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@seppim TBH Your results do not match your subject line, but…
Yes you discovered that bios computers need a different boot loader than uefi computers.

bios == undionly.kpxe
uefi == ipxe.efi or snponly.efi

If you have a windows or linux based dhcp server you can configure it to dynamically send out the right boot loader name based on the pxe booting computer.

And you are also correct to pxe boot into FOG secure boot needs to be disabled.

@seppim said in Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop live:

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/eoan/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/netboot.tar.gz

Thank you Ubuntu… Try this link: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/focal/main/installer-amd64/current/legacy-images/netboot/

Ubuntu 19.10 has been removed from existence so the previous links are now broken.

@sebastian-roth Hi Sebastian,

thank you!

Well, the 3 partitions are because of the Ubuntu software Raid.

I need the Raid to prevent system halt, because the server is not local monitoring. so no one will check if the HDD goes failed.

I finish my setup and try to capture … as long he copy 1:1 the HDD for the backup its fine

@seppim said in Advanced Login:

I guess I need to set the “Advanced menu command”? But why is this not out of the box working?

Yes, you need to add some custom advanced menu that you want to see after the login. There is no default.

Here is some example code you can start working on:

menu item --gap -------------- iPXE advanced boot menu -------------- item DBAN Boot and Nuke item SHELL iPXE Shell item RETURN Return to previous menu choose --default RETURN --timeout 10000 target && goto ${target} :DBAN kernel ${boot_url}/dban/dban.bzi nuke="dwipe" silent vga=785 boot goto MENU :SHELL shell || goto MENU :RETURN chain http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=${net0/mac} || prompt goto MENU autoboot

Here is more stuff if you need: https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/7329/sub-menu-within-fog-advanced-menu

@seppim I have no idea since I did not test loading it with memdisk. I did not look but I suspect the iso image may be larger than 2GB (thinking memdisk is a 32 bit application and not a 64 bit app. But this is only a guess). I know when I was testing the boot.wim file on the iso was 1.3GB in size.
I was able to get it to boot in uefi mode here: https://forums.fogproject.org/post/140212 but in bios mode it complains about needing bootmgr.exe in the iso image.

@the_ccm Would you mind if I included a link to your tutorial post in my larger post here? https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/10944/using-fog-to-pxe-boot-into-your-favorite-installer-images

@sebastian-roth great, thank you!

@george1421 Oh, thanks for the info. Is there a way to use an AntiVirus to check the HDD?

@sebastian-roth oh, ok 🙂 Thank you!