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Hi, everyone.

Since my last post was a hot topic of discussion.
I figured I’d throw some of the scripts I’ve cobbled together into a github with some other items I’ve found scattered in my random bookmarks, please feel free to share anything useful in the forum. One of the more useful ones was deploying applications via Fog with WinGet from the WinGet source.

Note: I am not a PowerShell guru, so feel free to correct anything I’ve put up.
I’m not sure how actively the Snapin client is used within the community, I don’t have any access to SCCM or other deployment methods so FOG it is.

https://github.com/mediocreatmybest/FOG-O-Matic/tree/main/FOG-Snapins

I’m not sure if this has been posted before but I have found it quite useful.

Pretty much this is the contents of Fog Configuration --> iPXE Boot Menu --> Advanced Configuration Options.

:start

###################### Advanced FOG Main Menu ######################

menu iPXE Advanced boot Menu for FOG
item --gap --					=================  Live Operating Systems  =================
item
item --key f fedora22 			Boot Live Fedora 22 (F)
item --key s sysrescue			Boot SysRescue CD (S)
item --key i sysrescue-intel		Boot SysRescue Cd Intel (I)
item
item --gap --					====================  Tools & Utilities  ===================
item
item --key t menu-tools			Boot Live Recovery & Testing Tools (T)
item --key d menu-diag			Diagnostics Menu (D)
item
item --gap --             		====================  Advanced Options  ====================
item
item --key c config       		Configure settings
item shell               		Drop to iPXE shell
item reboot               		Reboot computer
item --key x exit         		Exit iPXE and continue BIOS boot
item return						Return to Main FOG Menu
choose --timeout ${menu-timeout} --default ${menu-default} selected
set menu-timeout 0
set submenu-timeout 0
set menu-default return
goto ${selected}


:fedora22
initrd http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/boot/fedora22/initrd0.img
chain http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/boot/fedora22/vmlinuz0 initrd=initrd0.img root=live:http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/boot/fedora22/squashfs.img rootflags="loop" rootfstype=auto ro rd.live.image quiet rhgb rd.luks=0 rd.md=0 rd.dm=0
goto start

:sysrescue
echo Starting Sys RescueCD (32bit) with default options
initrd http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/boot/sysrescue/initram.igz
chain http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/boot/sysrescue/rescue.32 cdroot docache dodhcp setkmap=us netboot=http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/boot/sysrescue/sysrcd.dat
prompt
goto start

:sysrescue-intel
echo Starting Sys RescueCD (32bit) with default options
initrd http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/boot/sysrescue/initram.igz
chain http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/boot/sysrescue/rescue-intel.32 cdroot docache dodhcp setkmap=us netboot=http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/boot/sysrescue/sysrcd.dat
prompt
goto start

:reboot
reboot

:shell
echo Type 'exit' to get the back to the menu
shell
set menu-timeout 0
goto start

:exit
exit

:config
config
goto start

:return
chain http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=${net0/mac}&arch=${arch} ||
prompt
goto start

###################### Tools & Utilities Menu ######################

:menu-tools
menu Tools & Utilities
item --gap --				========================  Utilities  =======================
item
item --key g gparted		Gparted Live
item --key d dban	  	Darik's Boot and Nuke
item
item --key 0x08 back Back to top menu...
iseq ${menu-default} menu-tools && goto menu-diag-timed ||
choose selected && goto ${selected} || goto start
:menu-diag-timed
choose --timeout ${submenu-timeout} --default gparted selected && goto ${selected} || goto start

:gparted
kernel http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/boot/gparted/vmlinuz
initrd http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/boot/gparted/initrd.img
imgargs vmlinuz boot=live config components union=overlay username=user noswap noeject ip= vga=788 fetch=http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/boot/gparted/filesystem.squashfs
boot || goto start

:dban
initrd http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/boot/dban-2.3.0_i586.iso
chain memdisk iso raw ||
goto start



###################### DIAGNOSTICS MENU #############################

:menu-diag
menu Diagnostic tools
item --gap --				===============  Diagnostics  =============
item
item hdt           			Hardware Detection Tool
item breakin      			Breakin 3.71
item seatools				Seagate Tools
item
item --key 0x08 back Back to top menu...
iseq ${menu-default} menu-diag && goto menu-diag-timed ||
choose selected && goto ${selected} || goto start
:menu-diag-timed
choose --timeout ${submenu-timeout} --default hdt selected && goto ${selected} || goto start

:hdt
initrd http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/boot/hdt-0.5.2.img
chain memdisk
goto start

:breakin
initrd http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/boot/breakin-4.26.iso
chain memdisk iso raw ||
goto start

:seatools
sanboot http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/boot/seatools.iso
goto start

This allows you to have several sub menus inside of the advanced Fog Menu, so you can break things down into sections.
Not all of the options maybe be 100% correct but they work for me so far

I based it from the iPXE documentation and https://gist.github.com/robinsmidsrod/2234639

Hopefully it helps a few people out.

@Wayne-Workman Yep seemed to work. Just finished installing/configuring. I’ll add this to the fog and see how it goes
Thanks guys.

Yep, looks like the problem clients have updated themselves. All working it seems.

Cheers.

No worries.
Just FYI I can’t get the sub-menu function in iPXE working in the iPXE New Menu Entry section on Fog, So far I only having it working in the Fog Advanced Menu, I am assuming this is to due to system variables that fog passes to the menu before the script is run.

Pretty much all I did was follow on the advanced menus and examples from https://gist.github.com/robinsmidsrod/2234639
I did simplify this on mine just so I can follow it easier as I’m no expert in iPXE.

The easiest way to follow this is the copy and paste the iPXE script into a text document and read through it.
My example is broken down into three menus the default menu that pops up first and two others sub menus that don’t show up until you select them. I have also included the option to hit a key and jump straight to the corresponding menu item. e.g T for tools, D for Diagnostics menu etc.

After editing the ipxe script in notepad or metapad. Copy and paste the iPXE script into the Advanced Configuration Options (Fog Configuration --> iPXE Boot Menu). I generally have the login required to password protect the menu because of a few destructive tools, this can be done by ticking the box for Advanced Menu Login under the section --> Fog Configuration --> iPXE Boot Menu.

I hope I am making sense as I’m not exactly the best at typing out documentation.
Is this what you were after?

Would be quite handy to have some other example of good Fog Menu configurations up on the Wiki as well, as I love reading through other examples on what works and what doesn’t

Cheers,

Ahh my bad, the description was just blank as I was just testing the Menu.
I copied every other field but the description from my previous server. All good now cheers.
Sorry about that.