iPXE menu error

fogman4 · Apr 29, 2021, 5:58 PM

Hi !

First of all thanks to all the fog team and contributors fog rocks and is so useful to many people.

I have a problem i wish someone give me a clue how to solve it.

Recently i noticed a problem in iPXE advanced menu.
I try to boot iso from fog and manipulate a lot the iPXe menu entries .

When i select an entry as Default Item i can no longer see the iPXE advanced menu correctly.

I have this screen :

Maybe i can debug with iPXE commands by i’m a noob concerning iPXE syntax.

Can someone help me with this ?

In advance thanks.

EDIT : I went to this page :
https://ipxe.org/err/461620

george1421 · Apr 29, 2021, 7:50 PM

@fogman4 Well When I’ve seen the iPXE menu not right is when the FOG Admin creates a custom menu item that has a minus ( - ) in the title, and iPXE thinks its a command option.

So if you just created a new advanced menu item that has a space minus text " -Xxxxxxx"sequence that is probably the problem.

To debug this issue use a web browser and connect to http://<fog_server_ip>/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=00:00:00:00:00 That will print out the text of the fog iPXE menu. Post that here and I will try to see if I find the problem. Its a bit like hunting for a needle in a haystack. So if you know what you added last that would help narrow it down.

fogman4 · May 3, 2021, 6:39 PM

Thank you @george1421 for those suggestions . I removed all characters which could cause troubles and it didn’t solve this problem.

Here is the printed output of the iPXE menu . I have many entries because of tests.

