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Using FOG to PXE boot into your favorite installer images

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  • G
    george1421 Moderator
    last edited by george1421 May 11, 2018, 9:15 PM Nov 9, 2017, 9:40 PM

    Ubuntu 17.10 Desktop

    1. First we’ll create the required directories:
    mkdir -p /images/os/ubuntu/Desk17.10
    mkdir -p /tftpboot/os/ubuntu/Desk17.10
    
    1. Now we’ll mount the Ubuntu 17.10 installer over the loop directory. Then we’ll copy the contents of the DVD to the directory we built above.
    mount -o loop -t iso9660 /{full path where you have the iso stored}/ubuntu-17.10-desktop-amd64.iso /mnt/loop
    
    cp -R /mnt/loop/* /images/os/ubuntu/Desk17.10
    umount /mnt/loop
    
    1. Finally we’ll copy the pxe boot kernel and intfs to the tftpboot directory.
    cp /images/os/ubuntu/Desk17.10/casper/vmlinuz.efi /tftpboot/os/ubuntu/Desk17.10
    cp /images/os/ubuntu/Desk17.10/casper/initrd.lz /tftpboot/os/ubuntu/Desk17.10
    
    1. The last bit of magic we need to do is setup a new FOG iPXE boot menu entry for this OS.
    2. In the fog WebGUI go to FOG Configuration->iPXE New Menu Entry
      Set the following fields
      Menu Item: os.Ubuntu.Desktop.17.10
      Description: Ubuntu Desktop 17.10
      Parameters:
      kernel tftp://${fog-ip}/os/ubuntu/Desk17.10/vmlinuz.efi
      initrd tftp://${fog-ip}/os/ubuntu/Desk17.10/initrd.lz
      imgargs vmlinuz.efi root=/dev/nfs boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=${fog-ip}:/images/os/ubuntu/Desk17.10/ locale=en_US.UTF-8 keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=us quiet splash ip=dhcp rw
      boot || goto MENU
      Menu Show with: All Hosts
    3. That’s it, just pxe boot your target system and pick Ubuntu Desktop 17.10 from the FOG iPXE boot menu.

    References:

    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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    • G
      george1421 Moderator
      last edited by george1421 May 11, 2018, 9:16 PM Nov 11, 2017, 1:57 AM

      Kali Linux 2017.2

      At this point the instructions don't work completely. I can get the installer to boot, but it appears to want to download files from Debian to complete the installation

      1. First we’ll create the required directories:
      mkdir -p /images/os/kali/2017.2
      mkdir -p /tftpboot/os/kali/2017.2
      
      1. Now we’ll mount the Kali 2017.2 DVD installer over the loop directory. Then we’ll copy the contents of the DVD to the directory we built above.
      mount -o loop -t iso9660 /{full path where you have the iso stored}/kali-linux-2017.2-amd64.iso /mnt/loop
      
      cp -R /mnt/loop/* /images/os/kali/2017.2
      umount /mnt/loop
      
      1. At this point we need to go out and download the netboot kernel and initrd files from the Kali site. We’ll create a temp directory, download the tar ball and extract the two files we need.
      cd /tmp
      mkdir netboot
      cd /tmp/netboot
      cd /tmp
      mkdir netboot
      cd /tmp/netboot
      wget http://repo.kali.org/kali/dists/kali-rolling/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/netboot.tar.gz
      tar -zxf netboot.tar.gz
      cd ./debian-installer/amd64
      cp linux /tftpboot/os/kali/2017.2
      cp initrd.gz /tftpboot/os/kali/2017.2
      cd /tmp
      rm -rf ./netboot
      

      Note: If you get to the point of booting into the installer and the installer keeps asking for a cdrom, you have the wrong initfs. You must have the initrd file from the Debian netboot package. Unlike other distributions, the netboot files are not on the typical installation media as far as I found.
      4. The last bit of magic we need to do is setup a new FOG iPXE boot menu entry for this OS.
      5. In the fog WebGUI go to FOG Configuration->iPXE New Menu Entry
      Set the following fields
      Menu Item: os.Kali.2017.2
      Description: Kali 2017.2
      Parameters:
      kernel tftp://${fog-ip}/os/kali/2017.2/linux
      initrd tftp://${fog-ip}/os/kali/2017.2/initrd.gz
      imgargs linux initrd=initrd.gz root=/dev/nfs netboot=nfs nfsroot=${fog-ip}:/images/os/kali/2017.2/ ip=dhcp rw language=en country=US keymap=us hostname=kali domain=domain.com
      boot || goto MENU
      Menu Show with: All Hosts
      6. That’s it, just pxe boot your target system and pick Kali 2017.2 from the FOG iPXE boot menu.

      Note 1: If you want the gui network installer you can download this netboot gzip instead of the one referenced above: http://repo.kali.org/kali/dists/kali-rolling/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/gtk/netboot.tar.gz

      Note 2: When you us the netboot installer kali linux will have to download the install files from the internet even though you have them on DVD. It appears that the installer tries to mount the DVD during netboot, but since that fails it falls over to network install mode. This appears to be a feature in kali linux and not a limitation in FOG or netbooting

      Note 3: You can set the majority of the values in the network installer by using a preseed file. Also with that preseed file you can direct kali linux to install from a local mirrored repository by changing some values in the preseed file below

      Repository preseed file from: Offensive Security site

      d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US
      d-i console-keymaps-at/keymap select us
      
      d-i mirror/country string enter information manually
      d-i mirror/suite string kali
      d-i mirror/codename string kali
      d-i mirror/http/hostname string archive.kali.org
      d-i mirror/http/directory string /kali
      d-i mirror/http/proxy string
      d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true
      d-i time/zone string US/Eastern
      
      # Disable volatile and security
      d-i apt-setup/services-select multiselect
      
      # Enable contrib and non-free
      d-i apt-setup/non-free boolean true
      d-i apt-setup/contrib boolean true
      
      d-i partman-auto/method string regular
      d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
      d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true
      d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
      d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic
      d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
      d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
      d-i partman/confirm boolean true
      d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
      
