Integrating Hirens Boot 15.2 into fog 1.2.0

[aaoyagi]

Just got this working for me. In case anybody wants the steps:

First in your /etc/exports add this line:
/var/www/fog/iso/15.04_64 *(ro,sync,no_wdelay,insecure_locks,no_root_squash,insecure)

Then restart your nfs server. If you’re running Ubuntu it’s sudo service nfs-kernel-server restart

Next, extract the Ubuntu iso to a direcotry named 15.04_64 in your /var/www/fog/iso directory.

In your Advanced menu use this:
:MENU
menu
item --gap – ---------------- iPXE boot menu ----------------
item ubuntu15.04_64 Boot Ubuntu 15.04
item return return to previous menu
:ubuntu15.04_64
set path /fog/iso/15.04_64
set nfs_path /var/www/fog/ISO/15.04_64
kernel http://${fog-ip}${path}/casper/vmlinuz.efi || read void
initrd http://${fog-ip}${path}/casper/initrd.lz || read void
imgargs vmlinuz.efi root=/dev/nfs boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=${fog-ip}:${nfs_path} ip=dhcp splash quiet – || read void
boot || read void
goto start

Hopefully it works for you too. You don’t have to set the variables. I just did it that way in case I ever have to change where the iso directory lives.

[Pikmin]

Thanks aaoyagi, when I realised nfs mount was needed it was easy.
Do you happen to have a working menu for parted magic? I’ve tried both ways with the iso mounted and exported and just path to the iso
Throws an error both times.

UPDATE: looked over it one more time and tried what Tom suggested- removed raw and iso
chain memdisk ||

Working fine, thank you kindly

[dureal99d]

@aaoyagi Thank you so much you don’t know how long ive been trying to figure this out. If I could id shake your hand, but for now the best I can do is IS be amazed at how awesome what you figured out is. Again thank you.

[Wayne Workman]

@aaoyagi said:

Just got this working for me. In case anybody wants the steps:

First in your /etc/exports add this line:
/var/www/fog/iso/15.04_64 *(ro,sync,no_wdelay,insecure_locks,no_root_squash,insecure)

Then restart your nfs server. If you’re running Ubuntu it’s sudo service nfs-kernel-server restart

Next, extract the Ubuntu iso to a direcotry named 15.04_64 in your /var/www/fog/iso directory.

In your Advanced menu use this:
:MENU
menu
item --gap – ---------------- iPXE boot menu ----------------
item ubuntu15.04_64 Boot Ubuntu 15.04
item return return to previous menu
:ubuntu15.04_64
set path /fog/iso/15.04_64
set nfs_path /var/www/fog/ISO/15.04_64
kernel http://${fog-ip}${path}/casper/vmlinuz.efi || read void
initrd http://${fog-ip}${path}/casper/initrd.lz || read void
imgargs vmlinuz.efi root=/dev/nfs boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=${fog-ip}:${nfs_path} ip=dhcp splash quiet – || read void
boot || read void
goto start

Hopefully it works for you too. You don’t have to set the variables. I just did it that way in case I ever have to change where the iso directory lives.

Added to wiki

[Hanz]

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[Wayne Workman]

@aaoyagi Just made major changes to this WiKi article and one other in order to ingegrate this and others into one single article.

https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Include_any_ISO_in_the_FOG_Bootmenu

Please, any future instructions or tutorials about adding an ISO via FOG should be added to the above WiKi article. Thanks for giving an awesome little tutorial @aaoyagi

[KKTwenty101]

A note that clonezilla works using the method.

[hugothebas]

I know this is an old thread, I’ve read it entirely, and I’ve read the wiki too (this page)but I can’t find the files mentioned here. In my installation I don’t have the folder: /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/ in where should be the “default” file, which I assume is where the default menu is. I need help finding the files that i have to edit to be able to include other isos to the boot menu.

Sorry for the bad english.
Thank you.

Hugo Thebas

[Quazz]

@hugothebas Are you on 1.2 or on trunk? Trunk doesn’t have pxelinux.cfg anymore since it switched to iPXE rather than PXE because of the added functionality.

[Tom Elliott]

@Quazz 1.2.0 pxelinux.cfg did not exist, but I brought it back in trunk in the case of a requirement per chainloading or issues working with ipxe files.

[Quazz]

@Tom-Elliott Right, got them mixed up, my bad.

As to answer his question then, you need to add it in the advanced menu in 1.2 using iPXE formatting.

[Wayne Workman]

@hugothebas This article applies to 1.2.0 and below: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Advanced_Boot_Menu_Configuration_options