Graphical Menu

This is a quick guide to replacing the default boot prompt with a graphical menu.

As of FOG 0.20 the included pxelinux.0 version is 3.71

The prep work: Create your backups first: cd /tftpboot/ cp -p pxelinux.0 pxelinux.0.bak cd /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/ cp -p default default.bak

Grab a more recent version of syslinux:

wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/syslinux-3.82.tar.gz tar -zxvf syslinux-3.82.tar.gz cd syslinux-3.82 cp com32/menu/vesamenu.c32 /tftpboot/fog/ cp core/pxelinux.0 /tftpboot/

Edit a new file called default, make the menu and save it. cp default /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/

Original /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default DISPLAY boot.txt

DEFAULT fog.local

LABEL fog.local localboot 0

LABEL fog.memtest kernel fog/memtest/memtest

LABEL fog.reg kernel fog/kernel/bzImage append initrd=fog/images/init.gz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 ip=dhcp dns=1.1.1.38 mode=autoreg web=1.1.1.100/fog/ quiet

LABEL fog.reginput kernel fog/kernel/bzImage append initrd=fog/images/init.gz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 ip=dhcp dns=1.1.1.38 mode=manreg web=1.1.1.100/fog/ quiet

LABEL fog.debug kernel fog/kernel/bzImage append initrd=fog/images/init.gz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 ip=dhcp dns=1.1.1.38 mode=onlydebug

PROMPT 1 TIMEOUT 30

Graphical menu

DEFAULT fog/vesamenu.c32 MENU TITLE FOG Imaging Solution

LABEL fog.local localboot 0 MENU DEFAULT MENU LABEL Boot from the local drive TEXT HELP Boot from the local hard drive. ENDTEXT

LABEL fog.memtest kernel fog/memtest/memtest MENU LABEL Run Memtest86+ TEXT HELP Run Memtest86+ on the client computer. ENDTEXT LABEL fog.reg kernel fog/kernel/bzImage append initrd=fog/images/init.gz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 ip=dhcp dns=1.1.1.38 mode=autoreg web=1.1.1.100/fog/ quiet MENU LABEL Auto register computer TEXT HELP Automatically register the client computer, and perform a hardware inventory. ENDTEXT

LABEL fog.reginput kernel fog/kernel/bzImage append initrd=fog/images/init.gz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 ip=dhcp dns=1.1.1.38 mode=manreg web=1.1.1.100/fog/ quiet MENU LABEL Manually register computer TEXT HELP Manually input info and register the client computer. ENDTEXT

LABEL fog.debug kernel fog/kernel/bzImage append initrd=fog/images/init.gz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 ip=dhcp dns=1.1.1.38 mode=onlydebug MENU LABEL Debug mode with shell TEXT HELP Debug mode will load the boot image and load a prompt so you can run any commands you wish. ENDTEXT

PROMPT 0 TIMEOUT 300
 * 1) timeout is in 1/10 of seconds

Tips: Always make a backup and test your work. If you get a completely blank screen make sure you have a pxelinux.0 and vesamenu.c32 from the same distribution of syslinux.

Links: http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/Menu