@Tom-Elliott
It seems I made the disastrous decision to assume that the variable I saw online in another post was a FOG default-created and set variable, so I’ve been using it assuming it had been assigned the correct IP. I made that assumption because the first menu item I created, the original Ubuntu ISO, had worked, so I was just reusing what I had “working”.

I changed the code to just the IP, because of that DNS issue and your question, and now I can successfully boot the extracted ISOs. Now I have a slew of other things to deal with therein, but at least now I’m there.

Mint and Ubuntu (extracted) need some work to get running, but Hiren’s runs perfectly,

@Tom-Elliott
It seems I made the disastrous decision to assume that the variable I saw online in another post was a FOG default-created and set variable, so I’ve been using it assuming it had been assigned the correct IP. I made that assumption because the first menu item I created, the original Ubuntu ISO, had worked, so I was just reusing what I had “working”.

I changed the code to just the IP, because of that DNS issue and your question, and now I can successfully boot the extracted ISOs. Now I have a slew of other things to deal with therein, but at least now I’m there.

Mint and Ubuntu (extracted) need some work to get running, but Hiren’s runs perfectly,

@Tom-Elliott

Do you know if this would be a configuration setting I may have screwed up in FOG itself? Or is this a system-based problem.

Okay, what I just tried was recording the error message when trying to boot into the Ubuntu extracted ISO.
The error code is Error 0x3e11613b.
Searching for what it specifically is right now, just thought I’d update.

@Tom-Elliott Yeah, I go down to the advanced menu and select my options there. Seeing the menu items isn’t a problem.

@Tom-Elliott Yeah, the files are all there. I extracted everything from the ISO to that location, and previously I was using just the ISO. Both return “Operating System Not Found”.

@Tom-Elliott

:MENU
menu
item --gap -- ---------------- iPXE boot menu ----------------
item mint              Mint
item ubuntu          Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop
item ubuntu2         Ubuntu Extracted ISO Test
item hirens            Hiren's Boot CD
item shell          ipxe shell
item return        Return to previous menu
choose --default return --timeout 15000 target && goto ${target}

:mint
kernel http://$(fog-ip)/fog/service/ipxe/mint/casper/vmlinuz
initrd http://$(fog-ip)/fog/service/ipxe/mint/casper/initrd.lz
boot ||
goto MENU

:ubuntu
initrd http://${fog-ip}/fog/service/ipxe/Linux/ubuntu-16.04-desktop-amd64.iso
chain memdisk iso raw ||
goto MENU

:hirens
initrd http://$(fog-ip)/fog/service/ipxe/hirens/hirens.iso
chain memdisk iso raw ||
goto MENU

:ubuntu2
kernel http://$(fog-ip)/fog/service/ipxe/Linux/iso/casper/vmlinuz.efi
initrd http://${fog-ip}/fog/service/ipxe/Linux/iso/casper/initrd.lz
boot ||
goto MENU

:shell
shell ||
goto MENU
 
:return
chain  http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=${net0/mac} ||
prompt
goto MENU

Is this what you’re looking for? And how would I go about showing you the settings, exporting a backup?
As I post this I see the apostrophe affects the code’s display, does it affect how the code is interpreted by FOG?

@Tom-Elliott I’ve tried that as well, it brought me to the same issue, unfortunately. I haven’t tried it for the other ISO’s though. Will do that this morning.

@Tom-Elliott Sorry for the late reply, I’ve looked through that thread extensively before and again now, it’s why I’m left so utterly confused. The original poster of that thread has both a linux distro and hiren’s working, neither of which can I get working, despite having the same setup for the advanced configuration.

However, I did fix the /dev/sr0 problem by disabling the CD-ROM drive in the VM settings. Thank you for that.

I boot the iso, do Try Without Uninstalling, and then it just says it’s unable to find a medium containing a live file system. Other ISOs I try to boot from (that other people have working) just bring me to Operating System Not Found, which I believe means it’s failed booting the ISO and is trying to boot from the hard drive (of which there are none).

Again, sorry for the late reply, as it is this reply took two days to make I’ve been so swamped.

Thank you for your replies, I will look into them and try out everything tomorrow morning when I’m back in the office!

Hi there,

I’m new to this forum and indeed this particular application. I’ve been tasked with setting up a bootable Linux ISO over PXE so the company I work for may use it to access guest machines that are likely themselves running Win7.

Here is my PXE boot menu configuration at its current state:

:MENU
menu
item --gap -- ---------------- iPXE boot menu ----------------
item ubuntu          Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop
item shell          ipxe shell
item return        return to previous menu
choose --default return --timeout 15000 target && goto ${target}

:ubuntu
initrd http://${fog-ip}/fog/service/ipxe/Linux/ubuntu-16.04-desktop-amd64.iso
chain memdisk iso raw ||
goto MENU

:shell
shell ||
goto MENU
 
:return
chain  http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=${net0/mac} ||
prompt
goto MENU
 
autoboot

The configuration above successfully starts the iso, but when I select “Try without installing Ubuntu” (or basically any option, really) it continues to go and then all I get is "/init: line 7: can’t open/dev/sr0: No medium found

I’ve spent the last few hours making every possible link I could on Google purple, and can’t find a solid answer.
The system running fog is Linux Mint, and is a VM I access through vSphere. The guest machine in my scenario is another (basic) VM.

From what I’ve seen, some solutions involve physical problems such as USB3.0 vs USB2 sockets, etc.
I’m running out of hair from scratching my head, here, and I’m only 22! Some assistance would be incredibly appreciated.

Thank you for your time. I will try to reply as soon as possible to everyone.
Have a good day!