I can't boot up Parted-Magic 2023.08.22

[Dietrich07]

Good afternoon, decided to update parted magic image, previously it worked fine with parameters:

kernel http://${fog-ip}/pmagic/pmagic/bzImage initrd=initrd.img initrd=fu.img initrd=m.img initrd=files.cgz edd=on vga=normal
initrd http://${fog-ip}/pmagic/pmagic/initrd.img
initrd http://${fog-ip}/pmagic/pmagic/fu.img
initrd http://${fog-ip}/pmagic/pmagic/m.img
initrd http://${fog-ip}/pmagic/pmagic/files.cgz
boot

Followed the same instructions to get files.cgz https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Include_any_ISO_in_the_FOG_Bootmenu#PartedMagic

Copied all the necessary files. But I get an error when booting.

I hope for your help.

[george1421]

@Dietrich07 The link you posted is from an old install so there may be changes to the application in the last 7 years.

Looking at your ipxe menu parameters and comparing it against the wiki I see some differences.

kernel http://${fog-ip}/pmagic/bzImage64
initrd http://${fog-ip}/pmagic/initrd.img
initrd http://${fog-ip}/pmagic/files.cgz
initrd http://${fog-ip}/pmagic/fu.img
initrd http://${fog-ip}/pmagic/m64.img
imgargs bzImage64 boot=live ip=dhcp edd=on noapic load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 rw vga=normal sleep=0 loglevel=0 keymap=us splash quiet - || read void
boot 

FWIW you are missing the imgargs and the kernel name is different. You DO need the imagargs line but I would also change the imgargs line to include the initrd file (what the kernel appears to be complaining about)

Lets see how well this parameter block works.

kernel http://${fog-ip}/pmagic/pmagic/bzImage
initrd http://${fog-ip}/pmagic/pmagic/initrd.img
imgfetch http://${fog-ip}/pmagic/pmagic/fu.img
imgfetch http://${fog-ip}/pmagic/pmagic/m.img
imgfetch http://${fog-ip}/pmagic/pmagic/files.cgz
imgargs bzImage64 initrd=initrd.img boot=live ip=dhcp edd=on noapic load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 rw vga=normal sleep=0 loglevel=0 keymap=us splash quiet
boot

NOTE: imgfetch and initrd perform the same function, using it as I’ve done above makes the intent a bit easier to understand. The function is exactly the same though.

[Dietrich07]

@george1421
Thanks for the quick reply, found the cause. I tested running on a vmware virtual computer. There is a constant error there. On the physical computer there are no problems, booting goes as it should.

[renewedharry]

@Dietrich07 Hey, would you mind sharing the full parameters you used, or did you stick with the ones in your original post?

I’m on Parted-Magic 2023.05.21 but am facing an issue, I can get it to boot through FOG, but them I am hit with “Mounting the fu.sqfs failed.”. Did you run in to something like this?

[hwa]

@george1421 I’ve been trying to get Parted Magic 2024-02-06 to work but have not been able to, even with the above updates. One thing to note: in the imgargs line, bzImage64 doesn’t exist. When I take the ‘64’ off, I get:

EFI stub: ERROR: Failed to load initrd: 08000000000000009
EFI stub: ERROR: efi_main() failed!
Could not boot: Error 0x7f048289

Have tried a few variations of the arguments as well but no luck there.

[george1421]

@hwa I’m not a parted magic user or have knowledge of. But can you point me to the iso you are using? I probably can convert a grub or syslinux config file into iPXE format.

[hwa]

@george1421 I can’t point you to the ISO, only to their website to purchase a copy (Parted Magic Store), but I’ve grabbed 3 different cfgs and attached them. From what I see it appears that the iPXE format used is fine. And maybe this is not an iPXE issue anyway.

  kernel ${win_base_url}/pm/bzImage
  initrd ${win_base_url}/pm/initrd.img
imgfetch ${win_base_url}/pm/fu.img
imgfetch ${win_base_url}/pm/m.img
imgfetch ${win_base_url}/pm/files.cgz
imgargs bzImage initrd=initrd.img initrd=fu.img initrd=m.img initrd=files.cgz edd=on vga=normal
boot

The above seems to line-up fine with what I see in other cfgs.

kernel ${win_base_url}/pmagic/bzImage initrd=initrd.img initrd=fu.img initrd=m.img edd=on vga=normal netsrc=wget neturl="${win_base_url}/pmagic/pmodules/" netargs="-U pmagicboot"
initrd ${win_base_url}/pmagic/initrd.img
initrd ${win_base_url}/pmagic/fu.img
initrd ${win_base_url}/pmagic/m.img
boot

The code above loads the init stuff, but does say “/proc/cmdline: line 1: bzImage: command not found” but it does start to download the SQFS. However, that download fails around 76% with another error. Downloaded it in a browser to make sure my webserver isn’t wonky, and it compares without issue to the original in the ISO. Also, the ISO boots fine…
grubcfg.txt
sample_pxelinuxcfg.txt
syslinuxcfg.txt