Issue with the "Deploy Image" option

[Chris Whiteley]

Hey All,

I am having an issue with my current FOG setup that just somehow broke in the last day or so. We are currently on 1.4.4. Everything has been working great, but just today the “Deploy Image” option returns this error:

http://ipaddress/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php... ok
Unrecognised option "-W"
Usage:

  item [-m:--menu <menu>] [-k:--key <key>] [-d:--default] [-g:--gap] [<label> [<text>]]

see http://ipxe.org/cmd/item for further information
Could not boot: Invalid argument (http://ipxe.org/1c162202)
Could not boot: Invalid argument (http://ipxe.org/1c162202)
Chainloading failed, hit 's' for the iPXE shell; reboot in 10 seconds

Any ideas on this one?

Thanks!

[george1421]

@Chris-Whiteley said in Issue with the "Deploy Image" option:

item Windows101809b - Windows 10 1809 (208)
item -Windows101809-Office2013 - Windows 10 1809 - Office 2013 (209)

I suspect these. Remove the dashes from the image names and see what happens.

More precisely its probably this image name :-Windows101809-Office2013

[george1421]

@Chris-Whiteley Lets see what your fog ipxe menu looks like. Key in the following url (update the ip add appropriate). http://ipaddress/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php&mac=00:00:00:00:00:00 Call that url with a web browser, anatomize where necessary and post the results here in a code block.

I have seen this error before where an IT admin had a custom menu item that wasn’t formatted correctly.

[Chris Whiteley]

@george1421 This redirects to http://ipaddress/fog/management/index.php?

[george1421]

@Chris-Whiteley Well that’s a problem.

Looking at my url I gave it its wrong. I have the ampersand and question mark confused. Try this one: http://ipaddress/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=00:00:00:00:00:00

[Chris Whiteley]

@george1421 Here is the code:

#!ipxe
set fog-ip ipaddress
set fog-webroot fog
set boot-url http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}
cpuid --ext 29 && set arch x86_64 || set arch i386
goto get_console
:console_set
colour --rgb 0x00567a 1 ||
colour --rgb 0x00567a 2 ||
colour --rgb 0x00567a 4 ||
cpair --foreground 7 --background 2 2 ||
goto MENU
:alt_console
cpair --background 0 1 ||
cpair --background 1 2 ||
goto MENU
:get_console
console --picture http://ipaddress/fog/service/ipxe/bg.png --left 100 --right 80 && goto console_set || goto alt_console
:MENU
menu
colour --rgb 0x00567a 0 ||
cpair --foreground 1 1 ||
cpair --foreground 0 3 ||
cpair --foreground 4 4 ||
item --gap Host is registered as FOG-test!
item --gap -- -------------------------------------
item fog.local Boot from hard disk
item fog.memtest Run Memtest86+
item fog.keyreg Update Product Key
item fog.deployimage Deploy Image
item fog.multijoin Join Multicast Session
item fog.quickdel Quick Host Deletion
item fog.sysinfo Client System Information (Compatibility)
choose --default fog.local --timeout 10000 target && goto ${target}
:fog.local
exit || goto MENU
:fog.memtest
kernel memdisk initrd=memtest.bin iso raw
initrd memtest.bin
boot || goto MENU
:fog.keyreg
login
params
param mac0 ${net0/mac}
param arch ${arch}
param username ${username}
param password ${password}
param keyreg 1
isset ${net1/mac} && param mac1 ${net1/mac} || goto bootme
isset ${net2/mac} && param mac2 ${net2/mac} || goto bootme
:fog.deployimage
login
params
param mac0 ${net0/mac}
param arch ${arch}
param username ${username}
param password ${password}
param qihost 1
isset ${net1/mac} && param mac1 ${net1/mac} || goto bootme
isset ${net2/mac} && param mac2 ${net2/mac} || goto bootme
:fog.multijoin
login
params
param mac0 ${net0/mac}
param arch ${arch}
param username ${username}
param password ${password}
param sessionJoin 1
isset ${net1/mac} && param mac1 ${net1/mac} || goto bootme
isset ${net2/mac} && param mac2 ${net2/mac} || goto bootme
:fog.quickdel
login
params
param mac0 ${net0/mac}
param arch ${arch}
param username ${username}
param password ${password}
param delhost 1
isset ${net1/mac} && param mac1 ${net1/mac} || goto bootme
isset ${net2/mac} && param mac2 ${net2/mac} || goto bootme
:fog.sysinfo
kernel bzImage32 loglevel=4 initrd=init_32.xz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 web=ipaddress/fog/ consoleblank=0 rootfstype=ext4 storage=ipaddress:/images/ storageip=ipaddress loglevel=4 mode=sysinfo
imgfetch init_32.xz
boot || goto MENU
:bootme
chain -ar http://ipaddress/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php##params ||
goto MENU
autoboot```