      # Add our own security mirror
      d-i apt-setup/local0/repository string http://archive.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main
      d-i apt-setup/local0/comment string Security updates
      d-i apt-setup/local0/source boolean false
      d-i apt-setup/use_mirror boolean true
      
      # Upgrade installed packages
      tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard
      d-i pkgsel/upgrade select full-upgrade
      # Install a limited subset of tools from the Kali Linux repositories
      d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server openvas metasploit-framework metasploit nano
      
      # Change default hostname
      d-i netcfg/get_hostname string unassigned-hostname
      d-i netcfg/get_domain string unassigned-domain
      d-i netcfg/hostname string kali
      
      # Do not create a normal user account
      d-i passwd/make-user boolean false
      d-i passwd/root-password password toor
      d-i passwd/root-password-again password toor
      
      popularity-contest popularity-contest/participate boolean false
      d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true
      d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean false
      d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note
      
      d-i preseed/late_command string \
          in-target wget http://192.168.101.54/postseed.sh; \
          in-target /bin/bash -x chmod 755 ./postseed.sh; \
          in-target /bin/bash -x ./postseed.sh;
      

      Note 4: You should be able to boot a live instance of kali with these actions

      mkdir /var/www/html/kali
      cp /images/os/kali/2017.2/live/filesystem.squashfs /var/www/html/kali
      chmod 755 /var/www/html/kali/filesystem.squashfs
      

      And then add this parameter block to a FOG iPXE menu entry. I can say I have not tried this, but assembled the information from a few blogs.

      kernel tftp://${fog-ip}/os/kali/2017.2/linux
      initrd tftp://${fog-ip}/os/kali/2017.2/initrd.gz
      imgargs vga=788 initrd=initrd.gz boot=live components fetch=http://${fog-ip}/kali/filesystem.squashfs

      References:
      Kali linux appears to be based on Debian linux. I used the foundation for Debian to create this installer.
      https://www.offensive-security.com/kali-linux/kali-linux-unattended-network-install-pxe/

      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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      • G
        george1421 Moderator
        last edited by george1421 May 11, 2018, 9:17 PM Dec 8, 2017, 1:24 AM

        Fedora 27 Workstation

        1. First we’ll create the required directories:
        mkdir -p /images/os/fedora/W27
        mkdir -p /tftpboot/os/fedora/W27
        
        1. Now we’ll mount the Fedora 26 Workstation installer over the loop directory. Then we’ll copy the contents of the DVD to the directory we built above.
        mount -o loop -t iso9660 /{full path where you have the iso stored}/Fedora-Xfce-Live-x86_64-27-1.6.iso /mnt/loop
        
        cp -R /mnt/loop/* /images/os/fedora/W27
        umount /mnt/loop
        
        1. Finally we’ll copy the pxe boot kernel and intfs to the tftpboot directory.
        cp /images/os/fedora/W27/isolinux/vmlinuz /tftpboot/os/fedora/W27
        cp /images/os/fedora/W27/isolinux/initrd.img /tftpboot/os/fedora/W27
        
        1. The last bit of magic we need to do is setup a new FOG iPXE boot menu entry for this OS.
        2. In the fog WebGUI go to FOG Configuration->iPXE New Menu Entry
          Set the following fields
          Menu Item: os.FedoraW27
          Description: Fedora Workstation v27
          Parameters:
          kernel tftp://${fog-ip}/os/fedora/W27/vmlinuz
          initrd tftp://${fog-ip}/os/fedora/W27/initrd.img
          imgargs vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img root=live:nfs://${fog-ip}/images/os/fedora/W27/LiveOS/squashfs.img ip=dhcp repo=nfs://${fog-ip}/images/os/fedora/W27 splash quiet
          boot || goto MENU
          Menu Show with: All Hosts
        3. That’s it, just pxe boot your target system and pick Fedora Workstation v27 from the FOG iPXE boot menu.

        Reference:
        https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/11108/can-fog-replace-my-urbackup-server/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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        • G
          george1421 Moderator
          last edited by george1421 May 11, 2018, 9:17 PM Dec 8, 2017, 1:34 AM

          Kali Live 2017.3 - v0.1

          1. First we’ll create the required directories:
          mkdir -p /tftpboot/os/kali/2017.3/live
          
          1. Now we’ll mount the Kali Live 2017.3 installer over the loop directory. Then we’ll copy the contents of the DVD to the directory we built above.
          mount -o loop -t iso9660 /{full path where you have the iso stored}/kali-linux-2017.3-amd64.iso /mnt/loop
          
          cp /mnt/loop/live/{initrd.img,vmlinuz,filesystem.squashfs} /tftpboot/os/kali/2017.3/live/
          umount /mnt/loop
          
          1. The last bit of magic we need to do is setup a new FOG iPXE boot menu entry for this OS.
          2. In the fog WebGUI go to FOG Configuration->iPXE New Menu Entry
            Set the following fields
            Menu Item: os.Kali.live.2017.3
            Description: Kali Live 2017.3
            Parameters:
            kernel tftp://${fog-ip}/os/kali/2017.3/live/vmlinuz
            initrd tftp://${fog-ip}/os/kali/2017.3/live/initrd.img
            imgargs vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img append boot=live components fetch=tftp://${fog-ip}/os/kali/2017.3/live/filesystem.squashfs
            boot || goto MENU
            Menu Show with: All Hosts
          3. That’s it, just pxe boot your target system and pick Kali Live 2017.3 from the FOG iPXE boot menu.

          References:
          https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/11108/can-fog-replace-my-urbackup-server/9

          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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          • george1421G
            george1421 Moderator
            last edited by george1421 May 11, 2018, 9:17 PM Apr 24, 2018, 7:10 PM

            ESXi 6.5u1

            NOTE: This guidance only supports network booting of the uefi installer for ESXi. The reason for this is the fog project does not ship iPXE kernels that support the comboot function. If you want to boot your ESXi server in legacy mode you will need to compile your own specific version of undionly.kpxe to add in the IMG_COMBOOT.

