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    • Tom ElliottT
      Tom Elliott
      last edited by

      I’ve now added the ability to add “individual” password login settings to menu items
      My current menu that is tested and working, although very minimal, is:
      [code]isset ${userID} && goto do_me || goto MENU
      :do_me
      kernel bzImage root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 ip=dhcp dns=10.10.10.1 web=10.10.10.118/fog/ consoleblank=0 loglevel=4 type=down img=win7actsysprep ftp=10.10.10.118 imgType=n osid=7 storage=10.10.10.118:/images capone=1 imgFormat=0
      imgfetch init.xz && boot || goto MENU
      :MENU
      menu
      item --gap Please Select one of the images below
      item fog.local Boot from hard disk
      item d101_64 D101 Base Image (64 bit load)
      item return Return to main menu
      choose --default fog.local target && goto ${target}
      :fog.local
      sanboot --no-describe --drive 0x80 || goto MENU
      :d101_64
      chain -ar ${boot-url}/service/ipxe/advanced.php?login=1 || goto MENU
      :return
      chain http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=${net0/mac} || goto MENU
      autoboot[/code]

      Notice the :d101_64 how it has the chain -ar ${boot-url}/service/ipxe/advanced.php?login=1 || goto MENU ?That’s all that’s needed to have a “login” for your menu item. Notice the top where it says :do_me? This is important to note that it’s ABOVE the menu generation part of the advanced menu setup.

      As I stated, this is very basic, but a method to :sort: the different functions could be:
      [code]isset ${userID} && iseq ${bootnum} 1 && goto do_me ||
      isset ${userID} && iseq ${butnum} 2 && goto do_me2 ||
      goto MENU
      :do_me
      kernel bzImage root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 ip=dhcp dns=10.10.10.1 web=10.10.10.118/fog/ consoleblank=0 loglevel=4 type=down img=win7actsysprep ftp=10.10.10.118 imgType=n osid=7 storage=10.10.10.118:/images capone=1 imgFormat=0
      imgfetch init.xz && boot || goto MENU
      :do_me2
      kernel bzImage root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 ip=dhcp dns=10.10.10.1 web=10.10.10.118/fog/ consoleblank=0 loglevel=4 type=down img=blahblah ftp=10.10.10.118 imgType=n osid=7 storage=10.10.10.118:/images capone=1 imgFormat=0
      imgfetch init.xz && boot || goto MENU
      :MENU
      menu
      item --gap Please Select one of the images below
      item fog.local Boot from hard disk
      item d101_64 D101 Base Image (64 bit load)
      item return Return to main menu
      choose --default fog.local target && goto ${target}
      :fog.local
      sanboot --no-describe --drive 0x80 || goto MENU
      :d101_64
      set bootnum 1
      chain -ar ${boot-url}/service/ipxe/advanced.php?login=1 || goto MENU
      :d102_64
      set bootnum 2
      chain -ar ${boot-url}/service/ipxe/advanced.php?login=1 || goto MENU
      :return
      chain http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=${net0/mac} || goto MENU
      autoboot[/code]

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        TheFunk
        last edited by

        What’s the difference between Aru’s method of booting (sanboot) and Junkhacker’s method (initrd and chain memdisk) when it comes to booting a Windows iso? I have an image of my Windows 7 installer disk, and was wondering.

        Edit: I done goofed.

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        • J
          Jose Antonio Sanchez
          last edited by

          [quote=“madskillz23, post: 28476, member: 8206”]Awesome, that got me most of the way there. Now its just messing around with kernel arguments for the two Ubuntu distros. But, I did get Xubuntu 13.04 working with the following code in case anyone else finds it useful:

          [CODE]:Xubuntu 13.04
          kernel ${boot_url}/xubuntu/casper/vmlinuz root=/dev/nfs/ boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/images/xubuntu/
          initrd http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/fog/service/ipxe/xubuntu/casper/initrd.lz
          boot
          [/CODE]

          Thanks for all the help![/quote]

          madskillz23,

          Did you get Ubuntu 14.04 to boot??

          I extracted all the files from the ISO and put them into /images/ubuntu14041/ and it tries to boot but I get the “(initramfs) Unable to find a live file system on the network” message…

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            madskillz23
            last edited by

            [quote=“Jose Antonio Sanchez, post: 35731, member: 25349”]madskillz23,

            Did you get Ubuntu 14.04 to boot??

