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    • D
      Danny Santiago
      last edited by

      Thank you to both of you. Good education. Although using the code copied from Tom with the IP-ADDRESS filled in I have a new problem. the advanced menu doesn’t appear any more. the screen flashes and returns to the standard menu. 😞 Is there a walk through or instructional guide available for the current release on how to set an ISO as a boot-able option? I am guessing not or you would have sent me that way already.

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        Danny Santiago
        last edited by

        Side note I was playing around with the iso and raw options as you can see where the DellDiag option had it and the VMware one didn’t I was hoping to find the magic combination but was unsuccessful.

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        • JunkhackerJ
          Junkhacker Developer
          last edited by

          just this one [url]http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/fog-0-33b-edit-pxe-menu.10403/#post-26420[/url]

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          • JunkhackerJ
            Junkhacker Developer
            last edited by

            let’s try this again
            [CODE]
            set boot-url http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}
            :MENU
            menu
            item --gap – City of Lewiston - Imaging and Diagnostics
            item VMware VMware - Live
            item DellDiag Dell Diagnostics
            item hostinfo Host Informaton (Your Machine Info)
            choose target && goto ${target}

            :VMware
            initrd ${boot-url}/service/ipxe/VMware/TinyCORE.iso
            chain memdisk iso raw ||
            echo failed to boot
            prompt
            goto MENU

            :DellDiag
            initrd ${boot-url}/service/ipxe/DellDiagnostics/DellDiag-7.iso
            chain memdisk iso raw ||
            echo failed to boot
            prompt
            goto MENU

            :hostinfo
            echo This computer : ||
            echo MAC address…${net0/mac} ||
            echo IP address…${ip} ||
            echo Netmask…${netmask} ||
            echo Serial…${serial} ||
            echo Asset number…${asset} ||
            echo Manufacturer…${manufacturer} ||
            echo Product…${product} ||
            echo BIOS platform…${platform} ||
            echo ||
            echo press any key to return to Menu ||
            prompt
            goto MENU
            [/CODE]

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              Danny Santiago
              last edited by

              It Worked! Your Awesome.

              [CODE]set boot-url http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}
              :start-http
              menu City of Lewiston - Imaging and Diagnostics

              item VMware VMware - Live
              item DellDiag Dell Diagnostics
              item hostinfo Host Informaton (Your Machine Info)
              choose target && goto ${target}

              :VMware
              initrd ${boot-url}/ISO/VMware/TinyCORE.iso
              chain memdisk iso raw ||
              echo failed to boot
              prompt
              goto MENU

              :DellDiag
              initrd ${boot-url}/ISO/DellDiagnostics/DellDiag-7.iso
              chain memdisk iso raw ||
              echo failed to boot
              prompt
              goto MENU

              :hostinfo
              echo This computer : ||
              echo MAC address…${net0/mac} ||
              echo IP address…${ip} ||
              echo Netmask…${netmask} ||
              echo Serial…${serial} ||
              echo Asset number…${asset} ||
              echo Manufacturer…${manufacturer} ||
              echo Product…${product} ||
              echo BIOS platform…${platform} ||
              echo
              echo press any key to return to Menu
              prompt
              MENU[/CODE]

              This worked nicely! I had to change the last MENU prompt from your code. For some reason it would through up a bunch of “stuff” (for lack of my current knowledge or caring as to what it was talking about) and would restart. Once I changed it the screen would refresh after the prompt to the menu. Before after the prompt it would do the restart thing.

              I also changed the main folder for the ISO images to one I noticed you used from your other posts. Made more sense and was easier. I wonder what memdisk file it is pulling up with the chain command compared to the original one where I specified the path.

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                Danny Santiago
                last edited by

                Well I spoke to soon-ish. I can get TinyCore to boot but the GUI for it never loads it just boots into a terminal. on the same note the other items I have set to boot which all have the same settings just flash the menu screen back up. They don’t want to actually boot. 😕 bummer.

