Boot ISO memdisk 1.3+

Wayne Workman

@cnewman402 Depends. Of course it’s mandatory to have an entry, but the parameters of such can be modified sometimes. Please post a screen shot of what you have.

cnewman402

How far Ive gotten:

Wayne Workman

@cnewman402 You need parameters.
You need to figure out where the kernel is on the ISO, and specify it. I don’t know where it is, but normally it ends with a .bzi extension.

Two files that stick out for kernel and init are vmlinuz and initrd.lzm that I see in the picture.

I don’t know if this will work (it’s just a guess), but put these in the parameters section:

:AVG
kernel http://${fog-ip}/avg/isolinux/vmlinuz
initrd http://${fog-ip}/avg/isolinux/boot.cat
initrd http://${fog-ip}/avg/isolinux/initrd.lzm
initrd http://${fog-ip}/avg/isolinux/ldlinux.c32
initrd http://${fog-ip}/avg/isolinux/libutil.c32
initrd http://${fog-ip}/avg/isolinux/reboot.c32
initrd http://${fog-ip}/avg/isolinux/syslinux.png
initrd http://${fog-ip}/avg/isolinux/f1.msg
initrd http://${fog-ip}/avg/isolinux/isolinux.bin
initrd http://${fog-ip}/avg/isolinux/libcom32.c32
initrd http://${fog-ip}/avg/isolinux/syslinux.cfg
initrd http://${fog-ip}/avg/isolinux/vesamenu.c32
imgargs vmlinuz boot=live ip=dhcp edd=on noapic load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 rw vga=normal sleep=0 loglevel=0 keymap=us splash quiet - || read void
boot || read void

–EDIT–
updated the image args.

cnewman402

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george1421

@cnewman402 the grab entries is a starting point.

I would try to boot the iso directly first. If that doesn’t work then dig into the iso and extract its content to a directory on the fog server and then checkout the syslinux config file or the grub config file

cnewman402

Im starting to see how the entries are created. Thank you for pointing out each bootable image is unique. I’ll continue to test and see how the different images work. Im pretty new to Linux, with just basic experience from working at a webhost company for a while.

Is it possible to use memdisk with iso’s in this build or is it mandatory to extract and build entry into each one?

george1421

@cnewman402 I did write a tutorial a bit ago about pxe booting a winpe disk that shows two examples. While its a bit off point of what you are doing right now it does show you the steps.
https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/6284/booting-mdt-2013-litetouch-with-fog

I also wrote one that shows how to boot the windows setup via a pxe boot.
https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/7765/pxe-booting-into-ms-windows-7-setup

Couple that with the FOG Wiki that Sebastian referenced
https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Include_any_ISO_in_the_FOG_Bootmenu

That should get you started. Now understand each iso is different. The ones that are based on linux typically will have instructions on the provider web site on how to pxe boot them.

With that information you should be able to build your pxe boot menus nicely with the fog management gui.

Quazz

@cnewman402 By the way, you don’t (and shouldn’t) put the item identifier :AVG (or similar) in parameters field, FOG will automatically generate the item name based on the Menu Item field (so make sure that one has no spaces or special characters to avoid potential issues)

xfirero

@Sebastian-Roth I want to boot from Windows 7 iso:

:MENU
menu
item --gap – ---------------- iPXE boot menu ----------------
item windows Install Windows
choose --default windows target && goto ${target}
:windows
menu
item Win7AIK_EN Windows7_32
item shell ipxe shell
item return Return to Main Menu
choose --default Win7_32 target && goto ${target}

:Win7AIK_EN
initrd http://192.168.1.9/fog/service/ipxe/iso/Win7AIK_EN.iso
chain memdisk iso raw ||
goto MENU

:shell
shell ||
goto MENU
:return
chain http://192.168.1.9/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=${net0/mac} ||
prompt
goto MENU
autoboot
…
But client hangs at “Loading Boot Sector…booting…” during boot.

It is a “Solved” question https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/5521/add-to-advanced-boot-menu-windows-7-iso but I can’t find anything.

Quazz

@xfirero Please check https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/7765/pxe-booting-into-ms-windows-7-setup

george1421

@xfirero That way won’t work (as you noticed). Windows will look for a cdrom (hardware) if you do it that way.

Review this tutorial
https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/7765/pxe-booting-into-ms-windows-7-setup

xfirero

@Quazz 10x

xfirero

@george1421 10x

BedCruncher

@cnewman402
Check out what I have done in my server with this iPXE boot menu. I’ve got quite a few ISO’s booting on my setup using memdisk.

:dban
menu DBAN Nuke Menu
item autonuke AutoNuke DoD 3-Pass
item zero AutoNuke 1-Pass Zero Wipe
item choose-disk Single Disk Selection
item return Back to top menu...
item
choose --default return --timeout 10000 target && goto ${target}
:autonuke
kernel http://${fog-ip}/dban/dban.bzi nuke="dwipe --autonuke" silent vga=785
boot || goto failed
:zero
kernel http://${fog-ip}/dban/dban.bzi nuke="dwipe --autonuke --method zero" silent vga=785
boot || goto failed
:choose-disk
kernel http://${fog-ip}/dban/dban.bzi nuke="dwipe" silent vga=785
boot || goto failed
:return
chain ${boot-url}/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=${net0/mac} || prompt goto MENU
:WHDD
kernel http://${fog-ip}/whdd/whdd.bzi
initrd http://${fog-ip}/whdd/initramfs
boot
:HDT
initrd http://${fog-ip}/hdt/hdt.iso
chain http://${fog-ip}/hdt/memdisk iso raw
boot
:AVG
initrd http://${fog-ip}/avg/avg.iso
chain http://${fog-ip}/avg/memdisk iso raw
boot
:BreakIn
initrd http://${fog-ip}/breakin/breakin.iso
chain http://${fog-ip}/breakin/memdisk iso raw
boot

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