            1. First we’ll create the required directories:
            mkdir -p /images/os/esxi/6.5u1
            
            1. Now we’ll mount the ESXi installer iso over the loop directory. Then we’ll copy the contents of the DVD to the directory we built above.
            mount -o loop -t iso9660 /{full path where you have the iso stored}/VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.5.0.update01-5969303.x86_64.iso /mnt/loop
            
            cp -R /mnt/loop/* /images/os/esxi/6.5u1
            umount /mnt/loop
            
            1. Edit the boot configuration file to use NFS to access all of ESXi’s files.
            # remove forward slashes from the config file
            sed -i 's/\///g' /images/os/esxi/6.5u1/efi/boot/boot.cfg
            

            Now we need to edit the/images/os/esxi/6.5u1/efi/boot/boot.cfg file to insert the prefix parameter. Insert the following line just below the title parameter. Also, be sure to replace {fog_server_ip} with the actual IP address of your fog server.

            prefix=nfs://{fog_server_ip}:/images/os/esxi/6.5u1
            
            1. The last bit of magic we need to do is setup a new FOG iPXE boot menu entry for this OS.
            2. In the fog WebGUI go to FOG Configuration->iPXE New Menu Entry
              Set the following fields
              Menu Item: os.esxi65u1
              Description: ESXi 6.5u1 Installer
              Parameters:
              kernel nfs://${fog-ip}:/images/os/esxi/6.5u1/efi/boot/bootx64.efi -c nfs://${fog-ip}:/images/os/esxi/6.5u1/efi/boot/boot.cfg
              boot || goto MENU
              Menu Show with: All Hosts
            3. That’s it, just pxe boot your target system and pick ESXi 6.5u1 Installer from the FOG iPXE boot menu.

            If for some reason you can not use NFS to pxe boot into the ESXi installer you can use tftp or http. If you want to use tftp extract the ESXi install files to /tftpboot/os/esxi/6.5u1. Then update the nfs:// protocols to tftp:// Be sure to remove the ':/images' after the host name or you will have errors. (i.e. kernel nfs://${fog-ip}:/images/os/esxi would become kernel tftp://${fog-ip}/os/esxi)

            References:
            https://www.reversengineered.com/2015/02/11/booting-vmware-esxi-in-ipxe/
            http://forum.ipxe.org/showthread.php?tid=8164

            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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            • george1421G
              george1421 Moderator
              last edited by george1421 May 11, 2018, 9:00 PM May 9, 2018, 1:23 PM

              SystemRescueCd 5.2.2 x64

              1. First we’ll create the required directories:
              mkdir -p /tftpboot/os/RescueCd/5.2.2
              
              1. Now we’ll mount the SystemRescueCd boot iso over the loop directory. Then we’ll copy the contents of the DVD to the directory we built above.
              mount -o loop -t iso9660 /{full path where you have the iso stored}/systemrescuecd-x86-5.2.2.iso /mnt/loop
              
              cp /mnt/loop/isolinux/{rescue64,initram.igz} /tftpboot/os/RescueCd/5.2.2/
              umount /mnt/loop
              
              1. The last bit of magic we need to do is setup a new FOG iPXE boot menu entry for this OS.
              2. In the fog WebGUI go to FOG Configuration->iPXE New Menu Entry
                Set the following fields
                Menu Item: os.SystemRescueCd.5.2.2
                Description: SystemRescueCd 5.2.2
                Parameters:
                kernel tftp://${fog-ip}/os/RescueCd/5.2.2/rescue64
                initrd tftp://${fog-ip}/os/RescueCd/5.2.2/initram.igz
                imgargs docache
                boot || goto MENU
                Menu Show with: All Hosts
              3. That’s it, just pxe boot your target system and pick SystemRescueCd 5.2.2 from the FOG iPXE boot menu.

              References:
              None

              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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              • george1421G
                george1421 Moderator
                last edited by george1421 Feb 4, 2019, 2:06 PM Feb 4, 2019, 7:59 PM

                Linux Mint 19.1 Cinnamon

                1. First we’ll create the required directories:
                mkdir -p /images/os/mint/19.1
                mkdir -p /tftpboot/mint/19.1
                
                1. Now we’ll mount the Linux Mint 19.1 installer over the loop directory. Then we’ll copy the contents of the DVD to the directory we built above.
                mount -o loop -t iso9660 /{full path where you have the iso stored}/linuxmint-19.1-cinnamon-64bit.iso /mnt/loop
                
                cp -R /mnt/loop/* /images/os/mint/19.1
                umount /mnt/loop
                
                1. Finally we’ll copy the pxe boot kernel and intfs to the tftpboot directory.
                cp /images/os/mint/19.1/casper/vmlinuz /tftpboot/mint/19.1
                cp /images/os/mint/19.1/casper/initrd.lz /tftpboot/mint/19.1
                
                1. The last bit of magic we need to do is setup a new FOG iPXE boot menu entry for this OS.
                2. In the fog WebGUI go to FOG Configuration->iPXE New Menu Entry
                  Set the following fields
                  Menu Item: os.Mint19.1
                  Description: Linux Mint 19.1
                  Parameters:
                  kernel tftp://${fog-ip}/mint/19.1/vmlinuz
                  initrd tftp://${fog-ip}/mint/19.1/initrd.lz
                  imgargs vmlinuz root=/dev/nfs boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=${fog-ip}:/images/os/mint/19.1/ locale=en_US.UTF-8 keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=us toram quiet splash
                  boot || goto MENU
                  Menu Show with: All Hosts
                3. That’s it, just pxe boot your target system and pick Linux Mint 19.1 from the FOG iPXE boot menu.

