invalid integer value and chainloading failed

krokodeilakias · Aug 29, 2023, 9:52 AM

Hi all,
I am trying to migrate from fog 1.5.7 (running on CentOS 7) to the latest stable 1.5.10 on another hardware running Rocky 9.2 with the same IP. What differs from the old server is that during the fresh installation I chose to use HTTPS support. At the end I transfered the database to the new server.
Image deployment works as expected, but I can’t access Advanced Menu (not hidden) which after successfully loading advanced.php and bg.png returns an error:

"" :invalid integer value
Could not boot: Invalid argument (https://ipxe.org/1c162102)
Chainloading failed,...

Find below what I receive when I visit
https://${fog-ip}/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=00:50:56:92:c7:c5

Any suggestions on what I might be missing?
Thanks in advance.

###################################################################

#!ipxe
set fog-ip 192.168.61.38
set fog-webroot fog
set boot-url https://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}
set storage-ip 192.168.61.38
set keymap us
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://192.168.61.38/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 fog.advanced Advanced Menu
choose --default fog.local --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=275000 web=https://192.168.61.38/fog/ consoleblank=0 rootfstype=ext4 storage=192.168.61
.38:/images/ storageip=192.168.61.38 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=275000 web=https://192.168.61.38/fog/ consoleblank=0 rootfstype=ext4 storage=192.168.61
.38:/images/ storageip=192.168.61.38 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=275000 web=https://192.168.61.38/fog/ consoleblank=0 rootfstype=ext4 storage=192.168.61
.38:/images/ storageip=192.168.61.38 nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=0 loglevel=4 mode=sysinfo
imgfetch init_32.xz
boot || goto MENU
:fog.advanced
chain -ar https://192.168.61.38/fog/service/ipxe/advanced.php || goto MENU
:bootme
chain -ar https://192.168.61.38/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php##params ||
goto MENU
autoboot

krokodeilakias · Aug 30, 2023, 8:50 AM

@george1421
Finally the problem lies within the next lines of the script:

choose --timeout ${menu-timeout} --default ${menu-default} selected
set menu-timeout 0

Or to be more precise, the problem is their order. ${menu-timeout} is used before it is defined and therefore, the choose command fails since it received an empty string instead of an integer.
Thanks a lot @george1421 for your support, I really appreciate it.

george1421 · Aug 29, 2023, 5:44 AM

@krokodeilakias I don’t have a clue what’s wrong here because your code look right.

If we look at the error message it give me a few clues.

Chainloading failed…

In your script there are only 2 chain commands.

Image deployment works as expected

That would kind of indicate chain -ar https://192.168.61.38/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php##params || chain command is working as intended

but I can’t access Advanced Menu
Indicates that there is a problem with this line: chain -ar https://192.168.61.38/fog/service/ipxe/advanced.php || goto MENU The structure of the line seems OK, I can’t tell at the moment if there are any strange white space characters in there messing us up though.

Lets start out by calling that url directly from your browser, there might be something in the advanced.php program that is having a hard time causing the chain load to fail.

krokodeilakias · Aug 29, 2023, 11:53 AM

Thanks a lot for your prompt answer @george1421
Below is what I get after visiting https://192.168.61.38/fog/service/ipxe/advanced.php
The only difference compared to the old functional server is the “s” following “http”

