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    • D
      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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                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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                • 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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                        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

                          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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