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    • JunkhackerJ
      Junkhacker Developer
      last edited by

      let’s try this again
      [CODE]
      set boot-url http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}
      :MENU
      menu
      item --gap – City of Lewiston - Imaging and Diagnostics
      item VMware VMware - Live
      item DellDiag Dell Diagnostics
      item hostinfo Host Informaton (Your Machine Info)
      choose target && goto ${target}

      :VMware
      initrd ${boot-url}/service/ipxe/VMware/TinyCORE.iso
      chain memdisk iso raw ||
      echo failed to boot
      prompt
      goto MENU

      :DellDiag
      initrd ${boot-url}/service/ipxe/DellDiagnostics/DellDiag-7.iso
      chain memdisk iso raw ||
      echo failed to boot
      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
      [/CODE]

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        Danny Santiago
        last edited by

        It Worked! Your Awesome.

        [CODE]set boot-url http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}
        :start-http
        menu City of Lewiston - Imaging and Diagnostics

        item VMware VMware - Live
        item DellDiag Dell Diagnostics
        item hostinfo Host Informaton (Your Machine Info)
        choose target && goto ${target}

        :VMware
        initrd ${boot-url}/ISO/VMware/TinyCORE.iso
        chain memdisk iso raw ||
        echo failed to boot
        prompt
        goto MENU

        :DellDiag
        initrd ${boot-url}/ISO/DellDiagnostics/DellDiag-7.iso
        chain memdisk iso raw ||
        echo failed to boot
        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
        MENU[/CODE]

        This worked nicely! I had to change the last MENU prompt from your code. For some reason it would through up a bunch of “stuff” (for lack of my current knowledge or caring as to what it was talking about) and would restart. Once I changed it the screen would refresh after the prompt to the menu. Before after the prompt it would do the restart thing.

        I also changed the main folder for the ISO images to one I noticed you used from your other posts. Made more sense and was easier. I wonder what memdisk file it is pulling up with the chain command compared to the original one where I specified the path.

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          Danny Santiago
          last edited by

          Well I spoke to soon-ish. I can get TinyCore to boot but the GUI for it never loads it just boots into a terminal. on the same note the other items I have set to boot which all have the same settings just flash the menu screen back up. They don’t want to actually boot. 😕 bummer.

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          • JunkhackerJ
            Junkhacker Developer
            last edited by

            well, now that you have a basic idea how the ipxe menu system works, i suggest going over to ipxe.org to get more information about your specific boot needs

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              Andy Morris
              last edited by

              I have the same issue with the Advanced Menu. If i choose the Advanced Menu it just flashes, the screen turns blue and has the default menu back on the screen. I had this working in version 1.0.1 and had to update to the latest 1.1.0 trunk to get my snapins to work. Not sure where to go from here. Any ideas?

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                Andy Morris
                last edited by

                here is my code…

                :MENU
                menu
                item --gap – ---------------- iPXE boot menu ----------------
                item WIN7PE64BIT Win7 64bit Recovery Console
                item WIN7PE32BIT Win7 32bit Recovery Console
                item BOOTCD Hirens BootCD
                item shell ipxe shell
                item return return to previous menu
                choose --default WIN7PE64BIT --timeout 5000 target && goto ${target}

                :WIN7PE64BIT
                initrd [url]http://${boot-url}/MenuItems/Win7-64bit/7rd64.iso[/url]
                chain [url]http://${boot-url}/MenuItems/Win7-64bit/memdisk[/url] iso raw
                goto MENU

                :WIN7PE32BIT
                initrd [url]http://${boot-url}/MenuItems/Win7-32bit/7rd32.iso[/url]
                chain memdisk iso raw ||
                goto MENU

                :BOOTCD
                initrd [url]http://${boot-url}/MenuItems/bootcd/bootcd14.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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                • Tom ElliottT
                  Tom Elliott
                  last edited by

                  the ${boot-url} parameter already sets the http part of the url. So try this below:

                  menu
                  item --gap – ---------------- iPXE boot menu ----------------
                  item WIN7PE64BIT Win7 64bit Recovery Console
                  item WIN7PE32BIT Win7 32bit Recovery Console
                  item BOOTCD Hirens BootCD
                  item shell ipxe shell
                  item return return to previous menu
                  choose --default WIN7PE64BIT --timeout 5000 target && goto ${target}

                  :WIN7PE64BIT
                  initrd ${boot-url}/MenuItems/Win7-64bit/7rd64.iso
                  chain ${boot-url}/MenuItems/Win7-64bit/memdisk iso raw
                  goto MENU

                  :WIN7PE32BIT
                  initrd ${boot-url}/MenuItems/Win7-32bit/7rd32.iso
                  chain memdisk iso raw ||
                  goto MENU

                  :BOOTCD
                  initrd ${boot-url}/MenuItems/bootcd/bootcd14.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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                  • Tom ElliottT
                    Tom Elliott
                    last edited by

                    Ahhhh,

                    Yeah, it fails loading the console picture.