###################################################################

#!ipxe
#!ipxe
cpuid --ext 29 && set arch x86_64 || set arch i386
colour --rgb 0xff6600 2
cpair --foreground 7 --background 2 2
console --picture https://${fog-ip}/fog/service/ipxe/bg.png --left 180 --right 80
isset ${menu-default} || set menu-default exit
:MENU
menu Advanced Menu
colour --rgb 0xff0000 0
cpair --foreground 0 3
item --gap -- -------------------------------------
item --key 0 fog.local 0) Boot from hard disk
item --key 1 recoverysub 1) Recovery Tools
item --key 2 clonesub 2) Cloning Tools
item --key 3 diagsub 3) Diagnostic Tools
item --key 4 centossub 4) Linux Installers
item --key 5 winsub 5) Windows Installers
item --key 6 esxi 6) VMWare ESXi 6.7 Installer
item --key s shell s) Start iPXE shell
item
item --key 0x08 return Return to previous Menu
#choose target && goto ${target}
choose --timeout ${menu-timeout} --default ${menu-default} selected
set menu-timeout 0
set submenu-timeout 0
set menu-default return
goto ${selected}
:fog.local
sanboot --no-describe --drive 0x80 || goto MENU
:sysrescue
set root-path systemrescuecd
kernel ${root-path}/rescue${arch} scandelay=1 docache netboot=${boot-url}/service/ipxe/${root-path}/sysrcd.dat setkmap=us dostartx
initrd ${root-path}/initram.igz
boot || goto MENU
#:sysrescue32
#set root-path sysrcd-4.4.1_x86
#kernel ${root-path}/rescue32 scandelay=1 docache #netboot=https://${fog-ip}/fog/service/ipxe/sysrcd-4.4.1_x86/sysrcd.dat
#initrd ${root-path}/initram.igz
#boot || goto MENU
#:clonezillaiso
#set root-path clonezilla
#initrd ${base-url}/fog/service/ipxe/${root-path}/clonezilla.iso
#chain memdisk
:clonezillalive
set root-path clonezilla/live
kernel ${root-path}/vmlinuz-${arch} boot=live union=overlay username=user config components quiet noswap edd=on nomodeset noeject locales=en_US.UTF-8 keyboard-layouts=us ocs_live_run="ocs-live-general" ocs_live_extra_param="" ocs_live_batch="no" vga=791 ip= net.ifnames=0 nosplash i915.blacklist=yes radeonhd.blacklist=yes nouveau.blacklist=yes vmwgfx.enable_fbdev=1 fetch=${boot-url}/service/ipxe/${root-path}/filesystem-${arch}.squashfs
initrd ${root-path}/initrd-${arch}.img
boot || goto MENU
:gpartedlive
set root-path gparted/live
kernel ${root-path}/vmlinuz-${arch} boot=live union=overlay username=user config components quiet noswap locales=en_US.UTF-8 keyboard-layouts=us gl_batch fetch=${boot-url}/service/ipxe/${root-path}/filesystem-${arch}.squashfs
initrd ${root-path}/initrd-${arch}.img
boot || goto MENU
#:acronisiso
#set root-path acronis/build8072
#kernel memdisk iso raw
#initrd ${root-path}/acronis_media.iso
#boot || goto MENU
:acronis2018
set root-path acronis/2018b9202
kernel ${root-path}/kernel64.dat quiet vga=791 ramdisk_size=32768 acpi=off noapic
initrd ${root-path}/ramdisk_merged64.dat
boot || goto MENU
:acronis201832
set root-path acronis/2018b9202
kernel ${root-path}/kernel.dat quiet vga=791 ramdisk_size=32768 acpi=off noapic
initrd ${root-path}/ramdisk_merged.dat
boot || goto MENU
:acronis38573
set root-path acronis/build38573
kernel ${root-path}/kernel64.dat quiet vga=791 ramdisk_size=32768 acpi=off noapic
initrd ${root-path}/agent_ramdisk64.dat
boot || goto MENU
:acronis
set root-path acronis/build8072
kernel ${root-path}/kernel.dat quiet vga=791 ramdisk_size=32768 acpi=off noapic
initrd ${root-path}/ramdisk.dat
boot || goto MENU
:acronis2010
set root-path acronis/home2010
kernel ${root-path}/kernel.dat quiet vga=791 ramdisk_size=32768 acpi=off noapic
initrd ${root-path}/ramdisk.dat
boot || goto MENU
:macrium
set root-path macrium
sanboot --no-describe ${root-path}/macrium.iso
boot || goto MENU
:aomei
set root-path aomei
sanboot --no-describe ${root-path}/aomei.iso
boot || goto MENU
:ghost10
set root-path ghost
