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    • L
      Lukeskyscraper
      last edited by

      Hello,
      I’ve been using FOG 0.32 for awhile now, and have gotten accustomed to editing the default PXE menu, adding various bootable tools (Hirens, windows password editor, etc) as well as Windows and Linux installers. It has added alot of useful functionality for me to Fog. Now with 0.33b / iPXE, I am completely lost.

      Where is the default menu file? I see there are a few new things I have to learn, but I need to start with how to edit the default PXE menu.

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      • N
        need2 Moderator
        last edited by

        You can edit the PXE menu through the GUI Web interface, through ‘Fog Configuration’ -> ‘PXE Boot Menu’ -> Advanced Configuration Options’. You should be able to add anything you need to the Fog boot menu through there.

        As for the actual location of the file in 0.33 I’m no help there.

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        • Tom ElliottT
          Tom Elliott
          last edited by

          You should try to mess with the file that creates the iPXE stuff as it’s very picky about how it operates. However, need2 is correct in the best method.

          Also see this post on what to add.
          [url]http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/switching-to-gpxelinux.3995/page-2#post-26341[/url]

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          • J
            jbsclm Developer
            last edited by

            Further to what Tom says, as you have noticed ipxe has a completely different menu structure to pxelinux which 0.32 used.
            If you set anything in the fog settings->pxe boot menu->advanced configuration menu a new item (advanced) will appear at the bottom of the first level menu.
            What you have to do is make sure that what you put in the advanced configuration menu is a valid ipxe menu.

            The example from the above post is below, note that the code inserts #!ipxe as the first line.

            :MENU
            menu
            item example1 Boot to disk
            item example2 Iso Boot
            item example3 Example Text 3
            :example1
            sanboot --no-describe --drive 0x80 || goto MENU
            :example2
            kernel memdisk iso raw
            initrd win764.iso
            boot || goto MENU
            :example3
            kernel memdisk iso raw
            initrd win8-164.iso
            boot || goto MENU
            autoboot

            It is useful to point you browser at the following urls, you can then see what is returned as the menu.
            [url]http://<fog[/url] ip>/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php for the initial menu.
            [url]http://<fog[/url] ip>/fog/service/ipxe/advanced.php for the advanced.

            you need to make sure that the files you are trying to use, (initrd, win764 etc) , can be accessed via http,

            The example below is an adaptation of one I have used at work, I’ve not tested it in this form, but you would need to copy memdisk and the diags files to a fog/dell folder in the apache folder.
            Don’t forget to change the ip address below to that of your fog server.

            set fog-server 192.168.1.11
            set boot-url [url]http://${fog-server}/fog/[/url]

            FONT=Courier Newmenu Imaging and Diagnostics[/FONT]

            FONT=Courier Newitem dell1 Dell Diags - GX760 GX380 E5400 XT2 E4200[/FONT]
            FONT=Courier Newitem dell2 Dell Diags - D4x0 D600-D630 GX240-GX755 P370-T3400[/FONT]
            FONT=Courier Newitem dell3 Dell Diags - XT[/FONT]
            FONT=Courier Newitem dell4 Dell Diags - T1500[/FONT]
            FONT=Courier New#item foginfo FOG system info[/FONT]
            FONT=Courier New [/FONT]
            FONT=Courier New [/FONT]
            FONT=Courier Newitem shell shell[/FONT]
            FONT=Courier New [/FONT]
            FONT=Courier New [/FONT]
            FONT=Courier Newchoose fog-opt && goto ${fog-opt}[/FONT]
            FONT=Courier New [/FONT]

