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    • Jaymes DriverJ
      Jaymes Driver Developer
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        madskillz23
        last edited by

        Hello, I am using Fog 1.0.1 on CentOS 6.5 and attempting to get Ubuntu 12.04 or 14.04 to live boot. Does anyone have a working iPXE menu configuration, or have any idea why mine is failing (screen flashes and it goes back to first iPXE menu). I had a working configuration for both using fog 0.32. My menu code is below:
        [CODE]set boot_url http://${fog-ip}/var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/
        set boot_nfs ${fog-ip}:/images/

        :MENU
        menu
        item Ubuntu12 Ubuntu 12.04 x64 Live
        item Ubuntu14 Ubuntu 14.04 x64 Live
        item return return to previous menu

        :Ubuntu12
        kernel http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/ubuntu12/casper/vmlinuz.efi
        initrd http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/ubuntu12/casper/initrd.lz
        imgargs boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/images/ubuntu12.04/
        shell
        boot

        :Ubuntu14
        kernel ${boot_url}/ubuntu/casper/vmlinuz.efi
        initrd ${boot_url}/ubuntu/casper/initrd.lz
        imgargs boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/images/ubuntu14.04/
        boot

        :return
        :return
        chain http://${boot_url}/boot.php?mac=${net0/mac} ||
        prompt
        goto MENU

        autoboot[/CODE]

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        • JunkhackerJ
          Junkhacker Developer
          last edited by

          [FONT=Consolas]set boot_url [url]http://${fog-ip}/var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/[/url][/FONT]
          should be
          [FONT=Consolas]set boot_url [url]http://${fog-ip}/fog/service/ipxe/[/url][/FONT]
          because http://[FONT=Consolas]${fog-ip} resolves to the root of your web server[/FONT]

          [FONT=Consolas]your menu doesn’t have a choose statement to tell ipxe to let you choose something[/FONT]

          [FONT=Consolas]try this[/FONT]

          [CODE]
          set boot_url http://${fog-ip}/fog/service/ipxe/
          set boot_nfs ${fog-ip}:/images/

          :MENU
          menu
          item Ubuntu12 Ubuntu 12.04 x64 Live
          item Ubuntu14 Ubuntu 14.04 x64 Live
          item return return to previous menu
          choose target && goto ${target}

          :Ubuntu12
          kernel http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/fog/service/ipxe/ubuntu12/casper/vmlinuz.efi
          initrd http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/fog/service/ipxe/ubuntu12/casper/initrd.lz
          imgargs boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/images/ubuntu12.04/
          shell
          boot

          :Ubuntu14
          kernel ${boot_url}/ubuntu/casper/vmlinuz.efi
          initrd ${boot_url}/ubuntu/casper/initrd.lz
          imgargs boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/images/ubuntu14.04/
          boot

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

          autoboot[/CODE]

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          • M
            madskillz23
            last edited by

            Thanks, that got me further. Now it goes back to the first menu (same error) after initrd loads. I’m thinking it has to do with the arguments passed to Ubuntu, but I am unsure. Any ideas?

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            • JunkhackerJ
              Junkhacker Developer
              last edited by

              here’s a tip to tracking down what line kills it
              put a “prompt” after each line, and it will make you hit a key before continuing

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                madskillz23
                last edited by

                Thanks, the imgargs line kills it. I’ve been trying various tutorials and combinations for that line but I have yet to find one that works.

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                • Tom ElliottT
                  Tom Elliott
                  last edited by

                  [quote=“Junkhacker, post: 28460, member: 21583”][FONT=Consolas]set boot_url [url]http://${fog-ip}/var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/[/url][/FONT]
                  should be
                  [FONT=Consolas]set boot_url [url]http://${fog-ip}/fog/service/ipxe/[/url][/FONT]
                  because http://[FONT=Consolas]${fog-ip} resolves to the root of your web server[/FONT]

                  [FONT=Consolas]your menu doesn’t have a choose statement to tell ipxe to let you choose something[/FONT]

                  [FONT=Consolas]try this[/FONT]

                  [CODE]
                  set boot_url http://${fog-ip}/fog/service/ipxe/
                  set boot_nfs ${fog-ip}:/images/

