IPXE Advanced Menu or Memdisk Problem

[Andy Morris]

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

[Tom Elliott]

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]

[Tom Elliott]

Ahhhh,

Yeah, it fails loading the console picture.

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

[Andy Morris]

That worked!!! Thanks a ton!

Andy

[Andy Morris]

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

Thanks,
Andy Morris

[Tom Elliott]

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.

[Andy Morris]

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

Andy

[Andy Morris]

That works!! Thanks again.

[Eli Kelly]

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]

[Junkhacker]

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]

[Eli Kelly]

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

[Tom Elliott]

[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.

[Eli Kelly]

My issue is fixed. I posted my update in the wrong thread. The full answer is here:
[URL=‘http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/fog-0-33b-edit-pxe-menu.10403/page-2#post-30033’]http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/fog-0-33b-edit-pxe-menu.10403/page-2#post-30029[/URL]

Basically my advanced.php was out of date and wasn’t being updated in svn updates. Hard coding my server IP fixed advanced menus for me.

[Elias Santiago]

What does the “Exit to Hard Drive Type” do/change?

[Junkhacker]

it changes how ipxe attempts to exit and allow the computer to the hard drive. different bios may require different methods to boot properly