            FONT=Courier New [/FONT]
            FONT=Courier New:dell1[/FONT]
            FONT=Courier Newkernel ${boot-url}fog/dell/memdisk raw[/FONT]
            FONT=Courier Newinitrd ${boot-url}fog/dell/diags1.img [/FONT]
            FONT=Courier Newboot[/FONT]
            FONT=Courier New [/FONT]
            FONT=Courier New:dell2[/FONT]
            FONT=Courier Newkernel ${boot-url}fog/dell/memdisk raw[/FONT]
            FONT=Courier Newinitrd ${boot-url}fog/dell/diags2.img [/FONT]
            FONT=Courier Newboot[/FONT]
            FONT=Courier New [/FONT]
            FONT=Courier New:dell3[/FONT]
            FONT=Courier Newkernel ${boot-url}fog/dell/memdisk raw[/FONT]
            FONT=Courier Newinitrd ${boot-url}fog/dell/diags3.img [/FONT]
            FONT=Courier Newboot[/FONT]
            FONT=Courier New [/FONT]
            FONT=Courier New:dell4[/FONT]
            FONT=Courier Newkernel ${boot-url}fog/dell/memdisk raw[/FONT]
            FONT=Courier Newinitrd ${boot-url}fog/dell/diags4.img [/FONT]
            FONT=Courier Newboot[/FONT]
            FONT=Courier New [/FONT]
            FONT=Courier New [/FONT]
            FONT=Courier New:foginfo[/FONT]
            FONT=Courier Newkernel ${boot-url}fog/kernel/bzImage root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 ip=dhcp dns= keymap= web=${fog-server}/fog/ loglevel=4 consoleblank=0 mode=sysinfo[/FONT]
            FONT=Courier Newinitrd ${boot-url}fog/images/init.gz [/FONT]
            FONT=Courier Newboot[/FONT]
            FONT=Courier New [/FONT]
            FONT=Courier New:shell[/FONT]
            FONT=Courier Newshell[/FONT]

            Hope this helps

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            • Jaymes DriverJ
              Jaymes Driver Developer
              last edited by

              [quote=“jbsclm, post: 26417, member: 3158”]Further to what Tom says, as you have noticed ipxe has a completely different menu structure to pxelinux which 0.32 used.
              If you set anything in the fog settings->pxe boot menu->advanced configuration menu a new item (advanced) will appear at the bottom of the first level menu.
              What you have to do is make sure that what you put in the advanced configuration menu is a valid ipxe menu.

              The example from the above post is below, note that the code inserts #!ipxe as the first line.

              …[/quote]

              Very informative, I know this will be of use to me in the near future thank you!

              WARNING TO USERS: My comments are written completely devoid of emotion, do not mistake my concise to the point manner as a personal insult or attack.

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              • JunkhackerJ
                Junkhacker Developer
                last edited by

                i feel i should point out that yesterday Tom and I came up with an idea and added it to the advanced.php file.
                [CODE]print “set fog-ip “.$FOGCore->getSetting(‘FOG_WEB_HOST’).”\n”;
                print “set fog-webroot “.basename($FOGCore->getSetting(‘FOG_WEB_ROOT’)).”\n”;
                [/CODE]
                have been added so that you may use the ipxe variables “fog-ip” and “fog-webroot” for the creation of menus. here is a usable example that you should be able to paste into your advanced menu setting field without modification.
                [CODE]:MENU
                menu
                item --gap – ---------------- iPXE boot menu ----------------
                item ipxedemo ipxe online boot demo
                item shell ipxe shell
                item return return to previous menu
                choose --default return --timeout 5000 target && goto ${target}

                :ipxedemo
                chain http://boot.ipxe.org/demo/boot.php ||
                goto MENU

                :shell
                shell ||
                goto MENU

                :return
                chain http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=${net0/mac} ||
                prompt
                goto MENU

                autoboot[/CODE]

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                • JunkhackerJ
                  Junkhacker Developer
                  last edited by

                  here is an example of a menu for loading WinPE based ISO disks from a folder named ISO in the root of the web server
                  [CODE]:MENU
                  menu
                  item --gap – ---------------- iPXE boot menu ----------------
                  item WIN7PE64BIT Boot Windows 7 64 bit iso
                  item WIN7PE32BIT Boot Windows 7 32 bit iso
                  item shell ipxe shell
                  item return return to previous menu
                  choose --default WIN7PE64BIT --timeout 5000 target && goto ${target}

                  :WIN7PE64BIT
                  initrd http://${fog-ip}/ISO/Win7PE_x64.ISO
                  chain memdisk iso raw ||
                  goto MENU

                  :WIN7PE32BIT
                  initrd http://${fog-ip}/ISO/Win7PE_x86.ISO
                  chain memdisk iso raw ||
                  goto MENU

                  :ipxedemo
                  chain http://boot.ipxe.org/demo/boot.php ||
                  goto MENU

                  :shell
                  shell ||
                  goto MENU

                  :return
                  chain http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=${net0/mac} ||
                  prompt
                  goto MENU

                  autoboot[/CODE]

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                  • N
                    need2 Moderator
                    last edited by

                    My only regret is that I can only give a post one ‘like’.

