Solved Version 1.5.9 default directory for iso
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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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@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 -
@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.squashfsLets 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 -
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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@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 -
@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=00:00:00:00:00This 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. -
@george1421 ![alt text]
Im confused too. i attach an image!
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@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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@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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@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/liveon the fog serveryou can also use the linux command
file /tftpbboot/fog/gparted/live/vmlinuzto 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) -
@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.squashfsError
Could not select: Exec format error
im kinda lost. Most of the info online are for the older versions.
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@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.squashfsBut 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://10.0.0.2This 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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@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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@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.squashfsThe client gives me the following error:
fog/gparted/live/vmlinuz…ok
append command not foundAny tutorials or examples for 1.5.9 that work?
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@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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@george1421 I’m on centos 7
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@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
/tftpbootbut 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. -
@petec It depends on the FOG server’s linux os, but most are now in /tftpboot directory.