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                • JunkhackerJ
                  Junkhacker Developer
                  last edited by

                  well, now that you have a basic idea how the ipxe menu system works, i suggest going over to ipxe.org to get more information about your specific boot needs

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                    Andy Morris
                    last edited by

                    I have the same issue with the Advanced Menu. If i choose the Advanced Menu it just flashes, the screen turns blue and has the default menu back on the screen. I had this working in version 1.0.1 and had to update to the latest 1.1.0 trunk to get my snapins to work. Not sure where to go from here. Any ideas?

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                      Andy Morris
                      last edited by

                      here is my code…

                      :MENU
                      menu
                      item --gap – ---------------- iPXE boot menu ----------------
                      item WIN7PE64BIT Win7 64bit Recovery Console
                      item WIN7PE32BIT Win7 32bit Recovery Console
                      item BOOTCD Hirens BootCD
                      item shell ipxe shell
                      item return return to previous menu
                      choose --default WIN7PE64BIT --timeout 5000 target && goto ${target}

                      :WIN7PE64BIT
                      initrd [url]http://${boot-url}/MenuItems/Win7-64bit/7rd64.iso[/url]
                      chain [url]http://${boot-url}/MenuItems/Win7-64bit/memdisk[/url] iso raw
                      goto MENU

                      :WIN7PE32BIT
                      initrd [url]http://${boot-url}/MenuItems/Win7-32bit/7rd32.iso[/url]
                      chain memdisk iso raw ||
                      goto MENU

                      :BOOTCD
                      initrd [url]http://${boot-url}/MenuItems/bootcd/bootcd14.iso[/url]
                      chain memdisk iso raw ||
                      goto MENU

                      :ipxedemo
                      chain [url]http://boot.ipxe.org/demo/boot.php[/url] ||
                      goto MENU

                      :shell
                      shell ||
                      goto MENU

                      :return
                      chain [url]http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=${net0/mac}[/url] ||
                      prompt
                      goto MENU

                      autoboot

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                      • Tom ElliottT
                        Tom Elliott
                        last edited by

                        the ${boot-url} parameter already sets the http part of the url. So try this below:

                        menu
                        item --gap – ---------------- iPXE boot menu ----------------
                        item WIN7PE64BIT Win7 64bit Recovery Console
                        item WIN7PE32BIT Win7 32bit Recovery Console
                        item BOOTCD Hirens BootCD
                        item shell ipxe shell
                        item return return to previous menu
                        choose --default WIN7PE64BIT --timeout 5000 target && goto ${target}

                        :WIN7PE64BIT
                        initrd ${boot-url}/MenuItems/Win7-64bit/7rd64.iso
                        chain ${boot-url}/MenuItems/Win7-64bit/memdisk iso raw
                        goto MENU

                        :WIN7PE32BIT
                        initrd ${boot-url}/MenuItems/Win7-32bit/7rd32.iso
                        chain memdisk iso raw ||
                        goto MENU

                        :BOOTCD
                        initrd ${boot-url}/MenuItems/bootcd/bootcd14.iso
                        chain memdisk iso raw ||
                        goto MENU

                        :ipxedemo
                        chain http://boot.ipxe.org/demo/boot.php ||
                        goto MENU

                        :shell
                        shell ||
                        goto MENU

                        :return
                        chain http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=${net0/mac} ||
                        prompt
                        goto MENU

                        autoboot[/code]

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                        • Tom ElliottT
                          Tom Elliott
                          last edited by

                          Ahhhh,

                          Yeah, it fails loading the console picture.

                          This is now fixed in SVN. Please update and sorry about that.

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                            Andy Morris
                            last edited by

                            That worked!!! Thanks a ton!

                            Andy

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                              Andy Morris
                              last edited by

                              Is there anyway to add the password option to these advanced items like in version .32?

                              Thanks,
                              Andy Morris

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                              • Tom ElliottT
                                Tom Elliott
                                last edited by

                                Yes, and no.

                                The password “options” are no longer using md5pass as they once where.

                                The easiest method would be to add login prompts.

                                I don’t know much more about all the details you’d need though.

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                                  Andy Morris
                                  last edited by

                                  Just wanted to protect the items like it did in .32. I will take a look.
                                  Thanks,

                                  Andy

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                                    Andy Morris
                                    last edited by

                                    That works!! Thanks again.