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                    • JunkhackerJ
                      Junkhacker Developer
                      last edited by

                      a bunch of people liked those, so i’ll give you one more just to show more with ipxe

                      [CODE]
                      :MENU
                      menu
                      item --gap – ---------------- iPXE boot menu ----------------
                      item ipxedemo ipxe online boot demo
                      item shell ipxe shell
                      item return return to previous menu
                      item hostinfo details about this computer
                      choose --default return --timeout 5000 target && goto ${target}

                      :ipxedemo
                      chain http://boot.ipxe.org/demo/boot.php ||
                      goto MENU

                      :shell
                      shell ||
                      goto MENU

                      :return
                      chain http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=${net0/mac} ||
                      prompt
                      goto MENU

                      :hostinfo
                      echo This computer : ||
                      echo MAC address…${net0/mac} ||
                      echo IP address…${ip} ||
                      echo Netmask…${netmask} ||
                      echo Serial…${serial} ||
                      echo Asset number…${asset} ||
                      echo Manufacturer…${manufacturer} ||
                      echo Product…${product} ||
                      echo BIOS platform…${platform} ||
                      echo ||
                      echo press any key to return to Menu ||
                      prompt
                      goto MENU

                      autoboot
                      [/CODE]

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                      • D
                        d31b0y
                        last edited by

                        Could someone do an entry for GParted? The [URL=‘http://www.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Include_GParted’]Include Gparted[/URL] wiki page is out of date now and I can’t get the ISO to boot properly using the methods above.
                        I get as far as the GParted grub menu but once I try to boot to gparted, I get pages of
                        [CODE]modprobe: module unknown not found in modules.dep[/CODE]
                        followed by a blackscreen.

                        iPXE menu entry below
                        [CODE]:gparted
                        initrd http://${fog-ip}/ISO/gparted-live-0.18.0-2-i486.iso
                        chain memdisk iso raw ||
                        goto MENU[/CODE]

                        I found this which appears to be the same issue (a memdisk issue) but I am not sure how to implement the fix.
                        [url]http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=16884[/url]

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                        • D
                          d31b0y
                          last edited by

                          UPDATE; I got it working.
                          I copied vmlinuz, initrd.img and filesystem.squashfs from gparted into /var/www/fog/gparted/
                          and then updated my iPXE menu as follows:

                          kernel http://${fog-ip}/fog/gparted/vmlinuz
                          initrd http://${fog-ip}/fog/gparted/initrd.img
                          imgargs vmlinuz boot=live config union=aufs noswap noprompt vga=788 fetch=http://${fog-ip}/fog/gparted/filesystem.squashfs
                          boot[/CODE]

                          All tested and working now.

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                          • aruhunoA
                            aruhuno
                            last edited by

                            Hi!
                            To contribute a little, here is my advanced menu:
                            [CODE]# Chemin de boot de FOG
                            set boot_url http://${fog-ip}/fog_boot/
                            set boot_nfs ${fog-ip}:/images/fog_boot/

                            Détection de l’architecture

                            isset ${arch} && goto skip_arch_detect ||
                            cpuid --ext 29 && set arch x86_64 || set arch i386
                            :skip_arch_detect

                            :MENU
                            menu
                            item --gap – --------------------- Outils ---------------------
                            item SystemRescueCD Lancer SystemRescueCD (${arch})
                            item --gap –
                            item Debian Installer Debian Stable
                            item WS2008R2 Installer Windows Server 2008R2
                            item WS2012R2 Installer Windows Server 2012R2
                            #item --gap –
                            #item lubuntu32 Lubuntu 14.04 LTS (32 bits)
                            item --gap –
                            item retour Retouner au menu principal
                            choose --default SystemRescueCD --timeout 10000 target && goto ${target}

                            :SystemRescueCD
                            initrd ${boot_url}sysrescuecd/initram.igz
                            kernel ${boot_url}sysrescuecd/rescue_${arch} scandelay=1 dostartx docache nfsboot=${boot_nfs}sysrescuecd/ setkmap=fr
                            boot
                            goto MENU

                            :Debian
                            #set dir ${dir}${menu}-installer/${arch_a}/
                            imgfree
                            kernel http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/amd64/linux priority=low ${desktop_param} – quiet ${params}
                            initrd http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/amd64/initrd.gz
                            boot

                            :WS2008R2
                            sanboot ${boot_url}discimg/WS2008R2.iso
                            goto MENU

                            :WS2012R2
                            sanboot ${boot_url}discimg/WS20128R2.iso
                            goto MENU

                            :precedent
                            chain http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=${net0/mac} ||
                            prompt
                            goto MENU

                            autoboot[/CODE]

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                            • D
                              domii666
                              last edited by

                              where must i copy the iso files?