                    This is now fixed in SVN. Please update and sorry about that.

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                    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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                      Andy Morris
                      last edited by

                      That worked!!! Thanks a ton!

                      Andy

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                        Andy Morris
                        last edited by

                        Is there anyway to add the password option to these advanced items like in version .32?

                        Thanks,
                        Andy Morris

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                        • Tom ElliottT
                          Tom Elliott
                          last edited by

                          Yes, and no.

                          The password “options” are no longer using md5pass as they once where.

                          The easiest method would be to add login prompts.

                          I don’t know much more about all the details you’d need though.

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                            Andy Morris
                            last edited by

                            Just wanted to protect the items like it did in .32. I will take a look.
                            Thanks,

                            Andy

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                              Andy Morris
                              last edited by

                              That works!! Thanks again.

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                                Eli Kelly
                                last edited by

                                I’m still experiencing Advanced Menu selection issue mentioned by Danny and Andy. Screen flickers and default menu appears with blue background.

                                Tested with svn 1783 and 1799

                                I will update the subversion again now to see if there is any difference.

                                I’ve been using Junkhackers sample code from [URL=‘http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/fog-0-33b-edit-pxe-menu.10403/#post-26419’]this post[/URL]

                                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 [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[/FONT]

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                                • JunkhackerJ
                                  Junkhacker Developer
                                  last edited by

                                  check for typo’s and/or hidden symbols from copying and pasting. ipxe is very picky
                                  [url]http://www.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Advanced_Boot_Menu_Configuration_options[/url]

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                                    Eli Kelly
                                    last edited by

                                    Hmm… I’ve tried clearing the field and retyping from scratch and still the same issue persists.

                                    I also tried just typing basic commands in the field:

                                    [CODE]echo hello world[/CODE]
                                    [CODE]shell[/CODE]

                                    I even tried to change the background to something obvious…
                                    [CODE]cpair --foreground 3 --background 6 0[/CODE]

                                    No matter what I put in the Advance Menu Code field the result is still a blue background with the default menu list

                                    As expected if I leave the field blank the Advance Menu option is not listed on the default menu. Same result with svn 1801. Perhaps I will roll up my sleeves and dig into /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/advanced.php

                                    Appreciate any guidance.

                                    Thanks

                                    Eli

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                                    • Tom ElliottT
                                      Tom Elliott
                                      last edited by

                                      [quote=“Eli Kelly, post: 29865, member: 1152”]Hmm… I’ve tried clearing the field and retyping from scratch and still the same issue persists.

                                      I also tried just typing basic commands in the field:

                                      [CODE]echo hello world[/CODE]
                                      [CODE]shell[/CODE]

                                      I even tried to change the background to something obvious…
                                      [CODE]cpair --foreground 3 --background 6 0[/CODE]

                                      No matter what I put in the Advance Menu Code field the result is still a blue background with the default menu list

                                      As expected if I leave the field blank the Advance Menu option is not listed on the default menu. Same result with svn 1801. Perhaps I will roll up my sleeves and dig into /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/advanced.php

                                      Appreciate any guidance.

                                      Thanks

                                      Eli[/quote]

                                      I’d start here:
                                      [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]

                                      Remove the prompt because it doesn’t know how to interpret the prompt itself is what I’m guessing. Maybe you wanted:
                                      [code]
                                      :return
                                      chain http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=${net0/mac} || prompt && goto MENU
                                      [/code]

                                      The || and a new line just tells iPXE to if it fails, do nothing successfully, which it’s doing, but it doesn’t know how to pass back. It could also be the :MENU setting, but that shouldn’t matter too much.

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                                      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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                                        Eli Kelly
                                        last edited by

                                        My issue is fixed. I posted my update in the wrong thread. The full answer is here:
                                        [URL=‘http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/fog-0-33b-edit-pxe-menu.10403/page-2#post-30033’]http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/fog-0-33b-edit-pxe-menu.10403/page-2#post-30029[/URL]

                                        Basically my advanced.php was out of date and wasn’t being updated in svn updates. Hard coding my server IP fixed advanced menus for me.

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                                          Elias Santiago
                                          last edited by

                                          What does the “Exit to Hard Drive Type” do/change?

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                                          • JunkhackerJ
                                            Junkhacker Developer
                                            last edited by

                                            it changes how ipxe attempts to exit and allow the computer to the hard drive. different bios may require different methods to boot properly

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