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    • A
      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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              • A
                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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                    • A
                      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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