                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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                • george1421G
                  george1421 Moderator
                  last edited by May 23, 2019, 1:56 PM

                  GParted 0.33.0 x86

                  1. First we’ll create the required directories:
                  mkdir -p /tftpboot/gparted
                  mkdir -p /tmp/gparted
                  
                  1. Download the gparted zip file from sourceforge site and save it to the /tmp/gparted directory
                  2. Change to the /tmp/gparted directory and expand the zip file. Then change into the live directory and finally copy the required files to the tftpboot/gparted directory
                  cd /tmp/gparted
                  unzip gparted-live-0.33.0-2-i686.zip
                  cd live
                  cp {vmlinuz,initrd.img,filesystem.squashfs} /tftpboot/gparted
                  
                  1. In the fog WebGUI go to FOG Configuration->iPXE New Menu Entry
                    Set the following fields
                    Menu Item: os.GParted
                    Description: GParted 0.33.0
                    Parameters:
                    kernel tftp://${fog-ip}/gparted/vmlinuz
                    initrd tftp://${fog-ip}/gparted/initrd.img
                    imgargs vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img boot=live config components union=overlay username=user noswap noeject ip= vga=788 fetch=tftp://${fog-ip}/gparted/filesystem.squashfs
                    boot || goto MENU

                  Menu Show with: All Hosts
                  5. That’s it, just pxe boot your target system and pick GParted 0.33.0 from the FOG iPXE boot menu.

                  References:
                  https://gparted.org/livepxe.php

                  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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                  • george1421G
                    george1421 Moderator
                    last edited by Aug 6, 2019, 3:40 PM

                    ESXi 6.7u2

                    NOTE: This guidance only supports network booting of the uefi installer for ESXi. The reason for this is the fog project does not ship iPXE kernels that support the comboot function. If you want to boot your ESXi server in legacy mode you will need to compile your own specific version of undionly.kpxe to add in the IMG_COMBOOT.

                    1. First we’ll create the required directories:
                    mkdir -p /images/os/esxi/6.7u2
                    
                    1. Now we’ll mount the ESXi installer iso over the loop directory. Then we’ll copy the contents of the DVD to the directory we built above.
                    mount -o loop -t iso9660 /{full path where you have the iso stored}/VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.7.0.update02-13006603.x86_64.iso /mnt/loop
                    
                    cp -R /mnt/loop/* /images/os/esxi/6.7u2
                    umount /mnt/loop
                    
                    1. Edit the boot configuration file to use NFS to access all of ESXi’s files.
                    # remove forward slashes from the config file
                    sed -i 's/\///g' /images/os/esxi/6.7u2/efi/boot/boot.cfg
                    

                    Now we need to edit the/images/os/esxi/6.7u2/efi/boot/boot.cfg file to insert or modify the prefix parameter. Insert/modify the following line just below the title parameter. Also, be sure to replace {fog_server_ip} (exactly including the curly braces) with the actual IP address of your fog server. Your prefix line should look similar to this:

                    prefix=nfs://192.168.1.20:/images/os/esxi/6.7u2
                    
                    1. The last bit of magic we need to do is setup a new FOG iPXE boot menu entry for this OS.
                    2. In the fog WebGUI go to FOG Configuration->iPXE New Menu Entry
                      Set the following fields
                      Menu Item: os.esxi67u2
                      Description: ESXi 6.7u2 Installer
                      Parameters:
                      kernel nfs://${fog-ip}:/images/os/esxi/6.7u2/efi/boot/bootx64.efi -c nfs://${fog-ip}:/images/os/esxi/6.7u2/efi/boot/boot.cfg
                      boot || goto MENU
                      Menu Show with: All Hosts
                    3. That’s it, just pxe boot your target system and pick ESXi 6.7u2 Installer from the FOG iPXE boot menu.

                    If for some reason you can not use NFS to pxe boot into the ESXi installer you can use tftp or http. If you want to use tftp extract the ESXi install files to /tftpboot/os/esxi/6.7u2. Then update the nfs:// protocols to tftp:// Be sure to remove the ':/images' after the host name or you will have errors. (i.e. kernel nfs://${fog-ip}:/images/os/esxi would become kernel tftp://${fog-ip}/os/esxi)

                    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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                    • george1421G
                      george1421 Moderator
                      last edited by george1421 Mar 31, 2020, 1:44 PM Jan 18, 2020, 12:42 AM

                      Ubuntu 1910 Desktop

                      1. First we’ll create the required directories:
                      mkdir -p /images/os/ubuntu/Desk19.10
                      mkdir -p /tftpboot/os/ubuntu/Desk19.10
                      
                      1. Now we’ll mount the Ubuntu 19.10 installer over the loop directory. Then we’ll copy the contents of the DVD to the directory we built above.
                      mount -o loop -t iso9660 /{full path where you have the iso stored}/ubuntu-19.10-desktop-amd64.iso /mnt/loop
                      
                      cp -R /mnt/loop/* /images/os/ubuntu/Desk19.10
                      umount /mnt/loop
                      
                      1. Finally we’ll copy the pxe boot kernel and intfs to the tftpboot directory. We’ll need to download the netboot version from here: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/eoan/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/netboot.tar.gz This version of bzlinuz.efi and initrd.lz support booting over an NFS share instead of the local DVD Drive.
                      wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/eoan/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/netboot.tar.gz
                      tar -zxf netboot.tar.gz
                      cp ./ubuntu-installer/amd64/linux /tftpboot/os/ubuntu/Desk19.10
                      cp ./ubuntu-installer/amd64/initrd.gz /tftpboot/os/ubuntu/Desk19.10
                      
                      1. The last bit of magic we need to do is setup a new FOG iPXE boot menu entry for this OS.
                      2. In the fog WebGUI go to FOG Configuration->iPXE New Menu Entry
                        Set the following fields
                        Menu Item: os.Ubuntu.Desktop.19.10
                        Description: Ubuntu Desktop 19.10
                        Parameters:
                        kernel tftp://${fog-ip}/os/ubuntu/Desk19.10/linux
                        initrd tftp://${fog-ip}/os/ubuntu/Desk19.10/initrd.gz
                        imgargs linux root=/dev/nfs boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=${fog-ip}:/images/os/ubuntu/Desk19.10/ locale=en_US.UTF-8 keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=us quiet splash ip=dhcp rw
                        boot || goto MENU
                        Menu Show with: All Hosts
                      3. That’s it, just pxe boot your target system and pick Ubuntu Desktop 19.10 from the FOG iPXE boot menu.

