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 is in 1/10 of seconds
TIMEOUT 300

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