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Iana at 21:24, 26 June 2014

2014-06-26T21:24:47Z

Iana: Added configuration information for fog 1.1.0

2014-06-13T18:10:22Z

Added configuration information for fog 1.1.0

Iana at 21:05, 28 January 2013

2013-01-28T21:05:33Z

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[http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page|system rescue CD] will boot from the fog pxe menu without too much trouble. This distro has forensic tools for disaster recovery and is small enough to boot quickly. System rescue CD is based on [http://www.gentoo.org/|gentoo linux].

=== System Rescue CD Files ===
Download system rescue CD 3.3.0 from http://www.sysresccd.org/Download and loopback mounted it.

<pre>
cd /tmp
mkdir sysrescueCD
mount -o loop -t iso9660 systemrescuecd-x86-3.3.0.iso /tmp/sysrescueCD
</pre>

On the fog server I created /tftpboot/sysrescue and /images/sysrescue

<pre>
mkdir /tftpboot/sysrescue
mkdir /images/sysrescue
</pre>

Copy the necessary kernel and ramdisk into place.

<pre>
cp /tmp/sysrescueCD/isolinux/initram.igz /tftpboot/sysrescue
cp /tmp/sysrescueCD/isolinux/rescue32 /tftpboot/sysrescue
cp /tmp/sysrescueCD/isolinux/rescue64 /tftpboot/sysrescue
</pre>

Next copy the sysrcd.dat and sysrcd.md5 files into place

<pre>
cp /tmp/sysrescueCD/sysrcd.md5 /images/sysrescue
cp /tmp/sysrescueCD/sysrcd.dat /images/sysrescue
</pre>

Ensure that the new nfs directory will be exported by adding the following line to /etc/exports

<pre>
/images/sysrescue *(ro,insecure)
</pre>

And export it

<pre>
exportfs -va
</pre>

=== FOG Menu Items ===
The fog menu system can be adjusted manually by editing the file /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default but changes to that file will not be respected when you update fog or if you change one of the PXE configuration settings in the FOG frontend. Instead we can use the frontend to make a persistent change.
<pre>
-> Other Information
-> PXE Boot Menu
-> Advanced Settings
Add any custom text...

LABEL System Rescue CD "Live Image"
LINUX sysrescue/rescue32
INITRD sysrescue/initram.igz
APPEND scandelay=1 docache netboot=nfs://<IP ADDRESS OF YOUR FOG SERVER>:/images/sysrescue setkmap=us
TEXT
SystemRescueCD network boot image (recovery)
ENDTEXT

LABEL System Rescue CD "Live Image" 64 bit
LINUX sysrescue/rescue64
INITRD sysrescue/initram.igz
APPEND scandelay=1 docache netboot=nfs://<IP ADDRESS OF YOUR FOG SERVER>:/images/sysrescue setkmap=us
TEXT
SystemRescueCD network boot image (recovery) 64 bit
ENDTEXT

</pre>

When you boot the client you should now be able to see an entry for ''System Rescue CD "Live Image"'' which will boot SystemRescueCD with networking (and allow you to start X11 if you wish).

Remember to umount the loopback image from the fog server when you are done
<pre>
sudo umount /tmp/sysrescue
</pre>

[[category:pxe]]
[[category:customization]]

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 I'm running Fog on a Centos/RHEL host so the fog installer script put my web root at /var/www/html/fog. If you are running ubuntu the fog web root will be somewhere else (/var/www/fog maybe?), wherever it is, we to copy the systemrescue files to somewhere fog accessible, I stuck them in the ipxe folder but there may be a better location.
 <pre>
-cp /tmp/sysrescueCD/rescue32 /var/www/html/fog/services/ipxe/
+cp /tmp/sysrescueCD/isolinux/rescue32 /var/www/html/fog/services/ipxe/
-cp /tmp/sysrescueCD/rescue64 /var/www/html/fog/services/ipxe/
+cp /tmp/sysrescueCD/isolinux/rescue64 /var/www/html/fog/services/ipxe/
 cp /tmp/sysrescueCD/isolinux/initram.igz /var/www/html/fog/services/ipxe/
 cp /tmp/sysrescueCD/sysrcd.dat /var/www/html/fog/services/ipxe/
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 colour --rgb 0xff6600 2
 cpair --foreground 7 --background 2 2
-console --picture http://<YOUR FOG SERVER HERE/fog/service/ipxe/bg.png --left 100 --right 80
+console --picture http://YOUR.FOG.SERVER.IP.HERE/fog/service/ipxe/bg.png --left 100 --right 80
 :MENU
 menu
@@ Line 55: / Line 55: @@
 sanboot --no-describe --drive 0x80 || goto MENU
 :fog.sysr64
-kernel rescue64 scandelay=1 docache netboot=http://<YOUR FOG SERVER HERE>/fog/service/ipxe/sysrcd.dat
+kernel rescue64 scandelay=1 docache netboot=http://YOUR.FOG.SERVER.IP.HERE/fog/service/ipxe/sysrcd.dat
 initrd initram.igz
 boot || goto MENU
 :fog.sysr32
-kernel rescue32 scandelay=1 docache netboot=http://<YOUR FOG SERVER HERE>/fog/service/ipxe/sysrcd.dat
+kernel rescue32 scandelay=1 docache netboot=http://YOUR.FOG.SERVER.IP.HERE/fog/service/ipxe/sysrcd.dat
 initrd initram.igz
 boot || goto MENU

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-[http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page|system rescue CD] will boot from the fog pxe menu without too much trouble. This distro has forensic tools for disaster recovery and is small enough to boot quickly. System rescue CD is based on [http://www.gentoo.org/|gentoo linux].
+=System Rescue CD =
 === System Rescue CD Files ===
-Download system rescue CD 3.3.0 from http://www.sysresccd.org/Download and loopback mounted it.
+On the fog server, download the system rescue CD from [http://www.sysresccd.org/Download http://www.sysresccd.org/Download]. The version used here is 4.2.0, but others should work similarly.
 <pre>
 cd /tmp