                      References:

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                      • george1421G
                        george1421 Moderator
                        last edited by george1421 Apr 16, 2020, 12:31 PM Apr 15, 2020, 7:14 PM

                        Veeam Agent Rescue DVD

                        1. First we’ll create the required directories:
                        mkdir -p /tftpboot/os/veeam
                        
                        1. Now we’ll mount the Veeam Recovery ISO over the loop directory. Then we’ll copy the contents of the DVD to the directory we built above.
                        mount -o loop /{full path where you have the iso stored}/ VeeamRecoveryMedia.iso /mnt/loop
                        
                        cp /mnt/loop/boot/BCD /tftpboot/os/veeam/
                        cp /mnt/loop/boot/boot.sdi /tftpboot/os/veeam/
                        cp /mnt/loop/sources/boot.wim /tftpboot/os/veeam/
                        umount /mnt/loop
                        
                        1. Download and install the latest wimboot kernel and extract it from the zip file.
                        cd /tmp
                        wget http://git.ipxe.org/releases/wimboot/wimboot-latest.zip
                        unzip wimboot-latest.zip
                        
                        1. Copy the wimboot file from the archive directory to root of the /tftpboot directory (we’ll need this for every windows boot media, so we’ll place it in a common spot).
                        cp ./wimboot-2.6.0-signed/wimboot /tftpboot
                        
                        1. The last bit of magic we need to do is setup a new FOG iPXE boot menu entry for this Veeam Recover Image.
                        2. In the fog WebGUI go to FOG Configuration->iPXE New Menu Entry
                          Set the following fields
                          Menu Item: os.VeeamRecovery
                          Description: Veeam Agent 4
                          Parameters:
                          set tftp-path tftp://${fog-ip}
                          set pe-path ${tftp-path}/os/veeam
                          kernel ${tftp-path}/wimboot gui
                          imgfetch --name BCD ${pe-path}/BCD BCD
                          imgfetch --name boot.sdi ${pe-path}/boot.sdi boot.sdi
                          imgfetch --name boot.wim ${pe-path}/boot.wim boot.wim
                          boot || goto MENU
                        3. That’s it, just pxe boot your target system and pick Veeam Agent 4 from the FOG iPXE boot menu.

                        Bonus round NOTE: the code below doesn't work at the moment, I'm getting an HTTP access denied message. The info is right, there is just something with apache at the moment that is stopping access to these individual files
                        The above method shows how to load the Veeam Recover image over tftp. The following instructions show how to do the same thing over the faster http protocol.

                        1. First we’ll create the required directories:
                        mkdir -p /var/www/html/os/veeam
                        
                        1. Now we’ll mount the Veeam Recovery ISO over the loop directory. Then we’ll copy the contents of the DVD to the directory we built above.
                        mount -o loop /{full path where you have the iso stored}/ VeeamRecoveryMedia.iso /mnt/loop
                        
                        cp /mnt/loop/boot/BCD /var/www/html/os/veeam
                        cp /mnt/loop/boot/boot.sdi /var/www/html/os/veeam
                        cp /mnt/loop/sources/boot.wim /var/www/html/os/veeam
                        umount /mnt/loop
                        
                        1. Download and install the latest wimboot kernel and extract it from the zip file.
                        cd /tmp
                        wget http://git.ipxe.org/releases/wimboot/wimboot-latest.zip
                        unzip wimboot-latest.zip
                        
                        1. Copy the wimboot file from the archive directory to root of the /var/www/html/os directory (we’ll need this for every windows boot media, so we’ll place it in a common spot).
                        cp ./wimboot-2.6.0-signed/wimboot /var/www/html/os
                        
                        1. The last bit of magic we need to do is setup a new FOG iPXE boot menu entry for this Veeam Recover Image.
                        2. In the fog WebGUI go to FOG Configuration->iPXE New Menu Entry
                          Set the following fields
                          Menu Item: os.VeeamRecoveryHTTP
                          Description: Veeam Agent 4 (http)
                          Parameters:
                          set http-path http://${fog-ip}/os
                          set pe-path ${http-path}/veeam
                          kernel ${http-path}/wimboot gui
                          imgfetch --name BCD ${pe-path}/BCD BCD
                          imgfetch --name boot.sdi ${pe-path}/boot.sdi boot.sdi
                          imgfetch --name boot.wim ${pe-path}/boot.wim boot.wim
                          boot || goto MENU
                        3. That’s it, just pxe boot your target system and pick Veeam Agent 4 (http) from the FOG iPXE boot menu.

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                        • george1421G
                          george1421 Moderator
                          last edited by george1421 Jan 25, 2021, 7:20 AM Apr 20, 2020, 5:32 PM

                          Ubuntu 1910 Server

                          WARNING: The installer files needed for 19.10 has been removed from the download site. Noticed 25-Jan-2021. This tutorial is for reference only.