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                                      Eli Kelly
                                      last edited by

                                      I’m still experiencing Advanced Menu selection issue mentioned by Danny and Andy. Screen flickers and default menu appears with blue background.

                                      Tested with svn 1783 and 1799

                                      I will update the subversion again now to see if there is any difference.

                                      I’ve been using Junkhackers sample code from [URL=‘http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/fog-0-33b-edit-pxe-menu.10403/#post-26419’]this post[/URL]

                                      menu
                                      item --gap – ---------------- iPXE boot menu ----------------
                                      item ipxedemo ipxe online boot demo
                                      item shell ipxe shell
                                      item return return to previous menu
                                      choose --default return --timeout 5000 target && goto ${target}

                                      :ipxedemo
                                      chain [url]http://boot.ipxe.org/demo/boot.php[/url] ||
                                      goto MENU

                                      :shell
                                      shell ||
                                      goto MENU

                                      :return
                                      chain [url]http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=${net0/mac}[/url] ||
                                      prompt
                                      goto MENU

                                      autoboot[/FONT]

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                                      • JunkhackerJ
                                        Junkhacker Developer
                                        last edited by

                                        check for typo’s and/or hidden symbols from copying and pasting. ipxe is very picky
                                        [url]http://www.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Advanced_Boot_Menu_Configuration_options[/url]

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                                          Eli Kelly
                                          last edited by

                                          Hmm… I’ve tried clearing the field and retyping from scratch and still the same issue persists.

                                          I also tried just typing basic commands in the field:

                                          [CODE]echo hello world[/CODE]
                                          [CODE]shell[/CODE]

                                          I even tried to change the background to something obvious…
                                          [CODE]cpair --foreground 3 --background 6 0[/CODE]

                                          No matter what I put in the Advance Menu Code field the result is still a blue background with the default menu list

                                          As expected if I leave the field blank the Advance Menu option is not listed on the default menu. Same result with svn 1801. Perhaps I will roll up my sleeves and dig into /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/advanced.php

                                          Appreciate any guidance.

                                          Thanks

                                          Eli

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                                          • Tom ElliottT
                                            Tom Elliott
                                            last edited by

                                            [quote=“Eli Kelly, post: 29865, member: 1152”]Hmm… I’ve tried clearing the field and retyping from scratch and still the same issue persists.

                                            I also tried just typing basic commands in the field:

                                            [CODE]echo hello world[/CODE]
                                            [CODE]shell[/CODE]

                                            I even tried to change the background to something obvious…
                                            [CODE]cpair --foreground 3 --background 6 0[/CODE]

                                            No matter what I put in the Advance Menu Code field the result is still a blue background with the default menu list

                                            As expected if I leave the field blank the Advance Menu option is not listed on the default menu. Same result with svn 1801. Perhaps I will roll up my sleeves and dig into /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/advanced.php

                                            Appreciate any guidance.

                                            Thanks

                                            Eli[/quote]

                                            I’d start here:
                                            [code]:MENU
                                            menu
                                            item --gap – ---------------- iPXE boot menu ----------------
                                            item ipxedemo ipxe online boot demo
                                            item shell ipxe shell
                                            item return return to previous menu
                                            choose --default return --timeout 5000 target && goto ${target}

                                            :ipxedemo
                                            chain http://boot.ipxe.org/demo/boot.php ||
                                            goto MENU

                                            :shell
                                            shell ||
                                            goto MENU

                                            :return
                                            chain http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=${net0/mac} ||
                                            ############prompt###################
                                            goto MENU

                                            autoboot
                                            [/code]

                                            Remove the prompt because it doesn’t know how to interpret the prompt itself is what I’m guessing. Maybe you wanted:
                                            [code]
                                            :return
                                            chain http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=${net0/mac} || prompt && goto MENU
                                            [/code]

                                            The || and a new line just tells iPXE to if it fails, do nothing successfully, which it’s doing, but it doesn’t know how to pass back. It could also be the :MENU setting, but that shouldn’t matter too much.

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                                            Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

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