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      petec last edited by

      Hello World 🙂
      New with FOG here and im trying to use it for pxe boot. I do find tutorials online for older versions mentioning that the images should go under root-tftpboot but on the new version the directories are different. so where do i upload iso’s for pxe in this version.

      thank you for your help in advance

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        petec @george1421 last edited by

        @george1421 You helped a bunch my friend

        i did some tweaking and now is works, here is the menu parameters for latest gparted:

        kernel tftp://${fog-ip}/fog/gparted/live/vmlinuz
        initrd tftp://${fog-ip}/fog/gparted/live/initrd.img
        imgargs vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img boot=live config components union=overlay username=user noswap noeject vga=788 fetch=http://10.0.0.2/fog/filesystem.squashfs
        boot || goto MENU

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        • george1421
          george1421 Moderator @petec last edited by george1421

          @petec OK here is the part of the menu that seems to be causing the problem.

          kernel /fog/gparted/live/vmlinuz
          initrd /fog/gparted/live/initrd.img
          imgargs vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img boot=live union=aufs noswap noprompt vga=788 fetch=http://10.0.0.2/fog/filesystem.squashfs
          

          Lets change the parameter block to look like this

          kernel tftp://${fog-ip}/fog/gparted/live/vmlinuz
          initrd tftp://${fog-ip}/fog/gparted/live/initrd.img
          imgargs vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img boot=live union=aufs noswap noprompt vga=788 fetch=http://10.0.0.2/fog/filesystem.squashfs
          boot || goto MENU
          

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            petec @george1421 last edited by

            @george1421

            Keep in mind that the photo is EFI, if i do Legacy is downloads it and then comes to the same error

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              petec @george1421 last edited by george1421

              @george1421 Thanks for helping man

              Here is the file output:

              #!ipxe
              set fog-ip 10.0.0.2
              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://10.0.0.2/fog/service/ipxe/bg.png --left 100 --right 80 && goto console_set || goto alt_console
              :MENU
              menu
              colour --rgb 0xff0000 0 ||
              cpair --foreground 1 1 ||
              cpair --foreground 0 3 ||
              cpair --foreground 4 4 ||
              item --gap Host is NOT registered!
              item --gap -- -------------------------------------
              item fog.local Boot from hard disk
              item fog.memtest Run Memtest86+
              item fog.reginput Perform Full Host Registration and Inventory
              item fog.reg Quick Registration and Inventory
              item fog.deployimage Deploy Image
              item fog.multijoin Join Multicast Session
              item fog.sysinfo Client System Information (Compatibility)
              item g.parted Gparted
              item os.hiren Hiren
              item os.hiren2 Hiren2
              item bd.hiren Hiren
              item os.laze Lazesoft
              choose --default fog.local --timeout 3000 target && goto ${target}
              :fog.local
              sanboot --no-describe --drive 0x80 || goto MENU
              :fog.memtest
              kernel memdisk initrd=memtest.bin iso raw
              initrd memtest.bin
              boot || goto MENU
              :fog.reginput
              kernel bzImage32 loglevel=7 initrd=init_32.xz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=275000 web=http://10.0.0.2/fog/ consoleblank=0 rootfstype=ext4 storage=10.0.0.2:/images/ storageip=10.0.0.2 nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=0 loglevel=7 mode=manreg
              imgfetch init_32.xz
              boot || goto MENU
              :fog.reg
              kernel bzImage32 loglevel=7 initrd=init_32.xz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=275000 web=http://10.0.0.2/fog/ consoleblank=0 rootfstype=ext4 storage=10.0.0.2:/images/ storageip=10.0.0.2 nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=0 loglevel=7 mode=autoreg
              imgfetch init_32.xz
              boot || goto MENU
              :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
              param sysuuid ${uuid}
              :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
              param sysuuid ${uuid}
              :fog.sysinfo
              kernel bzImage32 loglevel=7 initrd=init_32.xz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=275000 web=http://10.0.0.2/fog/ consoleblank=0 rootfstype=ext4 storage=10.0.0.2:/images/ storageip=10.0.0.2 nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=0 loglevel=7 mode=sysinfo
              imgfetch init_32.xz
              boot || goto MENU
              :g.parted
              kernel /fog/gparted/live/vmlinuz
              initrd /fog/gparted/live/initrd.img
              imgargs vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img boot=live union=aufs noswap noprompt vga=788 fetch=http://10.0.0.2/fog/filesystem.squashfs
              param sysuuid ${uuid}
              :os.hiren
              initrd http://${fog-ip}/fog/iso/hbcd/hbcd.iso
              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 || goto MENU
              param sysuuid ${uuid}
              :os.hiren2
              kernel /fog/hbcd/live/vmlinuz
              initrd /fog/hbcd/live/initrd.img
              imgargs vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img boot=live union=aufs noswap noprompt vga=788 fetch=http://10.0.0.2/fog/filesystem.squashfs
              param sysuuid ${uuid}
              :bd.hiren
              initrd http://${fog-ip}/images/tools/hbcd/HBCD_PE_x64.iso
              chain memdisk iso raw ||
              boot || goto start
              param sysuuid ${uuid}
              :os.laze
              initrd http://${fog-ip}/fog/iso/laze/lsboot.iso
              chain memdisk iso raw
              param sysuuid ${uuid}
              :bootme
              chain -ar http://10.0.0.2/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php##params ||
              goto MENU
              autoboot
              
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              • george1421
                george1421 Moderator @petec last edited by

                @petec Your screen shot doesn’t show its downloading the initrd image before it tries to boot the kernel. That is strange. The kernel should boot without the initrd only so far, but it should boot.

