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    • george1421G
      george1421 Moderator @Tom Elliott
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      @Tom-Elliott said in Serve different types of .efi boot files:

      Oct 12 12:59:32 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1280]: 3272245650 vendor class: PXEClient:Arch:00007:UNDI:003016

      That is what I see:

      Not ignoring you on this. The vendor class (option 60) doesn’t have anything that is unique to describe this machine. While the arch does tell you if it is a uefi or bios machine that is all that can be gleaned from that option. The UNDI part is only what version of UNDI the client supports. The Dell 6230 I had also had a undi value of 003 016 and that one used ipxe.efi or snp.efi for a uefi boot.

      The UUID (option 97) is suppose to be unique on a model (first half of uuid) and device (second half of uuid). on a per machine basis. My hope is that we can use the uuid for this. The only other thing that is unique in the dhcp request is the mac address, but then you will need a match filter for every mac address you want a unique iPXE boot kernel for. That (IMO) is not very sustainable if you have more than about 20 devices on your campus.

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        dureal99d @george1421
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        @george1421 said in Serve different types of .efi boot files:

        The

        I don’t mind adding mac addresses. I tried to use the uuid number you generated and perhaps I did it wrong. but here is my file now.

        # Don't function as a DNS server:
port=0

# Log lots of extra information about DHCP transactions.
log-dhcp

# Set the root directory for files available via FTP.
tftp-root=/tftpboot

# Disable re-use of the DHCP servername and filename fields as extra
# option space. That's to avoid confusing some old or broken DHCP clients.
dhcp-no-override

# inspect the vendor class string and match the text to set the tag
dhcp-vendorclass=BIOS,PXEClient:Arch:00000
dhcp-vendorclass=IA32_UEFI,PXEClient:Arch:00006
dhcp-vendorclass=BC_UEFI,PXEClient:Arch:00007
dhcp-vendorclass=X86-64_EFI,PXEClient:Arch:00009

#UUID for a asus r503u I tested (this info was gleaned from the dnsmasq log file that recorded
# a pxe boot session of this target computer
dhcp-match=set:r503u,97,00:11:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:50:46:5d:98:6f:3c

# The default boot filename, Server name, Server Ip Address
dhcp-boot=undionly.kpxe,,192.168.1.109

# Set the boot file name based on the matching tag from the vendor class (above)
dhcp-boot=net:IA32_UEFI,i386-efi/ipxe.efi,,192.168.1.109
dhcp-boot=net:BC_UEFI,ipxe.efi,,192.168.1.109
dhcp-boot=net:X86-64_EFI,ipxe.efi,,192.168.1.109

# Our test to ensure both the BC_UEFI and r503u tags are set. 
dhcp-boot=tag:BC_UEFI,tag:r503u,intel7156.efi,192.168.1.109,192.168.1.109

# PXE menu.  The first part is the text displayed to the user.  The second is the timeout, in seconds.
pxe-prompt="Booting FOG Client", 3

# The known types are x86PC, PC98, IA64_EFI, Alpha, Arc_x86,
# Intel_Lean_Client, IA32_EFI, ARM_EFI, BC_EFI, Xscale_EFI and X86-64_EFI
# This option is first and will be the default if there is no input from the user.

# PXEClient:Arch:00000
pxe-service=X86PC, "Boot BIOS PXE", undionly.kpxe

# PXEClient:Arch:00007
pxe-service=BC_EFI, "Boot UEFI PXE-BC", ipxe.efi

# PXEClient:Arch:00009
pxe-service=X86-64_EFI, "Boot UEFI PXE-64", ipxe.efi

dhcp-range=192.168.1.109,proxy```
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        • Wayne WorkmanW
          Wayne Workman @george1421
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          @george1421 said in Serve different types of .efi boot files:

          The UUID (option 97) is suppose to be unique on a model (first half of uuid) and device (second half of uuid). on a per machine basis. My hope is that we can use the uuid for this.