initrd ${root-path}/nortonghost10.iso
boot memdisk iso raw || goto MENU
:clonesub
menu Cloning Tools
item --gap -- ================== Cloning Tools ==================
item
#item clonezillaiso Clonezilla Live iso
item --key 1 clonezillalive 1) Clonezilla Live (${arch})
item --key 2 aomei 2) AOMEI Backupper 4.1
item --key 3 macrium 3) Macrium Reflect Server Plus 7.1.3480 (64bit)
item --key 4 acronis2018 4) Acronis True Image 2018 (b.9202)
item --key 5 acronis201832 5) Acronis True Image 2018 32bit (b.9202)
item --key 6 acronis38573 6) Acronis Wkstn 11.5 64bit (b.38573)
item --key 7 acronis 7) Acronis True Image Wkstn (build 8,072)
item --key 8 acronis2010 8) Acronis True Img Home 2010 (build 7,046)
item --key 9 ghost10 9) Norton Ghost 10.0
item
item --key 0x08 back Back to previous menu...
iseq ${menu-default} menu-tools || choose --timeout ${submenu-timeout} --default clonezillalive selected && goto ${selected} || goto MENU
:recoverysub
menu Recovery Tools
item --gap -- ================== Recovery Tools ==================
item
item --key 1 sysrescue 1) Run SystemRescue (${arch})
item --key 2 macrium 2) Macrium Reflect Server Plus 7.1.3480 (64bit)
item --key 3 win7pe 3) Windows 7 PE
item --key 4 gpartedlive 4) GParted Live (${arch})
item --key 5 fedora8rescue 5) Fedora 8 Rescue (${arch})
item --key 6 centos7rescue 6) CentOS 7.7.1908 Rescue (${arch})
item --key 7 rocky8rescue 7) Rocky Linux 8.6 Rescue (${arch})
item --key 8 alma9rescue 8) Alma Linux 9.0 Rescue (${arch})
item --key 9 rocky9rescue 9) Rocky Linux 9.2 Rescue (${arch})
item
item --key 0x08 back Back to previous menu...
iseq ${menu-default} menu-tools || choose --timeout ${submenu-timeout} --default sysrescue selected && goto ${selected} || goto MENU
:winsub
menu Windows Installers
item --gap -- ================== Windows Installers ==================
item
item --key 1 win7x64 1) Windows 7 (64 bit) Install
item --key 2 win10aio 2) Windows 10 AIO Install
item --key 3 win2008R2 3) Windows 2008R2
item --key 4 win2012R2 4) Windows 2012R2
item --key 5 win7pe 5) Windows 7 PE
item --key 6 hirenspe 6) Hirens BootCD PE
item
item --key 0x08 back Back to previous menu...
iseq ${menu-default} menu-tools || choose --timeout ${submenu-timeout} --default win10aio selected && goto ${selected} || goto MENU
:diagsub
menu Diagnostic Tools
item --gap -- ==================== Diagnostic Tools ===================
item
item --key 1 erd7 1) ERD Commander Win7 (${arch})
item --key 2 erdvista 2) ERD Commander Vista SP2 (${arch})
item --key 3 erdxp 3) ERD Commander WinXP SP3
item --key 4 hirens 4) Hirens BootCD 15.2
item --key 5 hirenspe 5) Hirens BootCD PE
item --key 6 dell 6) Dell Support Live Image (DSLI)
item
item --key 0x08 back Back to previous menu...
iseq ${menu-default} menu-tools || choose --timeout ${submenu-timeout} --default hirenspe selected && goto ${selected} || goto MENU
:centossub
menu CentOS Linux
item --gap -- ==================== Linux installers ===================
item
item --key 1 centos7auto 1) CentOS 7.7.1908 (${arch}) Install (kickstart)
item --key 2 centos7wiz 2) CentOS 7.7.1908 (${arch}) Install (wizard)
item --key 3 centos7live 3) CentOS 7.7.1908 Live (needs >=3GB RAM)
item --key 4 centos7rescue 4) CentOS 7.7.1908 Rescue (${arch})
item --key 5 rocky8auto 5) Rocky Linux 8.6 (${arch}) Install (kickstart)
item --key 6 rocky8wiz 6) Rocky Linux 8.6 (${arch}) Install (wizard)
item --key 7 rocky8live 7) Rocky Linux 8.6 Live (needs >=3GB RAM)
item --key 8 rocky8rescue 8) Rocky Linux 8.6 Rescue (${arch})
item --key 9 rocky9auto 9) Rocky Linux 9.2 (${arch}) Install (kickstart)
item --key a rocky9wiz a) Rocky Linux 9.2 (${arch}) Install (wizard)
item --key b rocky9live b) Rocky Linux 9.2 Gnome Live (needs >=3GB RAM)
item --key c rocky9rescue c) Rocky Linux 9.2 Rescue (${arch})
