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    youzersef @george1421
    last edited by youzersef Apr 22, 2024, 11:03 AM Apr 22, 2024, 5:02 PM

    @george1421 you are right sorry:

    the fog ip-adresse: 10.132.1.62
    the dhcp server: 10.132.1.1
    the oventoy adresse: 10.132.1.113

    what do you see in the boot gui is the ip adresse of the dhcp server.

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      george1421 Moderator @youzersef
      last edited by george1421 Apr 22, 2024, 11:11 AM Apr 22, 2024, 5:10 PM

      @youzersef said in add Ventoy to boot menu:

      what do you see in the boot gui is the ip adresse of the dhcp server.

      What my confusion is if .1 is the dhcp server, why is iVentoy using that server to download ipxe.efi from? The .1 server should be referenced. If I saw .62 or .113 that might be understandable, but not .1.

      Is your dhcp server a soho router? And for FOG are you using dnsmasq to make FOG boot correctly?

      Also is this iVentoy app open source where I can see the ISO contents?

      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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        youzersef @george1421
        last edited by Apr 22, 2024, 6:55 PM

        @george1421 my DHCP Server is on Windows Server. I did not use dnsmasq. You can correct me.

        Unfortunately is not an opensource but it is free to use till 20 devices. You can buy the pro version it will be cost 50$. https://www.iventoy.com/en/index.html
        It will be useful if fog server can forward to the iventoy.

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          george1421 Moderator @youzersef
          last edited by george1421 Apr 22, 2024, 2:59 PM Apr 22, 2024, 8:58 PM

          @youzersef OK I find a few things. I still think we can make it work.

          ref: https://ipxe.org/settings
          To call microsoft wds server

            set netX/next-server 192.168.1.2
            set netX/filename boot\x86\wdsnbp.com
            chain tftp://192.168.1.2/boot/x86/wdsnbp.com
          

          translated

            set newserver:ipv4 10.xy.xy.113
            set newbootfile iventoy_loader_16000_uefi # I will explain later
            
            set net0/next-server ${newserver}
            set net0/filename ${newbootfile}
            chain tftp://${newserver}/${newbootfile}
          

          Now to the ${newbootfile} , why did I pick that file name? From this document: https://www.iventoy.com/en/doc_ext_dhcp.html It appears that they can use dnsmasq for auto boot file identification, based on they say how external mode works. What we want is to use “ExternalNet Mode” in this case we will let iPXE decide what boot file to use. And then instruct the client to boot the proper file. So when you use the code from above, you must test with a uefi based computer. Right now I want to see if you can boot into iVentoy. We can work on the next steps after we can verity we can chain into their app.

          I think its possible to use this software we just need to find the right path.

          There is another ref site that I’m just logging here but I think the above is right since it from the ipxe developers directly.
          https://www.rcannings.com/pxe-chain-loading-from-pxelinux-to-ipxe-and-back-again/

          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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            youzersef @george1421
            last edited by Apr 23, 2024, 6:08 AM

            @george1421 no thing changed. the PC will ask the DHCP Server 10.132.1.1 again about the the pxe.efi file.

            6b354d80-7473-46ab-8708-5bb529597715-grafik.png

            in the boot menu entry looks like

            set newserver:ipv4 10.132.7.113
            set newbootfile iventoy_loader_16000_uefi
            set net0/next-server ${newserver}
            set net0/filename ${newbootfile}
            chain tftp://${newserver}/${newbootfile}
            
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              george1421 Moderator @youzersef
              last edited by Apr 23, 2024, 10:02 AM

              @youzersef Understand I’m just making some guesses here because I don’t know ventoy. But if you look at the ventoy document link I provided. There is a section that talks about a drop down list on the configuration page where you need to change the dhcp server mode to ExternalNet.

              The second thing is it looks like they are running a customized version of iPXE (same thing fog uses as boot loader) but its qualifying the name and it doesn’t like ipxe.efi as the file name because its not its own app. I think this is why the error is being thrown.