          Well that would be amazing. We should work on using that for ISC-DHCP too.

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          • george1421G
            george1421 Moderator @Wayne Workman
            last edited by

            @Wayne-Workman said in Serve different types of .efi boot files:

            Well that would be amazing. We should work on using that for ISC-DHCP too.

            It would be wonderful if all hardware manufacturers did this too. But as with the Lenovo the OP has, its all zeros. As long as that is model unique then we can work with it, but I suspect all lenovos have that set to zero.

            From what I understand isc-dhcp can do this too like dnsmasq make run time decisions based on what client advertises. I just haven’t dug into the isc-dhcp settings as of now to say for absolute.

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            • Wayne WorkmanW
              Wayne Workman @george1421
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              @george1421 According to rfc4578, Option 97 is one of the public DHCP options - meaning vendors can use it for whatever they want, including nothing. https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4578

              That’s why there isn’t a DHCP option for 97 listed in the ISC-DHCP manual:
              https://linux.die.net/man/5/dhcp-options

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                dureal99d @Wayne Workman
                last edited by dureal99d

                @Wayne-Workman I see. Well is there another way to call up a specific .efi file using dnsmasq?

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                  Wayne Workman @dureal99d
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                  @dureal99d For dnsmasq, George is the guy to ask. He’s laid out several matching techniques. If option 60 sent from the host doesn’t have something unique appended to the end of it, you’re probably out of luck - unless you want to do it the insane-hard way and use MAC address matching.

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                    dureal99d @Wayne Workman
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                    @Wayne-Workman said in Serve different types of .efi boot files:

                    you’re probably out of

                    I don’t mind using mac address matching. or rather learning it and then using when needed.

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                    • george1421G
                      george1421 Moderator @dureal99d
                      last edited by george1421

                      @dureal99d well then you know the basics then you probably want to look into this filter

                      dhcp-mac=set:mac_01,<mac_to_match>

                      so then you will need a dhcp-boot with the conditional test for mac_01 and the name of the boot file you want to send.

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                      • Wayne WorkmanW
                        Wayne Workman @dureal99d
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                        @dureal99d I’ve been on dnsmasq’s mailing list for about a year now. Simon Kelly - creator and maintainer of dnsmasq - sends out an email with answers to questions about every day or every other day. You can get on this mailing list, and you can email him questions like I have, and he’ll respond. As with anything, include as many details as possible. The link to the mailing list and such is below.

                        http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html

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                          Wayne Workman @dureal99d
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                          @dureal99d Just found this in Simon’s archive:

                          https://www.mail-archive.com/dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk/msg00895.html

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                            dureal99d @Wayne Workman
                            last edited by Wayne Workman

                            @Wayne-Workman @george1421
                            based upon what i read this config should work right?

                            # Don't function as a DNS server:
port=0

# Log lots of extra information about DHCP transactions.
log-dhcp

# Set the root directory for files available via FTP.
tftp-root=/tftpboot

# Disable re-use of the DHCP servername and filename fields as extra
# option space. That's to avoid confusing some old or broken DHCP clients.
dhcp-no-override

# inspect the vendor class string and match the text to set the tag
dhcp-vendorclass=BIOS,PXEClient:Arch:00000
dhcp-vendorclass=IA32_UEFI,PXEClient:Arch:00006
dhcp-vendorclass=BC_UEFI,PXEClient:Arch:00007
dhcp-vendorclass=X86-64_EFI,PXEClient:Arch:00009

#UUID for a asus r503u I tested (this info was gleaned from the dnsmasq log file that recorded
# a pxe boot session of this target computer
dhcp-mac=r503u,50:46:5d:98:6f:3c

# The default boot filename, Server name, Server Ip Address
dhcp-boot=undionly.kpxe,,192.168.1.109

# Set the boot file name based on the matching tag from the vendor class (above)
dhcp-boot=net:IA32_UEFI,i386-efi/ipxe.efi,,192.168.1.109
dhcp-boot=net:BC_UEFI,ipxe.efi,,192.168.1.109
dhcp-boot=net:X86-64_EFI,ipxe.efi,,192.168.1.109
dhcp-boot=net:r503u,intel7156.efi,,192.68.1.109

