Posts made by eric0626

@tom-elliott Great! Thank all of you for the great work!!

Hello there, does anyone know if I can upgrade directly form trunk version 7394 to the latest version 1.5.2?
Below is a screenshot when I tried starting the upgrade. Are there any known issues? Any help/suggestion will be highly appreciated!

Hello ALLLLLLLLLL!
I did it!!!
The problem was when the client executes the chain command, it sends another request to the DHCP server, and it points the client back to the same iPXE server because that’s what the DHCP server has.

The solution is to explicitly specify the PXE server with command “set net0/next-server iPXE-server-ip”.
Please see below for my screenshot.

Thank you guys for all the help!!!

Hi @george1421 thanks for your suggestion!!
I may have to go that route if I can’t figure it out!!

Hi @Tom-Elliott Thanks for your reply.
I have changed the DHCP options already. I’m able to boot to the new FOG server ( trunk 6917), but I can’t figure out how to chainload the 0.32 menu from there. Do you have any ideas?

@Quazz
that doesn’t work. It comes up with the exact same error.
any ideas on what else i can try? Thanks!

Hi @Quazz, thanks for your reply.
So could you please tell me how i should change the config parameters?

Hello all! Happy Easter!!
Does anyone know if it is possible to chainload PXE from iPXE?
I just setup a new FOG 1.2.0 server (svn 6917), and I have an existing FOG 0.32 server.
I want to chainload the 0.32 menu from the new 1.2.0 server’s menu because I have customized the 0.32 menu to do a lot of different stuff (tools, ISOs, live linux, Windows installers, etc.), and it will take me sometime to figure out how to customize them on the new 1.2.0 menu.

Here’s my chainload configuration on the 1.2.0 menu, but it doesn’t work. It comes up with an error “unable to locate configuration file”.

Anyone has any ideas? Any help will be appreciated.

I did a fresh installation of FOG 1.2.0 (without updating svn) and chainloading pxe is working now.
I think there may be some updates in the svn which stop chainloading pxe. o_O

Thanks for the info!! I will give it a try and report back!!

[quote=“Jaymes Driver, post: 42030, member: 3582”]That of course, is always an option, but I should be able to set up a test server tomorrow to assist you further.[/quote]

OK sounds good! I can wait! Thank you so much Jaymes!!

[quote=“Jaymes Driver, post: 42013, member: 3582”]At least now we know it isn’t a permission issue :D[/quote]

LOL!! I’m so tempting to re-install the whole thing because I recall it happens after I updated to a newer svn version.

[quote=“Jaymes Driver, post: 42003, member: 3582”]try [code]sudo chmod -R 0777 /var/www/fog/service[/code]
this will give global read/write permissions just to verify we can get the page to display, we can adjust settings later for 755 or 644.[/quote]

Hi Jaymes, it seems like it’s still the same. It still displays a blank page.

[url=“/_imported_xf_attachments/1/1672_777 ipxe folder permission.JPG?:”]777 ipxe folder permission.JPG[/url][url=“/_imported_xf_attachments/1/1673_777 service folder permission.JPG?:”]777 service folder permission.JPG[/url]

[quote=“Jaymes Driver, post: 41983, member: 3582”]What are the permissions on the folder, do you have rights to view the content and execute it?[/quote]

Hi Jaymes, I just check the permissions, and look like no one has execute permission. I’m not sure if I’m correct.
I have attached a screenshot.

[url=“/_imported_xf_attachments/1/1671_ipxe folder permissions.JPG?:”]ipxe folder permissions.JPG[/url]

[quote=“Junkhacker, post: 41953, member: 21583”]yes, that should return the text for the ipxe boot menu. do you have any problems logging into the server through your browser?[/quote]

I have no problem logging into the server. I’m running svn 2979.

[url=“/_imported_xf_attachments/1/1667_FOG.JPG?:”]FOG.JPG[/url]

[quote=“Junkhacker, post: 41943, member: 21583”]well, what do you get if you enter this in a web browser? [url]http://10.2.6.40/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php[/url][/quote]

When i enter the link in a web browser, i get a blank page. Even if I do it from the FOG server (10.2.6.40), I still get a blank page.
I have attached screenshots. Is there anything wrong?

[url=“/_imported_xf_attachments/1/1665_ipxe boot php.JPG?:”]ipxe boot php.JPG[/url][url=“/_imported_xf_attachments/1/1666_bootphp.JPG?:”]bootphp.JPG[/url]

[quote=“Junkhacker, post: 41940, member: 21583”]the command to load default.ipxe is embedded in all of the fog ipxe boot files, i believe with the exception of ipxe.krn
the command [CODE]append dhcp && chain http://10.2.6.40/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=${net0/mac}[/CODE] is doing the basics of what the default.ipxe file is for, and is bypassing it.
when chainloading ipxe from pxelinux.0, there is no need to make any modifications to existing dhcp services. in fact, that is the main reason people chainload from it in the first place. because in their environment, they can’t modify their dhcp services.[/quote]

Hi Junkhacker, what do you think I should try in this case? Could you please give me some suggestions? Thanks a lot!

[quote=“jbsclm, post: 41936, member: 3158”]I apologise in advance if you have tried some of the following.
This may be a basic question but, if you put your 1.2.0 server on its own isolated LAN and enable DHCP does it work.
We need to prove your 1.2.0 is good.
I’m not sure what tells it to load default.ipxe, presumably the dhcp server.
is there anything in the apache log on 10.2.6.40 for boot.php

What happens if you build a boot CD or pendrive as per the following.
[url]http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/physical-boot-disk-for-imaging.12142/#post-40540[/url]
just burn the iso to disk or pendrive and try booting from it.[/quote]

No need to apologize. I appreciate your help. Will give it a try.

[quote=“jbsclm, post: 41874, member: 3158”]No, the reason i said to disable it as you shouldn’t have 2 dhcp servers on the same network.if neither of your fog servers provide dhcp then the comment doesn’t apply.
I suspect having a seperate dhcp server may be the problem, ipxe will be getting an address from that, which will point to the 0.32 server, i don’t know whether that would affect it.

I’ll have a think.

there is a recent thread on booting from a cd or pendrive, you could try that, not what you asked i know, but it may achieve what you want to do.[/quote]

I thought of that too, but I have modified “default.ipxe” and pointed it directly to the FOG 1.2.0 ipxe server already. I’m still getting the same error message, unless I did it wrong. I got the instructions from [url]http://ipxe.org/embed[/url]

[quote=“jbsclm, post: 41855, member: 3158”]Here is what I did to get 0.33 to boot from a 0.32 menu item.
[url]http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/chain-booting-0-33-beta-from-0-32.10156/[/url]
Worth a try.[/quote]

Hi jbsclm, thanks for your suggestion.
That’s basically what I have done so far, except “[B]Disable[/B] the dhcp service on the 0.33 server, you will need to consult the O/S documentation for details on how to do that.” If I don’t use FOG as a DHCP server, do I still have to disable DHCP service on the server? Thanks!