            I extracted all the files from the ISO and put them into /images/ubuntu14041/ and it tries to boot but I get the “(initramfs) Unable to find a live file system on the network” message…[/quote]

            I am pretty sure these work. Let me know if they don’t though and I should be able to find the backup copy of the arguments.
            [CODE]:Xubuntu14
            kernel ${boot_url}/xubuntu14.04/casper/vmlinuz.efi root=/dev/nfs/ boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=${boot_nfs}/xubuntu14.04/
            initrd ${boot_url}/xubuntu14.04/casper/initrd.lz
            boot

            :Ubuntu14
            kernel ${boot_url}/ubuntu14.04/vmlinuz.efi vga=normal boot=casper netboot=nfs fetch:${boot_url}/ubuntu/casper/filesystem.squashfs nfsroot=${boot_nfs}/ubuntu14.04/
            initrd ${boot_url}/ubuntu14.04/initrd.lz
            #imgargs
            boot[/CODE]

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            • J
              Jose Antonio Sanchez
              last edited by

              [quote=“madskillz23, post: 35733, member: 8206”]I am pretty sure these work. Let me know if they don’t though and I should be able to find the backup copy of the arguments.
              [CODE]:Xubuntu14
              kernel ${boot_url}/xubuntu14.04/casper/vmlinuz.efi root=/dev/nfs/ boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=${boot_nfs}/xubuntu14.04/
              initrd ${boot_url}/xubuntu14.04/casper/initrd.lz
              boot

              :Ubuntu14
              kernel ${boot_url}/ubuntu14.04/vmlinuz.efi vga=normal boot=casper netboot=nfs fetch:${boot_url}/ubuntu/casper/filesystem.squashfs nfsroot=${boot_nfs}/ubuntu14.04/
              initrd ${boot_url}/ubuntu14.04/initrd.lz
              #imgargs
              boot[/CODE][/quote]

              how is ${boot_nfs} built???

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              • M
                madskillz23
                last edited by

                set boot_url [url]http://${fog-ip}/fog/service/ipxe[/url]
                set boot_nfs 128.104.71.88:/images

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                • J
                  Jose Antonio Sanchez
                  last edited by

                  [quote=“madskillz23, post: 35736, member: 8206”]set boot_url [url]http://${fog-ip}/fog/service/ipxe[/url]
                  set boot_nfs 128.104.71.88:/images[/quote]

                  /images as in the same as where the computer images get stored and therefore that’s where my /ubuntu folder should be at

                  OR

                  /images as in /var/www/fog/service/ipxe/images/ubuntu

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                    madskillz23
                    last edited by

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                      Jose Antonio Sanchez
                      last edited by

                      Actually, here is my menu… any help appreciated…

                      I extracted all files from the Ubuntu 14.04.1 i386 to /var/www/fog/service/ipxe/images/ubuntu14041

                      set boot-url [url]http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe[/url]
                      set boot-nfs ${fog-ip}:/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe
                      :MENU
                      menu
                      item --gap – Boot Menu Advanced
                      item WinPE7 WinPE 7
                      item Ubuntu14 Ubuntu 14
                      item return return to previous menu
                      choose --default return --timeout 5000 target && goto ${target}

                      :WinPE7
                      sanboot ${boot-url}/iso/winpe7.iso
                      goto MENU

                      :Ubuntu14
                      kernel ${boot-url}/images/ubuntu14041/casper/vmlinuz root=/dev/nfs/ vga=normal boot=casper netboot=nfs fetch:${boot_url}/images/ubuntu14041/casper/filesystem.squashfs nfsroot=${boot-nfs}/images/ubuntu14041/
                      initrd ${boot-url}/images/ubuntu14041/casper/initrd.lz
                      boot
                      goto MENU

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                      • M
                        madskillz23
                        last edited by

                        [quote=“Jose Antonio Sanchez, post: 35737, member: 25349”]/images as in the same as where the computer images get stored and therefore that’s where my /ubuntu folder should be at
                        [/quote]
                        That one.

                        /var… is boot_url and web directory
                        /images is where the rest of your images are stored. that should have a fully extracted ubuntu dvd in a directory there. i

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                        • J
                          Jose Antonio Sanchez
                          last edited by

                          [quote=“madskillz23, post: 35740, member: 8206”]That one.

                          /var… is boot_url and web directory
                          /images is where the rest of your images are stored. that should have a fully extracted ubuntu dvd in a directory there. i[/quote]

                          By this you mean the following?:

                          /var/www/fog/service/ipxe/images/ubuntu14041 <- this folder has only these three files: vmlinuz initrd.lz and filesystem.squashfs

                          /images/ubuntu14041 <- this has the entire contents of the ISO

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                          • J
                            Jose Antonio Sanchez
                            last edited by

                            Success!! Ubuntu 14.04.1 i386 Live boots off of iPXE!!!