                          1. First we’ll create the required directories:
                          mkdir -p /images/os/ubuntu/Server19.10
                          mkdir -p /tftpboot/os/ubuntu/Server19.10
                          
                          1. Now we’ll mount the Ubuntu Server 19.10 installer over the loop directory. Then we’ll copy the contents of the DVD to the directory we built above.
                          mount -o loop -t iso9660 /{full path where you have the iso stored}/ubuntu-19.10-live-server-amd64.iso /mnt/loop
                          
                          cp -R /mnt/loop/* /images/os/ubuntu/Server19.10
                          umount /mnt/loop
                          
                          1. Finally we’ll copy the pxe boot kernel and intfs to the tftpboot directory. We’ll need to download the netboot version from here: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/eoan/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/netboot.tar.gz This version of bzlinuz.efi and initrd.lz support booting over an NFS share instead of the local DVD Drive.
                          wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/eoan/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/netboot.tar.gz
                          tar -zxf netboot.tar.gz
                          cp ./ubuntu-installer/amd64/linux /tftpboot/os/ubuntu/Server19.10
                          cp ./ubuntu-installer/amd64/initrd.gz /tftpboot/os/ubuntu/Server19.10
                          
                          1. The last bit of magic we need to do is setup a new FOG iPXE boot menu entry for this OS.
                          2. In the fog WebGUI go to FOG Configuration->iPXE New Menu Entry
                            Set the following fields
                            Menu Item: os.Ubuntu.Server.19.10
                            Description: Ubuntu Server 19.10
                            Parameters:
                            kernel tftp://${fog-ip}/os/ubuntu/Server19.10/linux
                            initrd tftp://${fog-ip}/os/ubuntu/Server19.10/initrd.gz
                            imgargs linux root=/dev/nfs boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=${fog-ip}:/images/os/ubuntu/Server19.10/ locale=en_US.UTF-8 keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=us quiet splash ip=dhcp rw
                            boot || goto MENU
                            Menu Show with: All Hosts
                          3. That’s it, just pxe boot your target system and pick Ubuntu Server 19.10 from the FOG iPXE boot menu.

                          References:

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                          • george1421G
                            george1421 Moderator
                            last edited by Sebastian Roth May 13, 2021, 6:22 AM Jul 21, 2020, 6:30 PM

                            Ubuntu 20.04 Server

                            This is solution still under investigation. It appears that Canonical has changed how their installer works and for me, its a bit strange since now they require the entire live iso to run from memory. That means transferring the 2.1GB iso image over the network to the network computer before the kernel boots. This kind of (imo) limits the target hardware to have at least 4GB of ram (2GB for the iso, 1GB for the OS and then 1GB for free RAM, said from an uneducated guess POV). To me this change seems a bit tone deaf to the Ubuntu user community only supplying the iso image in live boot mode.

                            Reference threads:
                            https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/netbooting-the-live-server-installer/14510
                            https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer/+bug/1429030?_ga=2.229105820.1620676036.1595355002-1365610273.1592834629
                            https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/14590/20-04-autoinstall

                            Also looking into the mini.iso referenced here (but only for bios installs, it appears that the uefi bits are broken and won’t be fix to drive folks away from this solution): http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/focal/main/installer-amd64/current/legacy-images/netboot

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                            • george1421G
                              george1421 Moderator
                              last edited by george1421 Jan 16, 2021, 9:22 AM Aug 11, 2020, 10:33 PM

                              Debian 10.5 Standard-Live

                              1. First we’ll create the required directories:
                              mkdir -p /images/os/debian/10.5L
                              mkdir -p /tftpboot/debian/10.5L
                              
                              # for FOG Server with RedHat based OS
                              mkdir -p /var/www/html/os/debian/10.5L
                              # for FOG Server with Debian based OS
                              mkdir -p /var/www/os/debian/10.5L
                              
                              1. Now we’ll mount the Debian live DVD over the loop directory. Then we’ll copy the contents of the DVD to the directory we built above.
                              mount -o loop -t iso9660 /{full path where you have the iso stored}/debian-live-10.5.0-amd64-standard.iso /mnt/loop
                              
                              cp -R /mnt/loop/* /images/os/debian/10.5L
                              umount /mnt/loop
                              
                              1. Finally we’ll copy the pxe boot kernel and intfs to the tftpboot directory.
                              cp /images/os/debian/10.5L/live/vmlinuz-4.19.0-10-amd64 /tftpboot/debian/10.5L/vmlinuz
                              cp /images/os/debian/10.5L/live/initrd.img-4.19.0-10-amd64 /tftpboot/debian/10.5L/initrd
                              
                              # for FOG Server with RedHat based OS
                              cp /images/os/debian/10.5L/live/filesystem.squashfs /var/www/html/os/debian/10.5L
                              # for FOG Server with Debian based OS
                              cp /images/os/debian/10.5L/live/filesystem.squashfs /var/www/os/debian/10.5L
                              
                              1. The last bit of magic we need to do is setup a new FOG iPXE boot menu entry for this OS.
                              2. In the fog WebGUI go to FOG Configuration->iPXE New Menu Entry
                                Set the following fields
                                Menu Item: os.Debian.10.5L
                                Description: Debian 10.5 Live
                                Parameters:
                                kernel tftp://${fog-ip}/debian/10.5L/vmlinuz
                                initrd tftp://${fog-ip}/debian/10.5L/initrd
                                imgargs vmlinuz boot=live components fetch=http://${fog-ip}/os/debian/10.5L/filesystem.squashfs
                                boot || goto MENU
                                Menu Show with: All Hosts
                              3. That’s it, just pxe boot your target system and pick Debian 10.5 Live from the FOG iPXE boot menu.

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                              • george1421G
                                george1421 Moderator
                                last edited by george1421 Oct 24, 2020, 7:49 AM Oct 24, 2020, 12:30 PM

                                Acronis 2018 (WinPE)

                                1. First we’ll create the required directories:
                                mkdir -p /tftpboot/os/acronis18
                                
                                1. Now we’ll mount the Acronis 2018 WinPE ISO over the loop directory. Then we’ll copy the contents of the DVD to the directory we built above.
                                mount -o loop /{full path where you have the iso stored}/acronis2018pe.iso /mnt/loop
                                
                                cp /mnt/loop/boot/BCD /tftpboot/os/acronis18/
                                cp /mnt/loop/boot/boot.sdi /tftpboot/os/acronis18/
                                cp /mnt/loop/sources/boot.wim /tftpboot/os/acronis18/
                                umount /mnt/loop
                                
                                1. Download and install the latest wimboot kernel and extract it from the zip file.
                                cd /tmp
                                wget http://git.ipxe.org/releases/wimboot/wimboot-latest.zip
                                unzip wimboot-latest.zip
                                
