Ok, I had it my way but the ISO required some mods.

Using instead in my FOG boot menu :

• kernel http://${fog-ip}/fog/ISO/memdisk iso raw || goto failed
• initrd http://${fog-ip}/fog/ISO/Utilities/Parted_Magic_2018.04.30_slim.iso || goto failed
• boot || goto failed

I had to downscale ISO so it would fit in a memdisk ISO allocation, which limited to around 608 MB… So I kept the 64 bits images and kernels. All 32 bits stuff was deleted. Runs fine with this “slim” Parted Magic, 64 bits only.

I’ve used ISO Master program in a Debian 9 machine to trim down the ISO content from 624MB down to 582MB.

Steve

@george1421

Reading the Parted Magic Frugal install instruction did get me some valuable information :

https://partedmagic.com/frugal-install/

Simply put, the boot process for Parted Magic will seek the Squashfs in removable devices, which do not exist in a “sanboot” :

root=/dev/sdXX

Starting with PartedMagic 6.2 the search for the pmagic-.sqfs file will begin with the removable devices, unless a device/partition (root=/dev/sdXX), label (label=XXXXXXXX) or partial uuid (uuid=XXXXXX) is stated. Without such a kernel boot parameter a 10 seconds delay will occur.*

Furthermore, the boot must be set to “boot=/boot” :

directory=/boot

Previous versions of this document said to copy the “pmagic” folder to ”/”. This carried the risk of a subsequent run of PartedMagic from a CD or a USB stick to find the pmagic-.sqfs file on the disk instead of the on the media – something you would not want in the majority of cases.
Starting with PartedMagic 6.2 the risk is inverted: a subsequent run of PartedMagic from the disk might find the pmagic-.sqfs file on the media.
The solution in both cases is to “hide” the “pmagic” folder on the disk in e.g. the ”/boot” folder.

Ok, I had it my way but the ISO required some mods.

Using instead in my FOG boot menu :

• kernel http://${fog-ip}/fog/ISO/memdisk iso raw || goto failed
• initrd http://${fog-ip}/fog/ISO/Utilities/Parted_Magic_2018.04.30_slim.iso || goto failed
• boot || goto failed

I had to downscale ISO so it would fit in a memdisk ISO allocation, which limited to around 608 MB… So I kept the 64 bits images and kernels. All 32 bits stuff was deleted. Runs fine with this “slim” Parted Magic, 64 bits only.

I’ve used ISO Master program in a Debian 9 machine to trim down the ISO content from 624MB down to 582MB.

Steve

Hi,

I did follow the instruction available in the FOG Wiki for Parted Magic :

https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Include_any_ISO_in_the_FOG_Bootmenu

(Followed the instructions to extract the SQFS too)

I did the following configuration and it seems to boot ok :

kernel http://${fog-ip}/fog/ISO/Utilities/PARTED_MAGIC/pmagic/bzImage64
initrd http://${fog-ip}/fog/ISO/Utilities/PARTED_MAGIC/pmagic/initrd.img
initrd http://${fog-ip}/fog/ISO/Utilities/PARTED_MAGIC/pmagic/files.cgz
initrd http://${fog-ip}/fog/ISO/Utilities/PARTED_MAGIC/pmagic/fu.img
initrd http://${fog-ip}/fog/ISO/Utilities/PARTED_MAGIC/pmagic/m64.img
imgargs bzImage64 boot=live ip=dhcp edd=on noapic load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 rw vga=normal sleep=0 loglevel=0 keymap=us splash quiet - || read void
boot || read void

But… I keep receiving the following message after a kernel panic :

What step are missing to have a successfull boot?

Regards,

Steve