                  :MENU
                  menu
                  item Ubuntu12 Ubuntu 12.04 x64 Live
                  item Ubuntu14 Ubuntu 14.04 x64 Live
                  item return return to previous menu
                  choose target && goto ${target}

                  :Ubuntu12
                  kernel http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/fog/service/ipxe/ubuntu12/casper/vmlinuz.efi
                  initrd http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/fog/service/ipxe/ubuntu12/casper/initrd.lz
                  imgargs boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/images/ubuntu12.04/
                  shell
                  boot

                  :Ubuntu14
                  kernel ${boot_url}/ubuntu/casper/vmlinuz.efi
                  initrd ${boot_url}/ubuntu/casper/initrd.lz
                  imgargs boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/images/ubuntu14.04/
                  boot

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

                  autoboot[/CODE][/quote]

                  Rather than imgargs, place the ARGs you want on the kernel line.

                  TRY THIS:
                  [CODE]
                  set boot_url http://${fog-ip}/fog/service/ipxe/
                  set boot_nfs ${fog-ip}:/images/

                  :MENU
                  menu
                  item Ubuntu12 Ubuntu 12.04 x64 Live
                  item Ubuntu14 Ubuntu 14.04 x64 Live
                  item return return to previous menu
                  choose target && goto ${target}

                  :Ubuntu12
                  kernel http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/fog/service/ipxe/ubuntu12/casper/vmlinuz.efi boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/images/ubuntu12.04/
                  initrd http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/fog/service/ipxe/ubuntu12/casper/initrd.lz
                  shell
                  boot

                  :Ubuntu14
                  kernel ${boot_url}/ubuntu/casper/vmlinuz.efi boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/images/ubuntu14.04/
                  initrd ${boot_url}/ubuntu/casper/initrd.lz
                  boot

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

                  autoboot[/CODE]

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                    madskillz23
                    last edited by

                    Awesome, that got me most of the way there. Now its just messing around with kernel arguments for the two Ubuntu distros. But, I did get Xubuntu 13.04 working with the following code in case anyone else finds it useful:

                    [CODE]:Xubuntu 13.04
                    kernel ${boot_url}/xubuntu/casper/vmlinuz root=/dev/nfs/ boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/images/xubuntu/
                    initrd http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/fog/service/ipxe/xubuntu/casper/initrd.lz
                    boot
                    [/CODE]

                    Thanks for all the help!

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                      domii666
                      last edited by

                      [quote=“domii666, post: 28421, member: 24204”]iso is stored @ /var/www/fog/ISO fog search with initrd [url]http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/ISO/Windows8x64.iso[/url]
                      [Wed May 28 17:50:17 2014] [error] [client 192.168.2.22] File does not exist: /var/www/fog/ISO/Windows8x64.iso[/quote]

                      thx for help

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                        Eli Kelly
                        last edited by

                        It was a little ugly but advanced menu codes started working for me after removing

                        [CODE]print “console --picture http://${boot-url}/service/ipxe/bg.png --left 100 --right 80\n”;[/CODE]

                        from advanced.php

                        I put the line back in replacing “${boot-url}” with [[I]my.servers.ip.address[/I]]/fog and all was well and looking good.

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                        • JunkhackerJ
                          Junkhacker Developer
                          last edited by

                          [quote=“Eli Kelly, post: 30029, member: 1152”]It was a little ugly but advanced menu codes started working for me after removing

                          [CODE]print “console --picture http://${boot-url}/service/ipxe/bg.png --left 100 --right 80\n”;[/CODE]

                          from advanced.php

                          I put the line back in replacing “${boot-url}” with [[I]my.servers.ip.address[/I]]/fog and all was well and looking good.[/quote]

                          what version are you using?
                          what you’re describing a known bug in 1.0.x that was fixed in the 1.1.0 update

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                            Eli Kelly
                            last edited by

                            [quote=“Junkhacker, post: 30030, member: 21583”]what version are you using?
                            what you’re describing a known bug in 1.0.x that was fixed in the 1.1.0 update[/quote]

                            I managed to post this in the wrong thread. It has better context in and was intended for [url]http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/ipxe-advanced-menu-or-memdisk-problem.10544/page-2[/url]

                            To answer your question:

                            I did the initial install from 1.0.1 subversion 1783. After reading a post from Tom last Thursday I updated to svn 1799. When that still didn’t fix my issue I patched to svn 1801. Fog version did in fact change to 1.1.0 with eiter svn 1799 or 1801. Apparently the advanced.php file was not being updated in that process. Perhaps I missed a step but all seems well now.

