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    • M
      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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                • M
                  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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                  • D
                    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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                    • E
                      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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                                            Levi Smith
                                            last edited by

                                            Thanks for the responses everyone. I really appreciate it. Hiding the menu works for the time being, but having the ability to pick and choose which menu items have it, and which don’t down the road would be most welcome.

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