# Our test to ensure both the BC_UEFI and r503u tags are set. 
dhcp-boot=tag:BC_UEFI,tag:r503u, intel7156.efi, 192.168.1.109, 192.168.1.109

# PXE menu.  The first part is the text displayed to the user.  The second is the timeout, in seconds.
pxe-prompt="Booting FOG Client", 3

# The known types are x86PC, PC98, IA64_EFI, Alpha, Arc_x86,
# Intel_Lean_Client, IA32_EFI, ARM_EFI, BC_EFI, Xscale_EFI and X86-64_EFI
# This option is first and will be the default if there is no input from the user.

# PXEClient:Arch:00000
pxe-service=X86PC, "Boot BIOS PXE", undionly.kpxe

# PXEClient:Arch:00007
pxe-service=BC_EFI, "Boot UEFI PXE-BC", ipxe.efi

# PXEClient:Arch:00009
pxe-service=X86-64_EFI, "Boot UEFI PXE-64", ipxe.efi

dhcp-range=192.168.1.109,proxy

                            this config should work right?

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                            • Wayne WorkmanW
                              Wayne Workman
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                              You’ve tagged a specific MAC as Simon did in his answer, then later assigned that tag a specific file. Looks good to me.

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                                dureal99d @Wayne Workman
                                last edited by dureal99d

                                @Wayne-Workman said in Serve different types of .efi boot files:

                                You’ve tagged a specific MAC as Simon did in his answer

                                yet the file I’m telling it to send is not being sent, something is off.

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                                  dureal99d @Wayne Workman
                                  last edited by dureal99d

                                  @Wayne-Workman @george1421 has this line as dhcp-mac=set:mac_01,<mac_to_match> perhaps i need to add the =set part. i only took it away because of what simon says in his article

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                                    Wayne Workman @dureal99d
                                    last edited by

                                    @dureal99d Try it. Nothing to loose if it doesn’t work.

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                                      dureal99d @Wayne Workman
                                      last edited by dureal99d

                                      @Wayne-Workman @george1421
                                      it still wants to send the ipxe.efi file and i don’t know why

                                      Oct 12 22:39:00 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1283]: 822119114 available DHCP subnet: 192.168.1.109/255.255.255.0
Oct 12 22:39:00 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1283]: 822119114 vendor class: PXEClient:Arch:00007:UNDI:003016
Oct 12 22:39:00 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1283]: 1735601825 available DHCP subnet: 192.168.1.109/255.255.255.0
Oct 12 22:39:00 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1283]: 1735601825 vendor class: PXEClient:Arch:00007:UNDI:003016
Oct 12 22:39:00 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1283]: 1735601825 PXE(enp8s0) 50:46:5d:98:6f:3c proxy
Oct 12 22:39:00 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1283]: 1735601825 tags: BC_UEFI, r503u, enp8s0
Oct 12 22:39:00 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1283]: 1735601825 bootfile name: ipxe.efi
Oct 12 22:39:00 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1283]: 1735601825 server name: 192.168.1.109
Oct 12 22:39:00 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1283]: 1735601825 next server: 192.168.1.109
Oct 12 22:39:00 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1283]: 1735601825 sent size:  1 option: 53 message-type  5
Oct 12 22:39:00 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1283]: 1735601825 sent size:  4 option: 54 server-identifier  192.168.1.109
Oct 12 22:39:00 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1283]: 1735601825 sent size:  9 option: 60 vendor-class  50:58:45:43:6c:69:65:6e:74
Oct 12 22:39:00 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1283]: 1735601825 sent size: 17 option: 97 client-machine-id ```
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                                        george1421 Moderator @dureal99d
                                        last edited by george1421

