can be unboxed, inventoried, imported into FOG and imaged very
  quickly.
• fog.reginput is the command used to reference this action in pxe
  menu settings

Image ID

• As of version 0.17, you can enter ''?'' at the Image ID prompt
  to get a listing of all your images and their ID numbers.

• The image ID you specify will be deployed to the computer after a
  reboot if you choose to image now at the end of the registartion
  form.

• Image IDs can be found in the management console, in the
  Image Management section.

• The image id is listed after the - suffixed to the image name you set

      Alternatively Search for the image, and click on the edit button associated with the image,
  
      :   -   The image id will be in the Address/url bar in the
              format of `&imageid=xx`.
  

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Last update: 2023-07-24