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    • C
      csurepair
      last edited by

      Hello all first time poster here,

      Ive been trying to boot Hirens live CD(or any iso for that matter) from the advanced ipxe menu(i.e. fog admin area). When booting a client the menu & iPXE shell appear correctly but when I select Hirens boot CD it brings me immediately back to the the main pxe menu. This is the code that I am using,

      menu
      item --gap – ---------------- iPXE boot menu ----------------
      item BOOTCD Hirens BOOTCD
      item shell ipxe shell
      choose target && goto ${target}

      :BOOTCD
      initrd ${192.168.1.130}/var/www/fog/service/ipxe/iso/Hirens152.iso
      chain memdisk iso raw ||
      echo failed to boot
      prompt
      goto MENU

      :shell
      shell ||
      goto MENU

      autoboot[/CODE]

      Any insight would be greatly appreciated thanks!

      Server specs:

      FOG version 1.1.1
      Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

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      • JunkhackerJ
        Junkhacker Developer
        last edited by

        the ${ } marks are for variables

        menu
        item --gap – ---------------- iPXE boot menu ----------------
        item BOOTCD Hirens BOOTCD
        item shell ipxe shell
        choose target && goto ${target}

        :BOOTCD
        initrd 192.168.1.130/var/www/fog/service/ipxe/iso/Hirens152.iso
        chain memdisk iso raw ||
        echo failed to boot
        prompt
        goto MENU

        :shell
        shell ||
        goto MENU

        autoboot[/CODE]

        or, if that is the IP of your fog server

        menu
        item --gap – ---------------- iPXE boot menu ----------------
        item BOOTCD Hirens BOOTCD
        item shell ipxe shell
        choose target && goto ${target}

        :BOOTCD
        initrd ${fog-ip}/var/www/fog/service/ipxe/iso/Hirens152.iso
        chain memdisk iso raw ||
        echo failed to boot
        prompt
        goto MENU

        :shell
        shell ||
        goto MENU

        autoboot[/CODE]

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        • C
          csurepair
          last edited by

          Hi Junkhacker,

          Thanks for the quick response! I just changed that around and unfortunately the boot menu is still acting the same way. I double checked all the permissions on the folder and everything seems fine. Does the .iso need to be mounted or is it correct to have the file just as a stand alone .iso inside that pxe “pointed” folder? Thanks again for taking the time.

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          • JunkhackerJ
            Junkhacker Developer
            last edited by

            have you verified that you get a download prompt if you put that iso link in a browser?
            everything after the IP is case sensitive

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            • JunkhackerJ
              Junkhacker Developer
              last edited by

              tom spotted something on your menu
              [FONT=Consolas]192.168.1.130/var/www/fog/service/ipxe/iso/Hirens152.iso[/FONT]
              is pretty unlikely to be a valid path
              [FONT=Consolas]/var/www/fog/service/ipxe/iso/Hirens152.iso[/FONT]
              is the file path, the web directory path is probably
              [FONT=Consolas]192.168.1.130/fog/service/ipxe/iso/Hirens152.iso[/FONT]

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              • C
                csurepair
                last edited by

                I actually noticed that mistake right after I posted the code. This is what I have now,
                [CODE]:MENU
                menu
                item --gap – ---------------- iPXE boot menu ----------------
                item BOOTCD Hirens BOOTCD
                item shell ipxe shell
                choose target && goto ${target}

                :BOOTCD
                initrd 192.168.1.130/fog/iso/Hirens152.iso
                chain memdisk iso raw ||
                echo failed to boot
                prompt
                goto MENU

                :shell
                shell ||
                goto MENU

                autoboot[/CODE]

                And the link resolves fine via a browser,

                [IMG]https://collinscustoms.info/public.php?service=files&t=179ccb1dc8da0d41cb951c602e37ea4e[/IMG]

                But it continues to immediately return to the previous main menu. It seems strange to me that it returns to the main menu so fast without throwing any sort of error or timeout message.