[george1421]

@Chris-Whiteley OK that menu looks good. Now in your OP it says you were deploying an image and that error is thrown? If so schedule a deploy image task and record the mac address of the host you are going to deploy to. Take that mac address and replace the 00:00:00:00:00:00 mac address in the url with the mac address of the target system you were deploying to. Lets look at that ipxe menu.

[Chris Whiteley]

@george1421 I will clarify…This only happens from the fog menu if I choose “Deploy Image”. It won’t do it if I kick a task off from the web, or choose the image now option from the “Full Host Reg”. Does that change where you want to go with this?

[george1421]

@Chris-Whiteley Ah I missed the Deploy Image from the iPXE menu.

Here is a different url to call: http://<ipaddress>/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac0=00:00:00:00:00:00&arch=x86_64&username=fog&password=password&qihost=1

Update the ipaddress and the username and password that is appropriate for your installation.

[Chris Whiteley]

@george1421

#!ipxe
set fog-ip <ipaddress>
set fog-webroot fog
set boot-url http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}
echo Invalid login!
clear username
clear password
sleep 3
cpuid --ext 29 && set arch x86_64 || set arch i386
params
param mac0 ${net0/mac}
param arch ${arch}
param platform ${platform}
param menuAccess 1
param debug
isset ${net1/mac} && param mac1 ${net1/mac} || goto bootme
isset ${net2/mac} && param mac2 ${net2/mac} || goto bootme
:bootme
chain -ar http://<ipaddress>/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php##params```

[george1421]

@Chris-Whiteley That one is saying the user id and password in the url I provided are incorrect. You need to update those with the user ID and Password that works for imaging on your FOG server. I entered the FOG defaults of fog and password.

[Chris Whiteley]

#!ipxe
set fog-ip <ip address>
set fog-webroot fog
set boot-url http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}
goto MENU
:MENU
menu
item Windows101809b - Windows 10 1809 (208)
item -Windows101809-Office2013 - Windows 10 1809 - Office 2013 (209)
item return Return to menu
choose --default Windows101809b --timeout 10000 target && goto ${target}
:Windows101809b
set imageID 208
params
param mac0 ${net0/mac}
param arch ${arch}
param imageID ${imageID}
param qihost 1
param username ${username}
param password ${password}
isset ${net1/mac} && param mac1 ${net1/mac} || goto bootme
isset ${net2/mac} && param mac2 ${net2/mac} || goto bootme
:-Windows101809-Office2013
set imageID 209
params
param mac0 ${net0/mac}
param arch ${arch}
param imageID ${imageID}
param qihost 1
param username ${username}
param password ${password}
isset ${net1/mac} && param mac1 ${net1/mac} || goto bootme
isset ${net2/mac} && param mac2 ${net2/mac} || goto bootme
:return
params
param mac0 ${net0/mac}
param arch ${arch}
isset ${net1/mac} && param mac1 ${net1/mac} || goto bootme
isset ${net2/mac} && param mac2 ${net2/mac} || goto bootme
:bootme
chain -ar http://<ip address>/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php##params
goto MENU

[george1421]

@Chris-Whiteley said in Issue with the "Deploy Image" option:

item Windows101809b - Windows 10 1809 (208)
item -Windows101809-Office2013 - Windows 10 1809 - Office 2013 (209)

I suspect these. Remove the dashes from the image names and see what happens.

More precisely its probably this image name :-Windows101809-Office2013

[Chris Whiteley]

@george1421 You are the man! That was it! I made the changes and the menu came up. It was the - before the Windows 10 1809 - Office 2013 image