Advanced Boot Menu Configuration options

Advanced Configuration Options

The Advanced configuration options in the FOG PXE Boot Menu Configuration screen allows you to create a secondary menu that can be accessed from the boot menu screen

The fog server adds the following items to the top of your ipxe boot menu automatically

#!ipxe
console
set fog-ip <server IP listed in fog settings>
set fog-webroot <fog installation web root listed in fog settings>
cpair --foreground 7 --background 2 2
console --picture http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe/bg.png --left 100 --right 80

note: The variables fog-ip and fog-webroot have been created automatically for you, and assigned values relevant to your installation.

Examples

:MENU
menu
item --gap -- ---------------- iPXE boot menu ----------------
item ipxedemo        ipxe online boot demo
item shell          ipxe shell
item return        return to previous menu
choose --default return --timeout 5000 target && goto ${target}
 
:ipxedemo
chain http://boot.ipxe.org/demo/boot.php ||
goto MENU
 
:shell
shell ||
goto MENU
 
:return
chain  http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=${net0/mac} ||
prompt
goto MENU
 
autoboot

:MENU
menu
item --gap -- ---------------- iPXE boot menu ----------------
item WIN7PE64BIT    Boot Windows 7 64 bit iso
item WIN7PE32BIT    Boot Windows 7 32 bit iso
item shell          ipxe shell
item return        return to previous menu
choose --default WIN7PE64BIT --timeout 5000 target && goto ${target}
 
:WIN7PE64BIT
initrd http://${fog-ip}/ISO/Win7PE_x64.ISO
chain memdisk iso raw ||
goto MENU
 
:WIN7PE32BIT
initrd http://${fog-ip}/ISO/Win7PE_x86.ISO
chain memdisk iso raw ||
goto MENU
 
:ipxedemo
chain http://boot.ipxe.org/demo/boot.php ||
goto MENU
 
:shell
shell ||
goto MENU
 
:return
chain  http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=${net0/mac} ||
prompt
goto MENU
 
autoboot

:MENU
menu
item --gap -- ---------------- iPXE boot menu ----------------
item ipxedemo        ipxe online boot demo
item shell          ipxe shell
item return        return to previous menu
item hostinfo        details about this computer
choose --default return --timeout 5000 target && goto ${target}
 
:ipxedemo
chain http://boot.ipxe.org/demo/boot.php ||
goto MENU
 
:shell
shell ||
goto MENU
 
:return
chain  http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=${net0/mac} ||
prompt
goto MENU
 
:hostinfo
echo This computer : ||
echo MAC address....${net0/mac} ||
echo IP address.....${ip} ||
echo Netmask........${netmask} ||
echo Serial.........${serial} ||
echo Asset number...${asset} ||
echo Manufacturer...${manufacturer} ||
echo Product........${product} ||
echo BIOS platform..${platform} ||
echo ||
echo press any key to return to Menu ||
prompt
goto MENU
 
autoboot

additional information about ipxe boot menu creation can be found at http://ipxe.org/