                So the next bit is to help a bit more with debugging. In the web ui ->FOG Configuraiton -> FOG Settings menu. There should be a value for logging level. It may be 1 or 4, turn it up to 7. This will inform the linux kernel booting to send all log messages to the console. This should give us a bit more detail.

                The next bit is to use a windows web browser and browse to http://<fog_server_ip>/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=00:00:00:00:00 This will print out a bunch of text, copy and paste that text into a new post. That is the iPXE menu commands that builds the FOG iPXE menu. I want to look at the configuration for your menu. There has to be something off here.

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                  petec @george1421 last edited by

                  @george1421 ![alt text]

                  Im confused too. i attach an image!
                  20220222_151923.jpg

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                  • george1421
                    george1421 Moderator @petec last edited by

                    @petec You are seeing it transfer the kernel and the init? Do you have a screenshot of the error (clear picture taken with mobile phone)? If the path is right and the kernel is right, ipxe should at least try to boot it.

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                      petec @george1421 last edited by

                      @george1421 said in Version 1.5.9 default directory for iso:

                      file /tftpbboot/fog/gparted/live/vmlinuz

                      Its the right path,

                      [root@bootserver html]# file /tftpboot/fog/gparted/live/vmlinuz

                      /tftpboot/fog/gparted/live/vmlinuz: Linux kernel x86 boot executable bzImage, version 5.10.0-8-amd64 (debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) #1 SMP Debian 5, RO-rootFS, swap_dev 0x6, Normal VGA

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                      • george1421
                        george1421 Moderator @petec last edited by george1421

                        @petec That message “Exec format error” is because something is wrong with vmlinuz. Either its not in the right path, the file is corrupt, or something else was keeping it from starting up.

                        Confirm that your kernel is in
                        /tftpbboot/fog/gparted/live on the fog server

                        you can also use the linux command file /tftpbboot/fog/gparted/live/vmlinuz to read the kernel header.

                        Remember for the different protocols, they have different doc roots on the FOG server.

                        tftp: /tftoboot
                        nfs: /images
                        http: /var/www (for debian variants) /var/www/html (for rhel variants)

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                          petec @george1421 last edited by

                          @george1421 said in Version 1.5.9 default directory for iso:

                          /fog/filesystem.squashfs

                          so here is the current config, with all the paths checked.

                          kernel /fog/gparted/live/vmlinuz
                          initrd /fog/gparted/live/initrd.img
                          imgargs vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img boot=live union=aufs noswap noprompt vga=788 fetch=http://10.0.0.2/fog/filesystem.squashfs

                          Error

                          Could not select: Exec format error

                          im kinda lost. Most of the info online are for the older versions.

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                            george1421 Moderator @petec last edited by

                            @petec said in Version 1.5.9 default directory for iso:

                            kernel fog/gparted/live/vmlinuz
                            append initrd=fog/gparted/live/initrd.img boot=live union=aufs noswap noprompt vga=788 fetch=http://10.0.0.2/fog/filesystem.squashfs

                            But I can also tell you this is wrong too. I would rewrite it as

                            kernel /fog/gparted/live/vmlinuz
                            initrd fog/gparted/live/initrd.img
                            imgargs vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img boot=live union=aufs noswap noprompt vga=788 fetch=http://10.0.0.2
                            

                            This command might still give you some problems if you don’t have what its wanting to fetch in the right location.

                            You might want to review this post: https://forums.fogproject.org/post/140524 since it appears similar to your imgargs

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                              george1421 Moderator @petec last edited by

                              @petec said in Version 1.5.9 default directory for iso:

                              append initrd=fo

                              This is a syslinux command not iPXE. You want imgargs keyword for kernel parameters. https://ipxe.org/cmd/imgargs

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                                petec last edited by

                                @sebastian-roth said in Version 1.5.9 default directory for iso:

                                depends on how you wa

                                I think i figured out how the directories work. Now i upload and extract Gparted inside /tftpboot/gparted and i set these parameters according to a tutorial i found online:

                                kernel fog/gparted/live/vmlinuz
                                append initrd=fog/gparted/live/initrd.img boot=live union=aufs noswap noprompt vga=788 fetch=http://10.0.0.2/fog/filesystem.squashfs

                                The client gives me the following error:

                                fog/gparted/live/vmlinuz…ok
                                append command not found

                                Any tutorials or examples for 1.5.9 that work?

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                                  george1421 Moderator @petec last edited by

                                  @petec /tftpboot is the right directory then. But as Sebastian said, there are many methods of pxe booting once you get iPXE loaded into memory. The PXE Rom only supports tftp protocol, so iPXE will need to be transferred via tftp. Once iPXE is running then you can use other protocols like NFS and HTTP(S), which are much faster protocols than tftp.

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                                    petec @george1421 last edited by

                                    @george1421 I’m on centos 7

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                                      Sebastian Roth Moderator last edited by

                                      @petec I think the answer depends on how you want to PXE boot the stuff. If you want to use slow TFTP, then they go in /tftpboot but there are other options, like HTTP and if you are pretty keen you can even extract the ISO and make it PXE boot over NFS. So it all depends.

                                      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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                                        george1421 Moderator @petec last edited by

                                        @petec It depends on the FOG server’s linux os, but most are now in /tftpboot directory.

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