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    • george1421G
      george1421 Moderator @nsherin
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      @nsherin The problem you now see is exactly what I described below. Fix your nfsroot path and file locations.

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        george1421 Moderator @nsherin
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        @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

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          nsherin @george1421
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          @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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          • george1421G
            george1421 Moderator @nsherin
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            @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
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              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
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                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

                  @nsherin Issue solved then?

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                    nsherin @george1421
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                    @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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                    • george1421G
                      george1421 Moderator @nsherin
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                      @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

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                        nsherin @george1421
                        last edited by nsherin

                        @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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