#!ipxe
set fog-ip 192.168.100.10
set fog-webroot fog
set boot-url https://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}
cpuid --ext 29 && set arch x86_64 || set arch i386
goto get_console
:console_set
colour --rgb 0x00567a 1 ||
colour --rgb 0x00567a 2 ||
colour --rgb 0x00567a 4 ||
cpair --foreground 7 --background 2 2 ||
goto MENU
:alt_console
cpair --background 0 1 ||
cpair --background 1 2 ||
goto MENU
:get_console
console --picture https://192.168.100.10/fog/service/ipxe/bg.png --left 100 --right 80 && goto console_set || goto alt_console
:MENU
menu
colour --rgb 0xff0000 0 ||
cpair --foreground 1 1 ||
cpair --foreground 0 3 ||
cpair --foreground 4 4 ||
item --gap Host is NOT registered!
item --gap -- -------------------------------------
item fog.local Boot from hard disk
item fog.memtest Run Memtest86+
item fog.reginput Perform Full Host Registration and Inventory
item fog.reg Quick Registration and Inventory
item fog.deployimage Deploy Image
item fog.multijoin Join Multicast Session
item fog.sysinfo Client System Information (Compatibility)
item os.Ubuntu.20.04 Ubuntu Desktop 20.04
item os.Ubuntu.20.04.EFI Ubuntu 20.04 EFI
item os.Ubuntu.20.04.1.HTTP_AUTOINSTALL Ubuntu 20.04.1 HTTP autoinstall Method
item os.Ubuntu.Desktop.20.04.FTP os.Ubuntu.20.04 FTP
item os.Ubuntu.20_04D.auto.HTTPS AUTO 20.04 VIa HTTPS
item os.Debian.10.9_Live_via_ftp Debian 10 9 Live via ftp squashfs
item os.Debian.10.9_PRESEED Debian 10 9 Live BIOSBOOT Luks
item os.debian.10.9.HTTPS debian over https Preseed
item os.debian.tftp via full tftp
choose --default os.Debian.10.9 Live via ftp --timeout 3000 target && goto ${target}
:fog.local
sanboot --no-describe --drive 0x80 || goto MENU
:fog.memtest
kernel memdisk initrd=memtest.bin iso raw
initrd memtest.bin
boot || goto MENU
:fog.reginput
kernel bzImage32 loglevel=4 initrd=init_32.xz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=375000 keymap=fr web=https://192.168.100.10/fog/ consoleblank=0 debug rootfstype=ext4 storage=192.168.100.10:/images/ storageip=192.168.100.10 nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=0 loglevel=4 mode=manreg
imgfetch init_32.xz
boot || goto MENU
:fog.reg
kernel bzImage32 loglevel=4 initrd=init_32.xz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=375000 keymap=fr web=https://192.168.100.10/fog/ consoleblank=0 debug rootfstype=ext4 storage=192.168.100.10:/images/ storageip=192.168.100.10 nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=0 loglevel=4 mode=autoreg
imgfetch init_32.xz
boot || goto MENU
:fog.deployimage
login
params
param mac0 ${net0/mac}
param arch ${arch}
param username ${username}
param password ${password}
param qihost 1
isset ${net1/mac} && param mac1 ${net1/mac} || goto bootme
isset ${net2/mac} && param mac2 ${net2/mac} || goto bootme
param sysuuid ${uuid}
:fog.multijoin
login
params
param mac0 ${net0/mac}
param arch ${arch}
param username ${username}
param password ${password}
param sessionJoin 1
isset ${net1/mac} && param mac1 ${net1/mac} || goto bootme
isset ${net2/mac} && param mac2 ${net2/mac} || goto bootme
param sysuuid ${uuid}
:fog.sysinfo
kernel bzImage32 loglevel=4 initrd=init_32.xz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=375000 keymap=fr web=https://192.168.100.10/fog/ consoleblank=0 debug rootfstype=ext4 storage=192.168.100.10:/images/ storageip=192.168.100.10 nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=0 loglevel=4 mode=sysinfo
imgfetch init_32.xz
boot || goto MENU
:os.Ubuntu.20.04
kernel tftp://${fog-ip}/os/ubuntu/20.04/vmlinuz
initrd tftp://${fog-ip}/os/ubuntu/20.04/initrd
imgargs initrd=initrd root=/dev/nfs ro ip=dhcp auto=true keymap=fr hostname=ubuntu vga=normal nfsroot=${fog-ip}:/images/os/ubuntu/20.04/
boot || goto MENU
param sysuuid ${uuid}
:os.Ubuntu.20.04.EFI
kernel http://${fog-ip}/ubuntu/20.04/vmlinuz ip=dhcp hostname=ubuntu20TESTdomain=local
initrd http://${fog-ip}/ubuntu/20.04/initrd
imgargs ip=dhcp autoinstall url=http://${fog-ip}/ubuntu/20.04/ubuntu-20.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso ds=nocloud-net;s=http://${fog-ip}/ubuntu/20.04/autoinstall
boot || goto MENU
param sysuuid ${uuid}
:os.Ubuntu.20.04.1.HTTP_AUTOINSTALL
kernel tftp://${fog-ip}/os/ubuntu/20.04D/vmlinuz
initrd tftp://${fog-ip}/os/ubuntu/20.04D/initrd
imgargs vmlinuz initrd=initrd root=/dev/ram0 ramdisk_size=1800000 ip=dhcp url=ftp://${fog-ip}/fog/autoinstall/ubuntu-20.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso ro autoinstall net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0 ipv6.disable=1 ds=nocloud-net\;s=https://192.168.100.10/fog/autoinstall/
boot
param sysuuid ${uuid}
:os.Ubuntu.Desktop.20.04.FTP
kernel tftp://${fog-ip}/os/ubuntu/20.04D/vmlinuz
initrd tftp://${fog-ip}/os/ubuntu/20.04D/initrd
imgargs vmlinuz initrd=initrd ip=dhcp root=/dev/ram0 ramdisk_size=1800000 url=ftp://192.168.100.10/ubuntu-20.04.2.0-desktop-amd64.iso net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0 ipv6.disable=1 locale=fr_FR.UTF-8 keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=fr hostname=TESTX-L ro automatic-ubiquity url=ftp://192.168.100.10/preseed.cfg DEBCONF_DEBUG=5
boot || goto MENU
param sysuuid ${uuid}
:os.Ubuntu.20_04D.auto.HTTPS
kernel tftp://${fog-ip}/os/ubuntu/20.04D/vmlinuz
initrd tftp://${fog-ip}/os/ubuntu/20.04D/initrd
imgargs vmlinuz initrd=initrd ip=dhcp root=/dev/ram0 ramdisk_size=1800000 ip=dhcp url=https://192.168.100.10/fog/autoinstall/ubuntu-20.04.2.0-desktop-amd64.iso.orig ro
boot
param sysuuid ${uuid}
:os.Debian.10.9_Live_via_ftp
kernel tftp://${fog-ip}/os/debian/vmlinuz
initrd tftp://${fog-ip}/os/debian/initrd
imgargs vmlinuz initrd=initrd boot=live components fetch=ftp://${fog-ip}/filesystem.squashfs
boot || goto MENU
param sysuuid ${uuid}
:os.Debian.10.9_PRESEED
kernel tftp://${fog-ip}/os/debian/linux
initrd tftp://${fog-ip}/os/debian/initrd.gz
imgargs linux initrd=initrd.gz boot=live url=ftp://${fog-ip}/debian-live-10.9.0-amd64-standard.iso auto=true url=ftp://${fog-ip}/debseed.cfg
boot || goto MENU
param sysuuid ${uuid}
:os.debian.10.9.HTTPS
kernel tftp://${fog-ip}/os/debian/vmlinuz
initrd tftp://${fog-ip}/os/debian/initrd
imgargs vmlinuz initrd=initrd ip=dhcp root=/dev/ram0 ramdisk_size=1800000 ip=dhcp url=https://192.168.100.10/fog/autoinstall/debian-live-10.9.0-amd64-standard.iso ro
boot
param sysuuid ${uuid}
:os.debian.tftp
kernel tftp://${fog-ip}/os/debian/linux auto=true url=tftp://${fog-ip}/os/debian/debseed.cfg interface=auto hostname=debian-10 domain=local initrd=initrd.gz vga=788 noprompt quiet
imgfetch tftp://${fog-ip}/os/debian/initrd.gz
boot || goto MENU
param sysuuid ${uuid}
:bootme
chain -ar https://192.168.100.10/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php##params ||
goto MENU
autoboot

george1421 · May 3, 2021, 7:54 PM

@fogman4 This looks suspicious.

choose --default os.Debian.10.9 Live via ftp --timeout 3000 target && goto ${target}

The tag name should not have spaces. Looking at the actual menu item

param sysuuid ${uuid}
:os.Debian.10.9_Live_via_ftp
kernel tftp://${fog-ip}/os/debian/vmlinuz
initrd tftp://${fog-ip}/os/debian/initrd
imgargs vmlinuz initrd=initrd boot=live components fetch=ftp://${fog-ip}/filesystem.squashfs

I wonder if the underscores are breaking the default option.

:os.Debian.10.9_Live_via_ftp

They are translating to white space characters. Use dashes or dots in the tag name and see if that fixes it.

fogman4 · May 11, 2021, 5:37 PM

@george1421 : Right !

I removed all offending spaces and voilà !

Thank you very much .

PS : By the way i noticed the error also occurs when i select multiple entries as : default item.

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