                                1. Copy the wimboot file from the archive directory to root of the /tftpboot directory (we’ll need this for every windows boot media, so we’ll place it in a common spot).
                                cp ./wimboot-2.6.0-signed/wimboot /tftpboot
                                
                                1. The last bit of magic we need to do is setup a new FOG iPXE boot menu entry for this Acronis 2018 WinPE Image.
                                2. In the fog WebGUI go to FOG Configuration->iPXE New Menu Entry
                                  Set the following fields
                                  Menu Item: os.Acronis2018PE
                                  Description: Acronis 2018 WinPE
                                  Parameters:
                                  set tftp-path tftp://${fog-ip}
                                  set pe-path ${tftp-path}/os/acronis18
                                  kernel ${tftp-path}/wimboot gui
                                  imgfetch --name BCD ${pe-path}/BCD BCD
                                  imgfetch --name boot.sdi ${pe-path}/boot.sdi boot.sdi
                                  imgfetch --name boot.wim ${pe-path}/boot.wim boot.wim
                                  boot || goto MENU
                                3. That’s it, just pxe boot your target system and pick Acronis 2018 WinPE from the FOG iPXE boot menu.

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                                • george1421G
                                  george1421 Moderator
                                  last edited by george1421 Dec 10, 2020, 7:33 AM Dec 10, 2020, 1:33 PM

                                  XenServer 8.2 Installer

                                  1. Create the target directory on the FOG server
                                  mkdir -p /tftpboot/EFI/xenserver
                                  
                                  
                                  1. From the XenServer installer iso the following files and place them in the /tftpboot/EFI/xenserver directory
                                    grubx64.efi install.img vmlinuz xen.gz
                                  2. Create the grub.cfg configuration file in the /tftpboot/EFI/xenserver and insert this text into the grub.cfg file.
                                  menuentry "XenServer Install (serial)" {
                                   multiboot2 /EFI/xenserver/xen.gz dom0_mem=1024M,max:1024M watchdog dom0_max_vcpus=4 com1=115200,8n1 console=com1,vga
                                   module2 /EFI/xenserver/vmlinuz console=hvc0
                                   module2 /EFI/xenserver/install.img
                                  } 
                                  
                                  1. Create a new FOG iPXE menu entry using the FOG Web ui FOG Configuration -> New iPXE Menu. Fill out the form using this data
                                    Menu Item: os.xen.install
                                    Description: XEN 8.2 Installer
                                    Parameters:
                                    chain tftp://${fog-ip}/EFI/xenserver/grubx64.efi || goto MENU
                                    Menu Show with: All Hosts
                                  2. That’s it, just pxe boot your target system and pick XEN 8.2 Installer from the FOG iPXE boot menu.

                                  ref: https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX217680
                                  ref: https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/14970/uefi-boot-install-of-xenserver-close-but-no-cigar

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                                  • george1421G
                                    george1421 Moderator
                                    last edited by george1421 Jan 20, 2022, 9:28 AM Jan 5, 2021, 3:18 PM

                                    Hiren’s BootCD PE x64 (v1.0.1)

                                    Configuration currently works for UEFI only. It appears the wim file is missing bootmgr.exe for the BIOS booting systems

                                    Be aware that your target computer will need at least 4GB of ram to deploy this image. The boot.wim file is 1.3GB in size. So you need 1.3GB of RAM just for the disk image, and then additional RAM to run the OS once its booted

                                    1. First we’ll create the required directories:
                                    mkdir -p /tftpboot/os/Hiren101
                                    
                                    1. Now we’ll mount the WinPE iso over the loop directory. Then we’ll copy the contents of the DVD to the directory we built above.
                                    mount -o loop /{full path where you have the iso stored}/HBCD_PE_x64.iso /mnt/loop
                                    
                                    cp /mnt/loop/BOOTMGR /tftpboot/os/Hiren101
                                    cp /mnt/loop/boot/bcd /tftpboot/os/Hiren101
                                    cp /mnt/loop/boot/boot.sdi /tftpboot/os/Hiren101
                                    cp /mnt/loop/sources/boot.wim /tftpboot/os/Hiren101
                                    umount /mnt/loop
                                    
                                    1. Download and install the latest wimboot kernel and extract it from the zip file. 10-Aug-21: There has been changes to the Hiren's wim file since this tutorial was created. To get Hiren's to properly boot you need to use winboot version **2.7.3** or later found here: https://github.com/ipxe/wimboot/blob/master/wimboot
                                      The issue was discussed in this post: https://forums.fogproject.org/post/144293
                                    cd /tmp
                                    wget http://git.ipxe.org/releases/wimboot/wimboot-latest.zip
                                    unzip wimboot-latest.zip
                                    
                                    1. Copy the wimboot file from the archive directory to root of the os directory (we’ll need this for every windows boot media, so we’ll place it in a common spot).
                                    cp ./wimboot-2.6.0-signed/wimboot /tftpboot/os
                                    
                                    1. The last bit of magic we need to do is setup a new FOG iPXE boot menu entry for this OS.
                                    2. In the fog WebGUI go to FOG Configuration->iPXE New Menu Entry
                                      Set the following fields
                                      Menu Item: os.Hiren101
                                      Description: Hirens BootCD PE x64 (v1.0.1)
                                      Parameters:
                                      set tftp-path tftp://${fog-ip}/os
                                      set pe-path ${tftp-path}/Hiren101
                                      kernel ${tftp-path}/wimboot gui
                                      imgfetch --name BCD ${pe-path}/bcd BCD
                                      imgfetch --name boot.sdi ${pe-path}/boot.sdi boot.sdi
                                      imgfetch --name bootmgr ${pe-path}/BOOTMGR bootmgr
                                      imgfetch --name boot.wim ${pe-path}/boot.wim boot.wim
                                      boot || goto MENU

                                    @mikr said that this parameter block worked with Hiren BootCD 1.0.2 in uefi mode ref: https://forums.fogproject.org/post/146996 Well done!