              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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                youzersef @george1421
                last edited by youzersef Apr 23, 2024, 4:23 AM Apr 23, 2024, 10:23 AM

                @george1421 i changed to ExternalNet. but nothing has been changed. I found something in the community of ventoy which could help me.

                maybe you can tell me what the post means. because am not good enough in pxe.

                https://forums.ventoy.net/showthread.php?tid=2743

                someone posted:

                
                I managed to chainload from my main iPXE to iVentoy, basically you need to do following things:
                1. In your main iPXE boot.ipxe file, set user-class to a specific value, such as MyCustomClass
                2. In your dhcp server, match this user-class and send next-server as your iVentoy IP
                3. In your main iPXE boot.ipxe, run 'dhcp' command, after 'set user-class MyCustomClass' command, then 'chain tftp://${next-server}/iventoy_loader_16000'
                Done 
                
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                  baovipboy156
                  last edited by Apr 25, 2024, 4:35 AM

                  fog > ipxe menu > add option:

                  set net0/next-server 192.168.1.254
                  chain --replace --autofree ipxe.x64.snponly.efi.0
                  

                  on ubuntu fog server: edit file /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf

                  class "UEFI-64-1" {
                      match if substring(option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 20) = "PXEClient:Arch:00007";
                      if exists user-class and option user-class = "iVentoy"{
                      filename "iventoy_loader_16000_uefi";
                      next-server 192.168.152.254;
                  } else {
                      filename "ipxe.efi";
                  }
                  }
                  

                  i manged to chain ventoy but the graphic is bugged

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                    youzersef @baovipboy156
                    last edited by Apr 25, 2024, 9:56 AM

                    @baovipboy156

                    i tried on test server it is pfsense as DHCP-Server it works… Thank you.

                    i will try it on my main Server next week 🙂 … it is windows server.

                    @george1421 if you want i can post the configuration that i used to configure iventoy as next server after fog server… live photos:

                    b9614ee7-11e4-4d6c-afb6-d9eb0a4b5100-grafik.png

                    after i chose iVentoy…

                    6671773f-2caa-44e6-a6a6-2d5b00b7a035-grafik.png

                    thank you guys you made my day… 🙂

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                      george1421 Moderator @youzersef
                      last edited by Apr 25, 2024, 2:24 PM

                      @youzersef said in add Ventoy to boot menu:

                      if you want i can post the configuration that i used to configure iventoy as next server after fog server

                      If this info would help the next guy, I would say yes. That way we can all learn from someone that has already walked the bloody path to victory. That’s what makes opensource and a community lead project work.

                      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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                        baovipboy156 @youzersef
                        last edited by Apr 26, 2024, 2:34 AM

                        @youzersef
                        Did you got the booting ISO working normally?, seem the graphic is bugged with some modern mainboard

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                          youzersef @baovipboy156
                          last edited by Apr 26, 2024, 2:58 AM

                          @baovipboy156 i tested on vm and i did not get problems. I will test it on dell Laptops next week.

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                            baovipboy156 @youzersef
                            last edited by Apr 26, 2024, 3:02 AM

                            @youzersef
                            I found it, root cause: screen resolution 39d260a7-cf2c-4fc3-b0eb-6d59310dae7c-image.png
                            some monitor can’t display 1024x768…wtf, then i set it to 1280x720 it work perfectly!

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                              youzersef
                              last edited by youzersef Apr 29, 2024, 2:37 AM Apr 29, 2024, 8:36 AM

                              @george1421

                              do you have any idea how can i add the same rule on DHCP windows server?

                              class "UEFI-64-1" {
                                  match if substring(option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 20) = "PXEClient:Arch:00007";
                                  if exists user-class and option user-class = "iVentoy"{
                                  filename "iventoy_loader_16000_uefi";
                                  next-server 10.132.7.113;
                              } else {
                                  filename "ipxe.efi";
                              }
                              }
                              
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                                george1421 Moderator @youzersef
                                last edited by Apr 29, 2024, 9:19 AM

                                @youzersef I don’t have an immediate answer for you, but I can point you in a direction. The FOG Project has a wiki page on how to setup policies in windows dhcp server. The first section of your code is outlined in the policy. https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/BIOS_and_UEFI_Co-Existence

                                You might be able to do the user class part too, but I don’t know. Windows dhcp server policies are very similar to what you can do in linux.

                                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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                                  microsam @baovipboy156
                                  last edited by Oct 1, 2024, 9:48 AM

                                  @baovipboy156
                                  thanks for your input, but cannot get it working with it…
                                  would you please post more details and steps by steps to get it work, please…

                                  iventoy1.20
                                  fog 1.5.10.1615

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