item --key d alma9auto d) Alma Linux 9.0 (${arch}) Install (kickstart)
item --key e alma9wiz e) Alma Linux 9.0 (${arch}) Install (wizard)
item --key f alma9live f) Alma Linux 9.0 Gnome Live (needs >=3GB RAM)
item --key g alma9rescue g) Alma Linux 9.0 Rescue (${arch})
item
item --key 0x08 back Back to previous menu...
iseq ${menu-default} menu-tools || choose --timeout ${submenu-timeout} --default centos8wiz selected && goto ${selected} || goto MENU
:centos7auto
set root-path centos/7/${arch}/images/pxeboot
set ksftppath ${boot-url}/service/ipxe/${root-path}
kernel ${root-path}/vmlinuz ks=${ksftppath}/centos7${arch}.ks ksdevice=bootif ramdisk_size=100000
initrd ${root-path}/initrd.img
boot || goto MENU
:centos7wiz
set root-path centos/7/${arch}
kernel ${root-path}/isolinux/vmlinuz ramdisk_size=100000 method=${boot-url}/service/ipxe/${root-path}
initrd ${root-path}/isolinux/initrd.img
boot || goto MENU
:centos7rescue
set root-path centos/7/${arch}
kernel ${root-path}/isolinux/vmlinuz ramdisk_size=100000 rescue method=${boot-url}/service/ipxe/${root-path}
initrd ${root-path}/isolinux/initrd.img
boot || goto MENU
:centos7live
set root-path centos/7/live
kernel ${root-path}/vmlinuz0 rootflags=loop root=live:/CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveGNOME-1908.iso rootfstype=auto ro rd.live.image quiet vga=791 rhgb rd.luks=0 rd.md=0 rd.dm=0 nomodeset
initrd ${root-path}/initrd0.img
boot || goto MENU
:fedora8rescue
set root-path fedora/8/${arch}
kernel ${root-path}/isolinux/vmlinuz ramdisk_size=100000 rescue method=${boot-url}/service/ipxe/${root-path}
initrd ${root-path}/isolinux/initrd.img
boot || goto MENU
:rocky8auto
set root-path rocky/8/${arch}
set pxe-path ${root-path}/images/pxeboot
set ksftppath ${boot-url}/service/ipxe/${root-path}
kernel ${pxe-path}/vmlinuz inst.ks=${ksftppath}/rocky8${arch}.ks ksdevice=bootif ramdisk_size=100000
initrd ${pxe-path}/initrd.img
boot || goto MENU
:rocky8wiz
set root-path rocky/8/${arch}
kernel ${root-path}/isolinux/vmlinuz ramdisk_size=100000 inst.repo=${boot-url}/service/ipxe/${root-path}
initrd ${root-path}/isolinux/initrd.img
boot || goto MENU
:rocky8live
set root-path rocky/8/live
kernel ${root-path}/vmlinuz rootflags=loop root=live:/Rocky-Workstation-Lite-8-x86_64-20220515.1.iso rootfstype=auto ro rd.live.image quiet vga=791 rhgb rd.luks=0 rd.md=0 rd.dm=0 nomodeset
initrd ${root-path}/initrd.img
boot || goto MENU
:rocky8rescue
set root-path rocky/8/${arch}
kernel ${root-path}/isolinux/vmlinuz ramdisk_size=100000 inst.rescue inst.repo=${boot-url}/service/ipxe/${root-path}
initrd ${root-path}/isolinux/initrd.img
boot || goto MENU
:rocky9auto
set root-path rocky/9/${arch}
set pxe-path ${root-path}/images/pxeboot
set ksftppath ${boot-url}/service/ipxe/${root-path}
kernel ${pxe-path}/vmlinuz inst.ks=${ksftppath}/rocky9${arch}.ks ksdevice=bootif ramdisk_size=100000
initrd ${pxe-path}/initrd.img
boot || goto MENU
:rocky9wiz
set root-path rocky/9/${arch}
kernel ${root-path}/isolinux/vmlinuz ramdisk_size=100000 inst.repo=${boot-url}/service/ipxe/${root-path}
initrd ${root-path}/isolinux/initrd.img
boot || goto MENU
:rocky9live
set root-path rocky/9/live
kernel ${root-path}/vmlinuz rootflags=loop root=live:/Rocky-9.2-Workstation-Lite-x86_64-20230513.0.iso rootfstype=auto ro rd.live.image quiet vga=791 rhgb rd.luks=0 rd.md=0 rd.dm=0 nomodeset
initrd ${root-path}/initrd.img
boot || goto MENU
:rocky9rescue
set root-path rocky/9/${arch}
kernel ${root-path}/isolinux/vmlinuz ramdisk_size=100000 inst.rescue inst.repo=${boot-url}/service/ipxe/${root-path}
initrd ${root-path}/isolinux/initrd.img
boot || goto MENU
:alma9auto
set root-path alma/9/${arch}
set pxe-path ${root-path}/images/pxeboot
set ksftppath ${boot-url}/service/ipxe/${root-path}