                            Thanks to madskillz23

                            Here is a copy of my Advanced Boot Menu
                            Note: I have a copy of the CONTENTS of entire ISO of Ubuntu 14.04.1 i386 in both o these locations:

                            /images/ubuntu14041
                            and in
                            /var/www/fog/service/ipxe/images/ubuntu14041

                            ==================================
                            set boot-url [url]http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe[/url]
                            set boot-nfs ${fog-ip}:/images
                            :MENU
                            menu
                            item --gap – Boot Menu Title
                            item WinPE7 WinPE 7
                            item Ubuntu14 Ubuntu 14
                            item return return to previous menu
                            choose --default return --timeout 5000 target && goto ${target}

                            :WinPE7
                            sanboot ${boot-url}/iso/winpe7.iso
                            goto MENU

                            :Ubuntu14
                            kernel ${boot-url}/images/ubuntu14041/casper/vmlinuz root=/dev/nfs/ boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=${boot-nfs}/ubuntu14041/
                            initrd ${boot-url}/images/ubuntu14041/casper/initrd.lz
                            boot
                            goto MENU

                            EDIT: Ubuntu 14.04.1 boots but I have no network access no NIC detected???

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                            • J
                              Jose Antonio Sanchez
                              last edited by

                              Anyone got Kaspersky Rescue Disc 10 working on iPXE?

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                              • J
                                Jose Antonio Sanchez
                                last edited by

                                [quote=“Eli Kelly, post: 33173, member: 1152”]This is working pretty well for me. Much credit to others on this forum who came up with most of this…

                                [CODE]login && goto validate || goto return

                                :validate
                                iseq ${password} yourpasswordhere && goto MENU || goto return

                                :MENU
                                menu
                                item --gap – ---------------- iPXE boot menu ----------------
                                item ipxedemo ipxe online boot demo
                                item shell ipxe shell
                                item pe86 Generic WinPE x86
                                item lt86 MDT Lite Touch x86
                                item lt64 MDT Lite Touch x64
                                item ghost Ghost Boot
                                item dban Derek’s Boot and Nuke
                                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

                                :pe86
                                initrd http://${fog-ip}/ISO/pe86.iso
                                chain memdisk iso raw ||
                                goto MENU

                                :lt86
                                initrd http://${fog-ip}/ISO/lt86.iso
                                chain memdisk iso raw ||
                                goto MENU

                                :lt64
                                initrd http://${fog-ip}/ISO/lt64.iso
                                chain memdisk iso raw ||
                                goto MENU

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

                                :dban
                                initrd http://${fog-ip}/ISO/dban.iso
                                chain memdisk iso raw ||
                                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
                                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][/quote]

                                Is there a way to display Link Speed? 10Mbit 100Mbit 1000Mbit??
                                Or is there a very light boot disk that can do it???

                                I looked over at the ipxe.org site and could not find anything on link/media speed…

                                Any ideas???

                                Having this info helps reduce the time figuring out which PC is the bad one when there is very slow multicast…

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                                  madskillz23
                                  last edited by

                                  [quote=“Jose Antonio Sanchez, post: 35934, member: 25349”]Is there a way to display Link Speed? 10Mbit 100Mbit 1000Mbit??
                                  Or is there a very light boot disk that can do it???

                                  I looked over at the ipxe.org site and could not find anything on link/media speed…

                                  Any ideas???

                                  Having this info helps reduce the time figuring out which PC is the bad one when there is very slow multicast…[/quote]

                                  I usually live boot ubuntu then test from speedtest.net.

                                  Also can break the group into smaller groups, then test multicast speed, determine which group is slower, repeat until you only have a few computers to test.

                                  I had to troubleshoot a lab of 60 computers and that’s how I did it. Not super elegant unfortunately.

                                  It might also be possible to boot into debug mode and run a few linux commands like ethtools to see link speeds.

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                                    Jose Antonio Sanchez
                                    last edited by

                                    [quote=“madskillz23, post: 35968, member: 8206”]I usually live boot ubuntu then test from speedtest.net.

                                    Also can break the group into smaller groups, then test multicast speed, determine which group is slower, repeat until you only have a few computers to test.

                                    I had to troubleshoot a lab of 60 computers and that’s how I did it. Not super elegant unfortunately.

                                    It might also be possible to boot into debug mode and run a few linux commands like ethtools to see link speeds.[/quote]

                                    I could not get Ubuntu to PXE boot with network access, it doesn’t see any network cards… Ubuntu Live takes a while to boot on a 100MB network too…

                                    The ethtools… I’ll give it a try…

                                    DebugMode does show the Link Speed as it boots:

                                    e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None

                                    I learned that you can Shift + PgUp to scroll back into the boot time messages…

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                                      madskillz23
                                      last edited by

                                      [quote=“Jose Antonio Sanchez, post: 35969, member: 25349”]I could not get Ubuntu to PXE boot with network access, it doesn’t see any network cards… Ubuntu Live takes a while to boot on a 100MB network too…

                                      The ethtools… I’ll give it a try…

                                      DebugMode does show the Link Speed as it boots:

                                      e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None

                                      I learned that you can Shift + PgUp to scroll back into the boot time messages…[/quote]

                                      Yeah ran into the same problem, here’s my solution on Ubuntu:
                                      sudo dhclient eth0

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                                      • G
                                        George
                                        last edited by

                                        Hi everyone

                                        Does anyone tried to boot hirens boot cd from network

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