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5 years ago hello, i am not able to open/see the content of the linked "using file name.txt" file... it seems to be a zip file with no useful content. this file isn't from me. maybe an attachement from somebody who wrote an issue or so. from where did you got that link?
what ISO did you tried? then i maybe can make an example.
to download, mount and export an ISO, you have to add: to p2-include-url.sh:
MY_ISO=<uniqe_name_without_blanks>
MY_ISO_URL=<url_to_iso_file>
to p2-include-handle.sh:
handle_iso $MY_ISO $MY_ISO_URL;
and to get it listed in the menu, add to p2-include-menu.sh:
#========== BEGIN ==========
if [ -f "$FILE_MENU" ] \
&& [ -f "$DST_NFS_ETH0/$MY_ISO/<path to kernel file e.g. vmlinuz>" ]; then
echo -e "\e[36m add $MY_ISO\e[0m";
sudo sh -c "cat << EOF >> $FILE_MENU
########################################
LABEL $MY_ISO
MENU LABEL <name of iso live system>
KERNEL $FILE_BASE$NFS_ETH0/$MY_ISO/<path to kernel file e.g. vmlinuz>
INITRD $FILE_BASE$NFS_ETH0/$MY_ISO/<path to initrd file, e.g. initrd.img>
APPEND nfsroot=$IP_ETH0:$DST_NFS_ETH0/$MY_ISO ro <boot options of your iso live system>
EOF";
fi
#=========== END ===========
you have to replace all MY_ISO & MY_ISO_URL to your preffered variable name.
and everything in between <...> to the correct what ever is needed.
PS.: if you don't have an earlier version of RPi-PXE-Server cloned, then you don't have the stuff in seperated files. then you have to put those stuff in the install-pxe-server_pass2.sh file to the right spots/places.
(maybe the variablenames do not fit, because the manes were changed in the meantime)
for the kernel and initrd file locations/names, you have to look into the iso to see where they are and what name they have.
for boot options you have to read the documentation of the used system and or watch into severan .cfg file in the iso. when the system is based of an other system that already is included in the project, you maybe can recyckle those boot options.
EDIT: when you already have downloaded an ISO and want to get it "detected" by the script, your ISO file have to be in the folder where $SRC_ISO variable is pointing to and the iso file itself has to have the name that the variable $MY_ISO contains with file extension ".iso",
and a file with the same name but with extension ".url" must be at the same spot.
then you also need to have a menu where all names will fit, otherwise you don'T get an menu entry.
and at last also a handle $MY_ISO $MY_ISO_URL; command.
to prevent trying downloading/overriding the iso again, keep the ".url" file empty and also $MY_ISO_URL= should be empty in the script.
so more or less you have to do all the same steps above of the top part.
Bigjohn4
I am trying to get any Linux running on old laptop. Laptop will not boot DVD or USB drive. your PXE server worked well for many of the built in URLs and also several I added. But, several I want to try will not download, although I can download them from Firefox. They have lots of redirects, which could be the issue. I looking at pass2.sh, I found $src_iso and $file_iso. I put the ISOs I want to use on memory stick, but have been unable to get it to work. Do you have documentation on using these options? [using file name.txt]()
I tried above file, but it is not readable. Do I need a translation? I am including my configs and screen capture for my last try. I am using Raspberry Pi for PXE server.