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    IPXE Advanced Menu or Memdisk Problem

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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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                    Eli Kelly
                    last edited by

                    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.

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                      Elias Santiago
                      last edited by

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

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                      • JunkhackerJ
                        Junkhacker Developer
                        last edited by

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

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