[quote=“Tom Elliott, post: 39810, member: 7271”]Also,

Maybe try:

initrd http://${fog-ip}/fog/iso/clonezilla/clonezilla.iso
chain memdisk[/code][/quote]

This works! It appears that memdisk ISO is not necessary and causes the squashfs errors. I have tested this on clonezilla livecd and parted magic livecd so far and will report back if run into problems with other livecds.

Thanks for your help and I hope others find this information.

[quote=“Tom Elliott, post: 39809, member: 7271”]Based on the post above mine here: [url]http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/live-cd-configurations-for-boot.12044/#post-39769[/url]

And the fact it’s complaining about the missing initramfs, what about:

initrd http://${fog-ip}/fog/iso/clonezilla/clonezilla.iso
chain memdisk iso raw initrd=initrd.lz[/code][/quote]

Sorry for the delay in making it back here. I only have time to experiment with this infrequently.

The above code produces the same squashfs and BusyBox v1.22.1 Boot Failed! error.

[quote=“Tom Elliott, post: 39705, member: 7271”]According to this: [url]http://forum.ipxe.org/showthread.php?tid=6879[/url]

initrd [url]http://192.168.xxx.xxx:port/mxp14.iso[/url]
chain memdisk iso

Notice the lack of “raw” at the end? Maybe this will help?

initrd http://${fog-ip}/fog/service/ipxe/iso/ubuntu-14.04-64.iso
chain memdisk iso ||
echo failed to boot
prompt
goto MENU[/code][/quote]

initrd http://${fog-ip}/fog/iso/clonezilla/clonezilla.iso
chain memdisk iso ||
goto MENU[/code]

This boots but produces the same squashfs error and a Boot Failed! message ending at an initramfs BusyBox v1.22.1 shell prompt.

[quote=“Tom Elliott, post: 39704, member: 7271”]Have you, possibly, tried using:

initrd [url]http://${fog-ip}/fog/iso/clonezilla/clonezilla.iso[/url] iso raw[/quote]

This loads the iso via http but never executes it, returning to the advanced pxe menu

I really miss the old simple pxelinux menu and the ability to easily boot livecds using memdisk iso raw. It was a really simple way to have a an easily managed menu of bootable utility cds that boot directly into the live environment through tftp. If I wanted to upgrade a live version, all I had to do was replace the iso file. It just worked to boot livecds on every machine I have.

Upgraded to 1.2 with ipxe and maintaining a boot menu with the advanced menu became a lot more complicated. Trying to use memdisk iso raw with clonezilla livecd doesn’t work anymore because it can’t find the filesystem.squashfs. I had to extract the files from the livecd and use the following advanced boot menu code:

:CLONEZILLA
kernel [url]http://${fog-ip}/fog/iso/clonezilla/vmlinuz[/url]
initrd [url]http://${fog-ip}/fog/iso/clonezilla/initrd.img[/url]
imgargs vmlinuz boot=live config noswap nolocales edd=on nomodeset ocs_live_run=“ocs-live-general” ocs_live_extra_param=“” ocs_live_keymap=“” ocs_live_batch=“no” ocs_daemonon=“ssh” usercrypted=Kb/VNchPYhuf6 ocs_lang=“” vga=788 nosplash noprompt fetch=[url]http://${fog-ip}/fog/iso/clonezilla/filesystem.squashfs[/url]
boot ||

The above boots a working clonezilla, though not identical to the livecd. This does not seem an improvement over the simple livecd booting method under the old pxelinux menu:

LABEL clonezilla
MENU LABEL Clonezilla Live
LINUX clonezilla/memdisk
APPEND iso initrd=/clonezilla/clonezilla.iso raw

I’m finding the new ipxe boot menu means extracting files and updating a custom set of imgargs for every livecd. I’m no linux expert and I’m finding the correct imgargs to work with ipxe a challenge and testing a largely trial and error exercise for each livecd.

I wonder if there is a way to boot pxelinux from ipxe so that the old menu system could be used?