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    IPXE Advanced Menu or Memdisk Problem

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    • A
      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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          • A
            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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                • A
                  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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                    • E
                      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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                              • E
                                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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