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                • Tom ElliottT
                  Tom Elliott
                  last edited by

                  [quote=“csurepair, post: 31243, member: 24772”]I actually noticed that mistake right after I posted the code. This is what I have now,
                  CODE:MENU
                  menu
                  item --gap – ---------------- iPXE boot menu ----------------
                  item BOOTCD Hirens BOOTCD
                  item shell ipxe shell
                  choose target && goto ${target}

                  :BOOTCD
                  initrd 192.168.1.130/fog/iso/Hirens152.iso
                  chain memdisk iso raw ||
                  echo failed to boot
                  prompt
                  goto MENU

                  :shell
                  shell ||
                  goto MENU

                  autoboot[/CODE]

                  And the link resolves fine via a browser,

                  [IMG]https://collinscustoms.info/public.php?service=files&t=179ccb1dc8da0d41cb951c602e37ea4e[/IMG]

                  But it continues to immediately return to the previous main menu. It seems strange to me that it returns to the main menu so fast without throwing any sort of error or timeout message.[/quote]

                  Is the ISO located in /var/www/fog/iso/Hirens152.iso or /var/www/fog/service/ipxe/iso/Hirens152.iso

                  menu
                  item --gap – ---------------- iPXE boot menu ----------------
                  item BOOTCD Hirens BOOTCD
                  item shell ipxe shell
                  choose target && goto ${target}

                  :BOOTCD
                  initrd http://${fog-ip}/fog/service/ipxe/iso/Hirens152.iso
                  chain memdisk iso raw ||
                  echo failed to boot
                  prompt
                  goto MENU

                  :shell
                  shell ||
                  goto MENU

                  autoboot[/code]

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                  • JunkhackerJ
                    Junkhacker Developer
                    last edited by

                    try this

                    menu
                    item --gap – ---------------- iPXE boot menu ----------------
                    item BOOTCD Hirens BOOTCD
                    item shell ipxe shell
                    choose target && goto ${target}

                    :BOOTCD
                    initrd 192.168.1.130/fog/iso/Hirens152.iso ||
                    echo failed to load iso if it stops here
                    prompt
                    chain memdisk iso raw ||
                    echo failed to chain memdisk if it stops here
                    prompt
                    boot ||
                    echo failed to boot here if it stops here
                    prompt
                    goto MENU

                    :shell
                    shell ||
                    goto MENU

                    autoboot[/CODE]

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                    • C
                      csurepair
                      last edited by

                      Wahoo!!

                      Shes up and running! Thank you both for the feedback, you guys deserve a beer! If your ever in Fort Collins, Colorado PM me haha.

                      So for everyone else my problem was totally due to syntax and directory location,

                      By changing CODE initrd ${fog-ip}/fog/iso/Hirens152.iso[/CODE] to CODE initrd http://${fog-ip}/fog/service/ipxe/iso/Hirens152.iso[/CODE] iPXE was able to fully resolve the path. This was only accomplished by making iPXE produce some sort of feedback via the below code(most graciously posted by Junkhacker),

                      menu
                      item --gap – ---------------- iPXE boot menu ----------------
                      item BOOTCD Hirens BOOTCD
                      item shell ipxe shell
                      choose target && goto ${target}

                      :BOOTCD
                      initrd 192.168.1.130/fog/iso/Hirens152.iso ||
                      echo failed to load iso if it stops here
                      prompt
                      chain memdisk iso raw ||
                      echo failed to chain memdisk if it stops here
                      prompt
                      boot ||
                      echo failed to boot here if it stops here
                      prompt
                      goto MENU

                      :shell
                      shell ||
                      goto MENU

                      autoboot[/CODE]

                      Thanks again guys!!

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                      • ?
                        A Former User
                        last edited by

                        Hi Guys!!

                        I was having this problem too, so i would like to explain about the memory needs for HIrens to open by iPXE.
                        My configuration was correctly, but my VirtualMachine does not load the Hiren’s boot image because of my Memory (512mb)

                        It’s important to check the computers memory before trying upload an ISO image.

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