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                              Levi Smith
                              last edited by

                              Anybody have any idea how to add a login option to the advanced menu? Or is this not currently possible? I really need a password on some of my options, and this was really easy to add with syslinux. I can’t seem to figure it out with iPXE.

                              Thanks!

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                              • JunkhackerJ
                                Junkhacker Developer
                                last edited by

                                if you set the menu to hidden, a password is required to access anything, i believe.

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                                  Eli Kelly
                                  last edited by

                                  This is working pretty well for me. Much credit to others on this forum who came up with most of this…

                                  [CODE]login && goto validate || goto return

                                  :validate
                                  iseq ${password} yourpasswordhere && goto MENU || goto return

                                  :MENU
                                  menu
                                  item --gap – ---------------- iPXE boot menu ----------------
                                  item ipxedemo ipxe online boot demo
                                  item shell ipxe shell
                                  item pe86 Generic WinPE x86
                                  item lt86 MDT Lite Touch x86
                                  item lt64 MDT Lite Touch x64
                                  item ghost Ghost Boot
                                  item dban Derek’s Boot and Nuke
                                  item return return to previous menu
                                  item hostinfo details about this computer
                                  choose --default return --timeout 5000 target && goto ${target}

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

                                  :shell
                                  shell ||
                                  goto MENU

                                  :pe86
                                  initrd http://${fog-ip}/ISO/pe86.iso
                                  chain memdisk iso raw ||
                                  goto MENU

                                  :lt86
                                  initrd http://${fog-ip}/ISO/lt86.iso
                                  chain memdisk iso raw ||
                                  goto MENU

                                  :lt64
                                  initrd http://${fog-ip}/ISO/lt64.iso
                                  chain memdisk iso raw ||
                                  goto MENU

                                  :ghost
                                  initrd http://${fog-ip}/ISO/ghost.iso
                                  chain memdisk iso raw ||
                                  goto MENU

                                  :dban
                                  initrd http://${fog-ip}/ISO/dban.iso
                                  chain memdisk iso raw ||
                                  goto MENU

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

                                  autoboot
                                  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]

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                                  • JunkhackerJ
                                    Junkhacker Developer
                                    last edited by

                                    remember though, that this method is only a mild level of security being added. if anyone goes to
                                    [FONT=Consolas][url]http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe/boot.php[/url][/FONT]
                                    they will see the password in plain text

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                                    • x23piracyX
                                      x23piracy
                                      last edited by

                                      Hi,

                                      [quote=“Junkhacker, post: 33174, member: 21583”]if anyone goes to
                                      [FONT=Consolas][url]http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe/boot.php[/url][/FONT]
                                      they will see the password in plain text[/quote]

                                      really? a webserver should never delivery a php file contents cleartext.

                                      Regards X23

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                                      • JunkhackerJ
                                        Junkhacker Developer
                                        last edited by

                                        that file generates the fog boot menu, which is a plain text file generated with php
                                        [FONT=Consolas]iseq ${password} yourpasswordhere && goto MENU || goto return[/FONT]
                                        is ipxe script code in plain text

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                                        • Tom ElliottT
                                          Tom Elliott
                                          last edited by

                                          In svn, I’ve added the ability to set the menu itself as either login or no login. I’m not going to work, quite yet, on the individual advanced menu password requirements.

                                          Hopefully this will help people out.

                                          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! Get in contact with me (chat bubble in the top right corner) if you want to join in.

                                          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)

                                          Please support FOG if you like it: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Support_FOG

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                                          • x23piracyX
                                            x23piracy
                                            last edited by

                                            [quote=“Tom Elliott, post: 33187, member: 7271”]Hopefully this will help people out.[/quote]

                                            Works

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