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    PXE Netboot Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Help

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    • J
      jbonilla
      last edited by

      Hello,

      I have been attempting to boot Ubuntu 14.04 from fog’s PXE server but have been having some difficulties.

      :UBUNTU
kernel http://${fog-ip}/fog/service/ipxe/ubuntu/vmlinuz.efi
initrd http://${fog-ip}/fog/service/ipxe/ubuntu/initrd.lz
imgargs vmlinuz.efi boot=casper root=/dev/nfs netboot=nfs nfsroot=${fog-ip}:/var/www/fog/service/ipxe/ubuntu fetch=http://${fog-ip}/fog/service/ipxe/ubuntu/filesystem.squashfs ip=:::::eth0:dhcp
boot || echo failed to boot
prompt
goto MENU

      The closest I get, is this. I’m not sure what I can do but maybe someone can point me in the right direction. Perhaps it is my /etc/exports/ ?
      Screenshot from 2015-10-16 11-55-49.png

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      • J
        jbonilla
        last edited by

        https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/4790/how-to-add-live-cd-iso-to-fog-1-2-on-ubuntu-12-04

        This got me on the initial track. I’m very close.

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        • Tom ElliottT
          Tom Elliott
          last edited by

          Perhaps it’s how you’re booting ipxe? You look like you’re telling the system to load from vmlinux.efi, but are you using an EFI ipxe file?

          That all aside, the other thing to look at would be

          imgargs vmlinuz.efi boot=casper root=/dev/nfs netboot=nfs nfsroot=${fog-ip}:/var/www/fog/service/ipxe/ubuntu fetch=http://${fog-ip}/fog/service/ipxe/ubuntu/filesystem.squashfs ip=:::::eth0:dhcp

          It should have the initrd=initrd.lz parameter such as:

          imgargs vmlinuz.efi initrd=initrd.lz boot=casper root=/dev/nfs netboot=nfs nfsroot=${fog-ip}:/var/www/fog/service/ipxe/ubuntu fetch=http://${fog-ip}/fog/service/ipxe/ubuntu/filesystem.squashfs ip=:::::eth0:dhcp

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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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            jbonilla @Tom Elliott
            last edited by

            @Tom-Elliott When I have vmlinuz.efi out it doesn’t boot at all. I grabbed vmlinuz.efi straight from the disk. I’m still stuck here. If anyone has has luck with PXE booting Ubuntu id appreciate the help.

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            • S
              Sebastian Roth Moderator
              last edited by

              @jbonilla Please re-read Tom’s suggestion on adding ‘initrd=initrd.lz’ parameter. From what I found on the net about this I am pretty sure he is right about this!

              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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                jbonilla @Sebastian Roth
                last edited by

                @Uncle-Frank

                This is what I have now and I get the same result.

                :UBUNTU
kernel http://${fog-ip}/fog/service/ipxe/ubuntu/vmlinuz.efi
initrd http://${fog-ip}/fog/service/ipxe/ubuntu/initrd.lz
imgargs vmlinuz.efi boot=casper root=/dev/nfs netboot=nfs nfsroot=${fog-ip}:/var/www/fog/service/ipxe/ubuntu initrd=/${fog-ip}/fog/service/ipxe/ubuntu/initrd.lz
boot || echo failed to boot
prompt
goto MENU
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                • Tom ElliottT
                  Tom Elliott @jbonilla
                  last edited by

                  @jbonilla lose the path and only add the filename. Do not tell it where to grab the file as it is in memory.

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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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                  • J
                    jbonilla @Sebastian Roth
                    last edited by

                    @Uncle-Frank I tried that too. No luck still. I will try this again on Monday when I get back to work. Until then I will continue to research.

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                    • Q
                      Quazz Moderator
                      last edited by

                      Did you add the Ubuntu folder to the exports file as nfs location?

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                      • S
                        Sebastian Roth Moderator @Quazz
                        last edited by

                        @Quazz said:

                        Did you add the Ubuntu folder to the exports file as nfs location?

                        Thanks for pointing this out! Is /var/www/fog/service/ipxe/ubuntu exported via NFS? Maybe it’s easier to move that stuff to /images which is exportet via NFS by FOG anyway.

                        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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                        • J
                          jbonilla @Sebastian Roth
                          last edited by

                          @Uncle-Frank Hey everyone, I exported the ubuntu folder. I was able to mount it from another computer so I know it works. I will try moving it to /images since its already being exported when I get back Monday. Will update my results.

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                            Hanz
                            last edited by

                            Your PXE Boot Menu Configuration…I added one and named it Ubuntu14

                            kernel http://10.72.3.50/fog/service/ipxe/Ubuntu14/casper/vmlinuz
                            initrd http://10.72.3.50/fog/service/ipxe/Ubuntu14/casper/initrd.lz
                            imgargs vmlinuz root=/dev/nfs boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=10.72.3.50:/var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/Ubuntu14
                            boot

                            /etc/fstab should have an entry like this…I mounted mine here at startup.

                            /home/bcs/Desktop/ISO/ubuntu-14.04.2-desktop-i386.iso /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/Ubuntu14 iso9660 loop 0 0

                            Exports should have an entry like…or wherever your mount point is.

                            /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/Ubuntu14 *(ro,async)

                            This entry in exports will need to be recreated after any svn updates, since the installer overwrites the exports file.

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                              Asthea
                              last edited by Asthea

                              Don’t forget to exportfs -a, I know I’m being captain obvious here, but I just want to make sure jbonilla doesn’t skip any steps.

                              Just for comparison, this is how I boot:

                              :ubuntu 
kernel http://${fog-ip}/fog/iso/ubuntu64/desktop/casper/vmlinuz.efi
initrd http://${fog-ip}/fog/iso/ubuntu64/desktop/casper/initrd.lz
imgargs vmlinuz.efi root=/dev/nfs boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=${fog-ip}:/var/www/fog/iso/ubuntu64/desktop/ locale=en_US.UTF-8 keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=us mirror/country=US
boot || goto MENU

                              with chmod set to 755 on the folders. Btw, your vmlinuz and initrd should usually be located in the casper folder.

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                                jbonilla @Asthea
                                last edited by

                                @Asthea I have it working right now. Thank you everyone for the assistance. I have no idea if the fetch command is even needed. I will test with it out and continue to clean it up. But I am grateful that it is working. Hi-5 all around.

                                :UBUNTU
kernel http://${fog-ip}/fog/service/ipxe/ubuntu/casper/vmlinuz.efi
initrd http://${fog-ip}/fog/service/ipxe/ubuntu/casper/initrd.lz
imgargs vmlinuz.efi boot=casper vga=normal root=/dev/nfs netboot=nfs nfsroot=${fog-ip}:/var/www/fog/service/ipxe/ubuntu/ fetch=http://${fog-ip}/service/ipxe/ubuntu/casper/filesystem.squashfs initrd=initrd.lz locale=en_US.UTF-8 keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=us mirror/country=US
boot || echo failed to boot
prompt
goto MENU
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