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    nsherin @george1421
    last edited by Apr 17, 2018, 7:02 PM

    @george1421

    Thanks for your help. I’m running version 1.5.2

    My /etc/exports file:

    /images *(ro,sync,no_wdelay,no_subtree_check,insecure_locks,no_root_squash,insecure,fsid=0)
    /images/dev *(rw,async,no_wdelay,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash,insecure,fsid=1

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      george1421 Moderator @nsherin
      last edited by george1421 Apr 17, 2018, 1:09 PM Apr 17, 2018, 7:07 PM

      @nsherin Those settings are correct. What I’m pointing out is wrong is this parameter: netboot=nfs nfsroot=t-pxe:/var/www/fog/dist/ubuntu/16.04/mate/

      The FOG server is only sharing out /images/… yet you are telling the client to get its files from /var/www/fog/dist… That isn’t going to work. Plus the /var/www/… path is the base directory for the web server.

      My instructions that I posted show you expanding the ubuntu iso image to /images/os/ubuntu/… which IS in the nfs export path.

      With iPXE you can use any of several protocols to get to your files.
      if you use
      tftp:// the base path is /tftpboot
      http:// the base path is /var/www/html
      nfs:// the base path is /images

      The issue is the kernel it self has to reach out to this path you defined
      nfsroot=t-pxe:/var/www/fog/dist/ubuntu/16.04/mate/
      Yet it can’t get there because /var/www is not exported from the FOG server only /images and /images/dev is.

      Look at my menu item I posted below, you can see the nfs:// is used for ipxe to deliver the files as well as the nfsroot path for ubuntu’s kernel.

      Please help us build the FOG community with everyone involved. It's not just about coding - way more we need people to test things, update documentation and most importantly work on uniting the community of people enjoying and working on FOG!

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        nsherin
        last edited by Apr 17, 2018, 7:10 PM

        @george1421 said in Booting Ubuntu Live CD:

        I’ve got a bit further - I’ve added

        boot || goto MENU

        I now get a message ‘Unable to find a live file system on the network’:

        0_1523992151904_Ubuntu 64-bit-2018-04-17-20-08-52.png

        Also, do you know the parameters I’d need in locale= and keyboard-configuration/layoutcode for a UK keyboard?

        Many thanks.

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          george1421 Moderator @nsherin
          last edited by Apr 17, 2018, 7:11 PM

          @nsherin The problem you now see is exactly what I described below. Fix your nfsroot path and file locations.

          Please help us build the FOG community with everyone involved. It's not just about coding - way more we need people to test things, update documentation and most importantly work on uniting the community of people enjoying and working on FOG!

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            george1421 Moderator @nsherin
            last edited by Apr 17, 2018, 7:15 PM

            @nsherin said in Booting Ubuntu Live CD:

            Also, do you know the parameters I’d need in locale= and keyboard-configuration/layoutcode for a UK keyboard?

            I would say the local for your side of the pond would be en_GB.UTF-8

            Please help us build the FOG community with everyone involved. It's not just about coding - way more we need people to test things, update documentation and most importantly work on uniting the community of people enjoying and working on FOG!

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              nsherin @george1421
              last edited by Apr 17, 2018, 7:19 PM

              @george1421

              Thanks for that - I’ve moved the files from the DVD into /images/os/ubuntu/16.04/mate and modified the parameters to read:

              kernel nfs://t-pxe/images/os/ubuntu/16.04/mate/casper/vmlinuz.efi
              initrd nfs://t-pxe/images/os/ubuntu/16.04/mate/casper/initrd.lz
              imgargs vmlinuz.efi root=/dev/nfs boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=t-pxe:/images/os/ubuntu/16.04/mate/ locale=en_US.UTF-8 keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=us quiet splash ip=dhcp rw
              boot || goto MENU

              It’s still complaining about the lack of a file system on the network.

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                george1421 Moderator @nsherin
                last edited by Apr 17, 2018, 7:22 PM

                @nsherin said in Booting Ubuntu Live CD:
                ok next change (understand I’m swagging it a little)

                Possibly it doesn’t like the dns names here of t-pxe. Replace the t-pxe value with the iPXE menu variable of ${fog-ip} That will then set the ip address of the fog server in there instead of the dns names. Refer to my working menu. on how to place the ipxe variable.

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                  nsherin
                  last edited by Apr 17, 2018, 7:27 PM

                  Thanks! That worked! I replaced t-pxe with the server’s IP 192.168.0.22 and I now have a booted live CD!

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                    nsherin
                    last edited by Apr 17, 2018, 7:45 PM

                    Oh and for a UK keyboard, the syntax is:

                    locale=en_GB.UTF-8 keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=gb

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                      george1421 Moderator @nsherin
                      last edited by george1421 Apr 17, 2018, 2:04 PM Apr 17, 2018, 8:04 PM

                      @nsherin Issue solved then?

                      Please help us build the FOG community with everyone involved. It's not just about coding - way more we need people to test things, update documentation and most importantly work on uniting the community of people enjoying and working on FOG!

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                        nsherin @george1421
                        last edited by nsherin Apr 17, 2018, 2:28 PM Apr 17, 2018, 8:27 PM

                        @george1421

                        Almost - I’m just trying Ubuntu Server now and have added another menu option:

                        Menu Item: fog.ubuntu-server
                        Description: Ubuntu Server 16.04
                        Parameters:
                        kernel nfs://192.168.0.22/images/os/ubuntu/16.04/server/install/vmlinuz
                        initrd nfs://192.168.0.22/images/os/ubuntu/16.04/server/install/initrd.gz
                        imgargs vmlinuz root=/dev/nfs boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=192.168.0.22:/images/os/ubuntu/16.04/server/ locale=en_GB.UTF-8 keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=gb quiet splash ip=dhcp rw
                        boot || goto MENU

                        I have copied the Ubuntu Server CD contents into /images/os/ubuntu/16.04/server/

                        It boots to the Ubuntu installer and then asks me to insert a CD-ROM.

                        Any ideas would be great. Thanks!

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                          george1421 Moderator @nsherin
                          last edited by Apr 17, 2018, 8:31 PM

                          @nsherin Again please review this post (especially Note1 where the installer asks for the cdrom during installation. And then note2 where it says where to get what you need): https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/10944/using-fog-to-pxe-boot-into-your-favorite-installer-images/6

                          Please help us build the FOG community with everyone involved. It's not just about coding - way more we need people to test things, update documentation and most importantly work on uniting the community of people enjoying and working on FOG!

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                            nsherin @george1421
                            last edited by nsherin Apr 17, 2018, 5:49 PM Apr 17, 2018, 8:51 PM

                            @george1421

                            Thanks for that - I’ve got it booting - my menu entry now looks like:

                            Menu Item: fog.ubuntu-server
                            Description: Ubuntu Server 16.04
                            kernel tftp://192.168.0.22/os/ubuntu/16.04/server/vmlinuz
                            initrd tftp://192.168.0.22/os/ubuntu/16.04/server/initrd.gz
                            imgargs vmlinuz initrd=initrd.gz root=/dev/nfs netboot=nfs nfsroot=192.168.0.22:/images/os/ubuntu/16.04/server/ locale=en_GB.UTF-8 keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=gb
                            boot || goto MENU

                            Many thanks again for your help!

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