kernel ${pxe-path}/vmlinuz inst.ks=${ksftppath}/alma9${arch}.ks ksdevice=bootif ramdisk_size=100000
initrd ${pxe-path}/initrd.img
boot || goto MENU
:alma9wiz
set root-path alma/9/${arch}
kernel ${root-path}/isolinux/vmlinuz ramdisk_size=100000 inst.repo=${boot-url}/service/ipxe/${root-path}
initrd ${root-path}/isolinux/initrd.img
boot || goto MENU
:alma9live
set root-path alma/9/live
kernel ${root-path}/vmlinuz rootflags=loop root=live:/AlmaLinux-9.0-x86_64-Live-GNOME.iso rootfstype=auto ro rd.live.image quiet rhgb rd.luks=0 rd.md=0 rd.dm=0 nomodeset
initrd ${root-path}/initrd.img
boot || goto MENU
:alma9rescue
set root-path alma/9/${arch}
kernel ${root-path}/isolinux/vmlinuz ramdisk_size=100000 inst.rescue inst.repo=${boot-url}/service/ipxe/${root-path}
initrd ${root-path}/isolinux/initrd.img
boot || goto MENU
:win7pe
set root-path windows/7/PE
#imgfetch ${root-path}/Windows_7_PE.iso
imgfetch ${root-path}/7pe_x86_M.iso
boot memdisk iso raw || goto MENU
:win7x64
set root-path windows/7/install/${arch}
kernel ${root-path}/wimboot
initrd ${root-path}/BCD BCD
initrd ${root-path}/boot.sdi boot.sdi
initrd ${root-path}/winpe.wim boot.wim
#imgstat
#prompt
boot || goto MENU
:win10aio
set root-path windows/10
#sanboot --no-describe --drive 0x81 ${root-path}/win10aio.iso
#boot || goto MENU
initrd ${root-path}/win10aio.iso
chain memdisk iso || goto MENU
:win2008R2
set root-path windows/2008R2/install
kernel ${root-path}/wimboot
initrd ${root-path}/BCD BCD
initrd ${root-path}/boot.sdi boot.sdi
initrd ${root-path}/boot.wim boot.wim
boot || goto MENU
:win2012R2
set root-path windows/2012R2/install
kernel ${root-path}/wimboot
initrd ${root-path}/BCD BCD
initrd ${root-path}/boot.sdi boot.sdi
initrd ${root-path}/boot.wim boot.wim
boot || goto MENU
:erd7
set root-path erd/7/${arch}
kernel ${root-path}/wimboot
initrd ${root-path}/bootmgr bootmgr
initrd ${root-path}/boot/bcd BCD
initrd ${root-path}/boot/fonts/wgl4_boot.ttf wgl4_boot.ttf
initrd ${root-path}/boot/boot.sdi boot.sdi
initrd ${root-path}/sources/boot.wim boot.wim
#imgstat
#prompt
boot || goto MENU
:erdvista
set root-path erd/Vista/${arch}
kernel ${root-path}/wimboot
initrd ${root-path}/bootmgr bootmgr
initrd ${root-path}/boot/bcd BCD
initrd ${root-path}/boot/fonts/wgl4_boot.ttf wgl4_boot.ttf
initrd ${root-path}/boot/boot.sdi boot.sdi
initrd ${root-path}/sources/boot.wim boot.wim
#imgstat
#prompt
boot || goto MENU
:erdxp
set root-path erd
initrd ${root-path}/ERD50_x86_WinXP_SP3_blueforce.iso
boot memdisk iso raw || goto MENU
#:hirens
#set root-path hirens/15.2
#initrd ${root-path}/Hirens.BootCD.15.2.iso
#boot memdisk iso raw || goto MENU
:hirens
set root-path hirens/15.2
initrd ${root-path}/Hirens.BootCD.15.2.iso
kernel memdisk iso raw|| goto MENU
boot || goto MENU
:hirenspe
set root-path https://${fog-ip}/fog/service/ipxe/hirens/15.2/HBCDPE
kernel ${root-path}/wimboot gui
imgfetch --name bootmgr.exe ${root-path}/bootmgr.exe bootmgr.exe
imgfetch --name bootx64.efi ${root-path}/bootx64.efi bootx64.efi
imgfetch --name BCD ${root-path}/bcd BCD
imgfetch --name boot.sdi ${root-path}/boot.sdi boot.sdi
imgfetch --name boot.wim ${root-path}/boot.wim boot.wim
boot || goto MENU
:esxi
set root-path vmware
initrd ${root-path}/ESXi.iso
chain memdisk iso || goto MENU
:dell
set root-path dell/sli
kernel ${root-path}/vmlinuz0 rootflags=loop initrd=initrd0.img root=live:/SLI_3.0.0_A00.iso rootfstype=auto ro rd.live.image quiet rhgb vga=791 rd.luks=0 rd.md=0 rd.dm=0 nomodeset
initrd ${root-path}/initrd0.img
boot || goto MENU
#initrd ${root-path}/DSLI.iso
#chain ${root-path}/memdisk iso || goto MENU
:shell
echo Type 'exit' to get the back to the menu
shell ||
goto MENU
:return
chain ${boot-url}/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=${net0/mac} || prompt
goto MENU
autoboot

