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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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                  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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