                                        @dureal99d I would say this line is important

                                        dnsmasq-dhcp[1283]: 1735601825 tags: BC_UEFI, r503u, enp8s0

                                        This tells me that you have the match mac address right because there is the r503u tag. To prove it change the mac address slightly and than pxe boot again. That tag should disappear. (Don’t forget to change it back because this part IS working)

                                        So the dhcp-boot section is failing to match for us. This is just me guessing but change

                                        #this line
dhcp-boot=net:r503u,intel7156.efi,,192.68.1.109

#to this
dhcp-boot=tag:r503u,intel7156.efi,,192.68.1.109

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                                          dureal99d @george1421
                                          last edited by

                                          @george1421 wanna see somthing strange?

                                          when i try to boot in bios mode it gives the intel7156.efi file question is why?

                                          00:11:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:50:46:5d...
Oct 13 10:06:41 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1309]: 623212382 sent size: 52 option: 43 vendor-encap  06:01:03:08:07:80:00:01:c0:a8:01:6d:09:10...
Oct 13 10:06:42 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1309]: 623212382 available DHCP subnet: 192.168.1.109/255.255.255.0
Oct 13 10:06:42 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1309]: 623212382 vendor class: PXEClient:Arch:00000:UNDI:002001
Oct 13 10:06:42 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1309]: 623212382 user class: iPXE
Oct 13 10:06:42 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1309]: 623212382 PXE(enp8s0) 50:46:5d:98:6f:3c proxy
Oct 13 10:06:42 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1309]: 623212382 tags: BIOS, r503u, enp8s0
Oct 13 10:06:42 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1309]: 623212382 bootfile name: intel7156.efi
Oct 13 10:06:42 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1309]: 623212382 next server: 192.68.1.109
Oct 13 10:06:42 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1309]: 623212382 broadcast response
Oct 13 10:06:42 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1309]: 623212382 sent size:  1 option: 53 message-type  2
Oct 13 10:06:42 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1309]: 623212382 sent size:  4 option: 54 server-identifier  192.168.1.109
Oct 13 10:06:42 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1309]: 623212382 sent size:  9 option: 60 vendor-class  50:58:45:43:6c:69:65:6e:74
Oct 13 10:06:42 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1309]: 623212382 sent size: 17 option: 97 client-machine-id```
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                                            dureal99d @dureal99d
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                                            @george1421 yet when i boot in eufi mode i get the same ipxe.efi

                                            00:11:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:50:46:5d...
Oct 13 10:08:40 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1309]: 830465094 available DHCP subnet: 192.168.1.109/255.255.255.0
Oct 13 10:08:40 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1309]: 830465094 vendor class: PXEClient:Arch:00007:UNDI:003016
Oct 13 10:08:40 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1309]: 203324585 available DHCP subnet: 192.168.1.109/255.255.255.0
Oct 13 10:08:40 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1309]: 203324585 vendor class: PXEClient:Arch:00007:UNDI:003016
Oct 13 10:08:40 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1309]: 203324585 PXE(enp8s0) 50:46:5d:98:6f:3c proxy
Oct 13 10:08:40 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1309]: 203324585 tags: BC_UEFI, r503u, enp8s0
Oct 13 10:08:40 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1309]: 203324585 bootfile name: ipxe.efi
Oct 13 10:08:40 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1309]: 203324585 server name: 192.168.1.109
Oct 13 10:08:40 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1309]: 203324585 next server: 192.168.1.109
Oct 13 10:08:40 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1309]: 203324585 sent size:  1 option: 53 message-type  5
Oct 13 10:08:40 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1309]: 203324585 sent size:  4 option: 54 server-identifier  192.168.1.109
Oct 13 10:08:40 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1309]: 203324585 sent size:  9 option: 60 vendor-class  50:58:45:43:6c:69:65:6e:74
Oct 13 10:08:40 dureal99d-Precision-WorkStation-T5400 dnsmasq-dhcp[1309]: 203324585 sent size: 17 option: 97 client-machine-id```
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