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      BedCruncher
      last edited by

      Question regarding trying to get “WHDD” setup for the boot menu so that I can test hard drives as needed from the server. I’ve current got a directory shared off of /var/www/html/whdd with

      whdd.bzi
      initramfs
      

      in that directory and my FOG Boot menu entry looks as follows.

      0_1469467163844_upload-07065851-ae9e-42dd-bdfd-d082dc37fbdc

      Can anyone point me in the direction I need to go to make this work? Thanks in advance.

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        BedCruncher
        last edited by

        going to close this out now… helps when you specify

        boot
        

        as the last option.

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          Quazz Moderator
          last edited by

          You should remove the :WHDD

          It’s not necessary since the Menu item is already taking care of that and it might cause issues if you add any other items later on.

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            BedCruncher
            last edited by

            I had simply modeled it after the entry that I put in above for DBAN.

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              BedCruncher
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                BedCruncher
                last edited by

                Ran across another issue with a different piece of software that I was trying to add to the boot menu. It’s the HDT Tool project. What I currently have done is attempted to use an old config and files from a previous PXE server while modifying the relevant boot menu options.

                I’ve also downloaded a bootable iso from the HDT site directly and mounted it in the same way as was done with the DBAN instructions. My current HDT boot configuration looks like.
                0_1469718773425_upload-89fe83dc-9df4-4f58-9aca-652a52560214 with the url located at that address showing
                0_1469718747308_upload-19c1aab6-dd48-46df-b832-599354fd1f0c

                Can anyone offer advice/help on this?

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                  BedCruncher
                  last edited by

                  Don’t know why it isn’t putting the images in the reply correctly. to clarify the above.

                  Boot Menu Entry

                  Menu Item: 
                  HDT
                  
                  Description: 
                  Hardware Detection Tool
                  
                  Parameters: 
                  kernel ${boot_url}/hdt/isolinux/hdt.c32
                  boot
                  

                  URL Directory Listing

                  backgnd.png
                  boot.cat
                  chain.c32
                  display.png
                  hdt.c32
                  isolinux.bin
                  isolinux.cfg
                  memtest.bin
                  menu.c32
                  modules.ali
                  pci.ids
                  red.png
                  
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                    Quazz Moderator @BedCruncher
                    last edited by

                    @BedCruncher c32 is pxelinux files as far as I know.

                    You’ll probably need to chain it or something.

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                      BedCruncher @Quazz
                      last edited by

                      @Quazz
                      Do you have a link showing how to do that with the new FOG 1.3 boot menus?

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                        Quazz Moderator @BedCruncher
                        last edited by

                        @BedCruncher Try changing kernel to chain

                        Could be enough, not sure.

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                          BedCruncher @Quazz
                          last edited by BedCruncher

                          @Quazz
                          Just changed. Will have to wait a bit before I can test that. I’m also upgrading that laptop to W10 to beat the deadline. Will post back once I can try again.

                          EDIT:
                          After modifying the menu entry as you wanted me to do, I simply get a black screen with blinking cursor.

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                            Tom Elliott @BedCruncher
                            last edited by

                            @BedCruncher said in Boot menu configuration:

                            URL Directory Listing
                            backgnd.png
                            boot.cat
                            chain.c32
                            display.png
                            hdt.c32
                            isolinux.bin
                            isolinux.cfg
                            memtest.bin
                            menu.c32
                            modules.ali
                            pci.ids
                            red.png

                            What’s the variable for ${boot_url} set to?

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                              BedCruncher @Tom Elliott
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                              @Tom-Elliott
                              set fog-ip 192.168.240.10
                              set fog-webroot fog
                              set boot-url http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}

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                                Quazz Moderator @BedCruncher
                                last edited by

                                @BedCruncher Try chaining the menu file. Or maybe isolinux.bin

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                                  BedCruncher @Quazz
                                  last edited by

                                  @Quazz
                                  Tried both, menu.c32 gives same blinking cursor. isolinux.bin provides the following.
                                  0_1469801003596_upload-718e181a-5129-4d44-a653-add20c4c0847

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                                    Quazz Moderator @BedCruncher
                                    last edited by

                                    @BedCruncher Alright, so essentially, isolinux.bin is the correct one to use, but you need to edit isolinux.cfg so that it can boot over the network and doesn’t get stuck looking for the CD.

                                    Unfortunately, I’m not entirely sure how to do that properly, if it’s even possible at all.

                                    Also, I notice you shared hdt/isolinux folder contents, but what’s in hdt itself?

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                                      BedCruncher @Quazz
                                      last edited by

                                      @Quazz
                                      the folder hdt is simply the mount point for the iso. It houses only the subfolder isolinux which contains the folder contents listed above. I will delve into the isolinux.cfg file to see where I can tweak it.Will report back with anything I can find.

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                                        BedCruncher @Quazz
                                        last edited by

                                        @Quazz
                                        OK!!! Houston we have liftoff…

                                        I was able to get this working by completely ignoring mounting the iso at all and instead doing what I had found in another forum with directly using memdisk and the raw iso. My working config for this is as follows

                                        0_1469802843514_upload-365ae328-e013-4ad9-b6cc-2f6183ce8087

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