                                    set tftp-path tftp://${fog-ip}
                                    set http-path http://${fog-ip}/images/tools/hbcd102
                                    kernel ${tftp-path}/win/wimboot gui
                                    imgfetch --name bootmgr.exe ${http-path}/bootmgr.exe bootmgr.exe
                                    imgfetch --name bootx64.efi ${http-path}/efi/boot/bootx64.efi bootx64.efi
                                    imgfetch --name BCD ${http-path}/boot/bcd BCD
                                    imgfetch --name boot.sdi ${http-path}/boot/boot.sdi boot.sdi
                                    imgfetch --name boot.wim ${http-path}/sources/boot.wim boot.wim
                                    boot || goto MENU
                                    
                                    1. That’s it, just pxe boot your target system and pick ** BootCD PE x64 (v1.0.1)** from the FOG iPXE boot menu.

                                    References: None

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                                    • george1421G
                                      george1421 Moderator
                                      last edited by george1421 Jan 26, 2021, 12:51 PM Jan 16, 2021, 1:00 AM

                                      Debian 10.7 Standard -Live

                                      1. First we’ll create the required directories:
                                      mkdir -p /images/os/debian/10.7L
                                      mkdir -p /tftpboot/debian/10.7L
                                      
                                      # for FOG Server with Redhat based OS
                                      mkdir -p /var/www/html/os/debian/10.7L
                                      # for FOG Server with Debian based OS
                                      mkdir -p /var/www/os/debian/10.7L
                                      
                                      1. Now we’ll mount the Debian live DVD over the loop directory. Then we’ll copy the contents of the DVD to the directory we built above.
                                        I need to explain something here. The iso below is the "standard" version which is the debian console version. If you want to live boot into the debian XWindows interface you will need to download the ISO that contains your desired XWindows manager like Mate, XFCE, KDE, Gnome, etc The instructions are the same for all ISO, just the size if the initrd and squashfs will change
                                      mount -o loop -t iso9660 /{full path where you have the iso stored}/debian-live-10.7.0-amd64-standard.iso /mnt/loop
                                      
                                      cp -R /mnt/loop/* /images/os/debian/10.7L
                                      umount /mnt/loop
                                      
                                      1. Finally we’ll copy the pxe boot kernel and intfs to the tftpboot directory.
                                      cp /images/os/debian/10.7L/live/vmlinuz-4.19.0-13-amd64 /tftpboot/debian/10.7L/vmlinuz
                                      cp /images/os/debian/10.7L/live/initrd.img-4.19.0-13-amd64 /tftpboot/debian/10.7L/initrd
                                      
                                      # for FOG Server with RedHat based OS
                                      cp /images/os/debian/10.7L/live/filesystem.squashfs /var/www/html/os/debian/10.7L
                                      # for FOG Server with Debian based OS
                                      cp /images/os/debian/10.7L/live/filesystem.squashfs /var/www/os/debian/10.7L
                                      
                                      1. The last bit of magic we need to do is setup a new FOG iPXE boot menu entry for this OS.
                                      2. In the fog WebGUI go to FOG Configuration->iPXE New Menu Entry
                                        Set the following fields
                                        Menu Item: os.Debian.10.7L
                                        Description: Debian 10.7 Live
                                        Parameters:
                                        kernel tftp://${fog-ip}/debian/10.7L/vmlinuz
                                        initrd tftp://${fog-ip}/debian/10.7L/initrd
                                        imgargs vmlinuz initrd=initrd boot=live components fetch=http://${fog-ip}/os/debian/10.7L/filesystem.squashfs
                                        boot || goto MENU
                                        Menu Show with: All Hosts
                                      3. That’s it, just pxe boot your target system and pick Debian 10.7 Live from the FOG iPXE boot menu.

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                                      • george1421G
                                        george1421 Moderator
                                        last edited by george1421 Jan 26, 2021, 12:51 PM Jan 25, 2021, 1:24 PM

                                        Debian 10.7 Standard

                                        1. First we’ll create the required directories:
                                        mkdir -p /images/os/debian/Server10.7
                                        mkdir -p /tftpboot/os/debian/Server10.7
                                        
                                        1. Now we’ll mount the Debian Server 10.7 installer over the loop directory. Then we’ll copy the contents of the DVD to the directory we built above.
                                        mount -o loop -t iso9660 /{full path where you have the iso stored}/debian-10.7.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso /mnt/loop
                                        
                                        cp -R /mnt/loop/* /images/os/debian/Server10.7
                                        umount /mnt/loop
                                        
                                        1. Finally we’ll copy the pxe boot kernel and intfs to the tftpboot directory. We’ll need to download the netboot version from here: https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/netboot.tar.gz This version of bzlinuz.efi and initrd.lz support booting over an NFS share instead of the local DVD Drive.
                                        wget https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/netboot.tar.gz
                                        tar -zxf netboot.tar.gz
                                        cp ./debian-installer/amd64/linux /tftpboot/os/debian/Server10.7
                                        cp ./debian-installer/amd64/initrd.gz /tftpboot/os/debian/Server10.7
                                        
                                        1. The last bit of magic we need to do is setup a new FOG iPXE boot menu entry for this OS.
                                        2. In the fog WebGUI go to FOG Configuration->iPXE New Menu Entry
                                          Set the following fields
                                          Menu Item: os.Debian.Server.10.7
                                          Description: Debian Server 10.7
                                          Parameters:
                                          kernel tftp://${fog-ip}/os/debian/Server10.7/linux
                                          initrd tftp://${fog-ip}/os/debian/Server10.7/initrd.gz
                                          imgargs linux initrd=initrd.gz root=/dev/nfs boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=${fog-ip}:/images/os/debian/Server10.7/ locale=en_US.UTF-8 keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=us quiet splash ip=dhcp rw
                                          boot || goto MENU
                                          Menu Show with: All Hosts
                                        3. That’s it, just pxe boot your target system and pick Debian Server 10.7 from the FOG iPXE boot menu.

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