                              Grezz

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                              • JunkhackerJ
                                Junkhacker Developer
                                last edited by

                                to whatever location you specified in the menu

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                                • D
                                  domii666
                                  last edited by

                                  okay. i saved the iso under var/www/fog/Win7AIO/WindowsAIO.iso. but it doesnt work.

                                  :MENU
                                  menu
                                  item --gap – ---------------- iPXE boot menu ----------------
                                  item WIN7PE64BIT Boot Windows 7 64 bit iso
                                  item WIN7PE32BIT Boot Windows 7 32 bit iso
                                  item shell ipxe shell
                                  item return return to previous menu
                                  choose --default WIN7PE64BIT --timeout 5000 target && goto ${target}

                                  :WIN7PE64BIT
                                  initrd var/www/fog/Win7AIO/WindowsAIO.iso
                                  chain memdisk iso raw ||
                                  goto MENU

                                  :WIN7PE32BIT
                                  initrd [url]http://${fog-ip}/ISO/Win7PE_x86.ISO[/url]
                                  chain memdisk iso raw ||
                                  goto MENU

                                  :ipxedemo
                                  chain [url]http://boot.ipxe.org/demo/boot.php[/url] ||
                                  goto MENU

                                  :shell
                                  shell ||
                                  goto MENU

                                  :return
                                  chain [url]http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=${net0/mac}[/url] ||
                                  prompt
                                  goto MENU

                                  autoboot

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                                  • D
                                    domii666
                                    last edited by

                                    pls help

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                                    • J
                                      jbsclm Developer
                                      last edited by

                                      The client doesn’t understand paths on the fog server, only http paths.

                                      :WIN7PE64BIT
                                      initrd var/www/fog/Win7AIO/WindowsAIO.iso
                                      chain memdisk iso raw ||
                                      goto MENU

                                      Needs to be

                                      :WIN7PE64BIT
                                      initrd [URL=‘http://$%7Bfog-ip%7D/$%7Bfog-webroot%7D/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=$%7Bnet0/mac%7D’]http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}[/URL]/Win7AIO/WindowsAIO.iso
                                      chain memdisk iso raw ||
                                      goto MENU

                                      OR

                                      :WIN7PE64BIT
                                      initrd [URL=‘http://$%7Bfog-ip%7D/$%7Bfog-webroot%7D/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=$%7Bnet0/mac%7D’]http://${fog-ip}/fog[/URL]/Win7AIO/WindowsAIO.iso
                                      chain memdisk iso raw ||
                                      goto MENU

                                      Both should tell the client to look in the same place, although the first form is preferable.

                                      If this fails check your apache log, it will tell you where i is looking for the iso.

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                                      • D
                                        domii666
                                        last edited by

                                        okay thx, where i find the apache log?

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                                        • J
                                          jbsclm Developer
                                          last edited by

                                          The log location is os dependent,

                                          Debian based Location (normally)
                                          /var/log/apache2
                                          Redhat based Location (normally)
                                          /var/log/httpd

                                          there are 2 logs, access.log and error.log.

                                          The messages you need will probably be in the access log, search for WindowsAIO.iso starting at the end, you should see a status 404, which says not found
                                          You can test by typing the following in to your browser

                                          [URL=‘http://$%7Bfog-ip%7D/$%7Bfog-webroot%7D/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=$%7Bnet0/mac%7D’]http://<fog_ip_address>/fog[/URL]/Win7AIO/WindowsAIO.iso
                                          replacing <fog_ip_address> with your fog server ip.

                                          eg
                                          [URL=‘http://$%7Bfog-ip%7D/$%7Bfog-webroot%7D/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=$%7Bnet0/mac%7D’]http://192.168.3.11/fog[/URL]/Win7AIO/WindowsAIO.iso

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                                            domii666
                                            last edited by

                                            my fog ip is 192.168.2.100

                                            is this correct? [URL=‘http://%24%7Bfog-ip%7D/$%7Bfog-webroot%7D/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=$%7Bnet0/mac%7D’]http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}[/URL]/Win7AIO/WindowsAIO.iso

                                            or [URL=‘http://%24%7Bfog-ip%7D/$%7Bfog-webroot%7D/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=$%7Bnet0/mac%7D’]http://${192.168.2.100}/${fog-webroot}[/URL]/Win7AIO/WindowsAIO.iso

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