https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Graphical_MenuGraphical Menu - Revision history2026-04-18T11:21:32ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.30.0https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Graphical_Menu&diff=1552&oldid=prevEricgearhart: Updating the links and instructions2009-07-08T01:29:54Z<p>Updating the links and instructions</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''This is a quick guide to replacing the default boot prompt with a graphical menu.'''<br />
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''As of FOG 0.20 the included pxelinux.0 version is 3.71''<br />
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The prep work:<br />
<pre><br />
Create your backups first:<br />
cd /tftpboot/<br />
cp -p pxelinux.0 pxelinux.0.bak<br />
cd /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/<br />
cp -p default default.bak<br />
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Grab a more recent version of syslinux:<br />
<br />
wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/syslinux-3.82.tar.gz<br />
tar -zxvf syslinux-3.82.tar.gz<br />
cd syslinux-3.82<br />
cp com32/menu/vesamenu.c32 /tftpboot/fog/<br />
cp core/pxelinux.0 /tftpboot/<br />
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Edit a new file called default, make the menu and save it.<br />
cp default /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/<br />
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Original /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default<br />
<pre><br />
DISPLAY boot.txt<br />
<br />
DEFAULT fog.local<br />
<br />
LABEL fog.local<br />
localboot 0<br />
<br />
LABEL fog.memtest<br />
kernel fog/memtest/memtest<br />
<br />
LABEL fog.reg<br />
kernel fog/kernel/bzImage<br />
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<br />
<br />
LABEL fog.reginput<br />
kernel fog/kernel/bzImage<br />
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<br />
<br />
LABEL fog.debug<br />
kernel fog/kernel/bzImage<br />
append initrd=fog/images/init.gz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 ip=dhcp dns=1.1.1.38 mode=onlydebug<br />
<br />
PROMPT 1<br />
TIMEOUT 30<br />
</pre><br />
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Graphical menu<br />
<br />
<pre><br />
<br />
DEFAULT fog/vesamenu.c32<br />
MENU TITLE FOG Imaging Solution<br />
<br />
LABEL fog.local<br />
localboot 0<br />
MENU DEFAULT<br />
MENU LABEL Boot from the local drive<br />
TEXT HELP<br />
Boot from the local hard drive.<br />
ENDTEXT<br />
<br />
LABEL fog.memtest<br />
kernel fog/memtest/memtest<br />
MENU LABEL Run Memtest86+<br />
TEXT HELP<br />
Run Memtest86+ on the client computer.<br />
ENDTEXT<br />
<br />
LABEL fog.reg<br />
kernel fog/kernel/bzImage<br />
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<br />
MENU LABEL Auto register computer<br />
TEXT HELP<br />
Automatically register the client computer,<br />
and perform a hardware inventory.<br />
ENDTEXT<br />
<br />
LABEL fog.reginput<br />
kernel fog/kernel/bzImage<br />
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<br />
MENU LABEL Manually register computer<br />
TEXT HELP<br />
Manually input info and register the client computer.<br />
ENDTEXT<br />
<br />
LABEL fog.debug<br />
kernel fog/kernel/bzImage<br />
append initrd=fog/images/init.gz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 ip=dhcp dns=1.1.1.38 mode=onlydebug<br />
MENU LABEL Debug mode with shell<br />
TEXT HELP<br />
Debug mode will load the boot image and load a prompt so<br />
you can run any commands you wish.<br />
ENDTEXT<br />
<br />
PROMPT 0<br />
# timeout is in 1/10 of seconds<br />
TIMEOUT 300<br />
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Tips:<br />
Always make a backup and test your work.<br />
If you get a completely blank screen make sure you have a pxelinux.0 and vesamenu.c32 from the same distribution of syslinux. <br />
<br />
Links:<br />
http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/Menu</div>Ericgearhart