george1421 · Aug 29, 2023, 4:03 PM

@krokodeilakias said in invalid integer value and chainloading failed:

which after successfully loading advanced.php and bg.png returns an error:

OK more clues. This one jumps out at me. In your advanced.php script it references
console --picture https://${fog-ip}/fog/service/ipxe/bg.png

The variable ${fog-ip} doesn’t seem to be set in the advanced.php output. So this might cause an invalid URL. I don’t know if the values fall forward from boot.php or not. If no, then this seems to be an uninitialized variable.

I also noted two invocation lines #!ipxe in the output. That shouldn’t cause a problem because it just resets everything a second time.

krokodeilakias · Aug 29, 2023, 5:19 PM

The variable ${fog-ip} doesn’t seem to be set in the advanced.php output. So this might cause an invalid URL. I don’t know if the values fall forward from boot.php or not. If no, then this seems to be an uninitialized variable.

It seems that ${fog-ip} is passed through boot.php where it is initially defined. That’s why it successfully loads bg.png. The error comes right after.
However, I explicitly replaced ${fog-ip} with the real IP, but the error remains.

I also noted two invocation lines #!ipxe in the output. That shouldn’t cause a problem because it just resets everything a second time.

Indeed, it doesn’t cause problem. I removed it and the error is still there.

I don’t want to play it smart, but something similar I saw in another post, gives me the hint that an integer valued variable in globalSettings table is wrongly empty. This might have been caused due to the transfer of DB from the old server, which could be more forgiving or even missing that key at all. Has any relevant change since 1.5.7 taken place, that could justify this?

george1421 · Aug 29, 2023, 6:17 PM

@krokodeilakias So lets walk that path then.

You installed FOG 1.5.10 onto your new server, then migrated your database over. So your 1.5.10 version of fog is running on 1.5.7 version of the database? If yes, rerun the fog installer, it will remember all of your previous settings. Half way through the install it will ask you go open a web browser and upgrade the database. That should force the DB to be upgraded to 1.5.10, there has been about 5 years between 1.5.7 and 1.5.10 so there has been database changes and fields added/moved.

krokodeilakias · Aug 30, 2023, 1:42 AM

@george1421 Still no luck.
In one of my attempts in order to avoid such kind of discrepancies, I had transferred the database in the first place and then run the installer. Still the same error.
Anyway, now I rerun the installer but the error persists.
Maybe the problem is in my script. I’ ll try to strip it down in case I hit on a conflicting command.

george1421 · Aug 30, 2023, 1:42 AM

@krokodeilakias said in invalid integer value and chainloading failed:

I’ ll try to strip it down in case I hit on a conflicting command.

This was going to be my next suggestion. Your script is very advanced and I was having a hard time following it just reading through it. As a test discard everything except the first level menu. The error kind of indicates a problem around a colon, but I’m not sure.

krokodeilakias · Aug 30, 2023, 8:50 AM

@george1421
Finally the problem lies within the next lines of the script:

choose --timeout ${menu-timeout} --default ${menu-default} selected
set menu-timeout 0

Or to be more precise, the problem is their order. ${menu-timeout} is used before it is defined and therefore, the choose command fails since it received an empty string instead of an integer.
Thanks a lot @george1421 for your support, I really appreciate it.

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