SAL's NETWORK BOOT

Network boot Linux, BSD, DOS and tools like hdt, memtest, ...

Supported operating systems:

• RPM based Linux distributions:
  • Fedora (s) (m)
  • CentOS (s) (m)
  • Scientific linux (s) (m)
  • openSUSE (m)
  • Mageia (m)
  • Mandriva (m)
• DEB based Linux distributions:
  • Debian (m)
  • Ubuntu (m)
• Other Linux distributions:
  • Slackware (m)
  • ArchLinux (m)
  • CoreOS (m)
• Live distributions:
  • GParted (m)
  • Clonezilla (s)
  • Parted Magic (s)
• BSD systems:
  • OpenBSD (m)
  • NetBSD (m)
  • FreeBSD (m)
  • PC-BSD (m)
• FreeDOS images:
  • UBCD FreeDOS (s)
  • Ultimate boot CD (s)
  • FreeDOS 1.1 src (installation iso) (s)
• Tools:
  • Hardware detection tool (HDT) (s)
  • MemTest86+ (s)

Legend:

• (s) - signed and signature is verified before boot
• (m) - booting from an official mirror

Requirements:

• x86 (32 or 64 bit) PC with network connection

Optional but recommended:

• network configuration from DHCP server
• PXE enabled network card

FAQ

• How to start?
  Look into ipxe/ dir for how to boot your favorite system.
• What is the shortest way to chainload this menu from another ipxe/gpxe (for example from qemu's internal pxe)?
  chain http://boot.salstar.sk
  No need to specify filename, ipxe/gpxe user-agent is autodetected and proper content will be sent.
• What is the shortest way to call other scripts, which are not present in menu?
  Just type "chain scriptname". For example "chain lspci". No need to type ".ipxe" extension, it will be added automatically.
• Is it opensource?
  YES! It's released under GPL v2. You can download sources from my git repository:
  git clone http://git.salstar.sk/pxeboot.git
• Do you have more questions/suggestions?
  Contact me at ondrejj(at)salstar.sk.

Screenshots

Main menu:

                                                                                
                                 SAL's BOOT MENU                                
                                                                                
   Default:                                                                     
      Boot local hdd [l]                                                        
   Operating systems:                                                           
      Fedora x86_64 [f]                                                         
      CentOS x86_64 [c]                                                         
      Debian amd64 [b]                                                          
      Ubuntu amd64 [u]                                                          
      openSUSE x86_64 [o]                                                       
      Parted Magic [p]                                                          
      FreeDOS [d]                                                               
      Other systems [x]                                                         
   Options:                                                                     
      Architecture: x86_64 (64bit) [a]                                          
      Kernel parameters:                                                        
   Tools:                                                                       
      Hardware detection tool [h]                                               
      MemTest86+ 4.20 [m]                                                       
      iPXE shell [s]                                                            
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                

Extended main menu:

                                                                                
                                 SAL's BOOT MENU                                
                                                                                
   Default:                                                                     
      Boot local hdd [l]                                                        
   Operating systems:                                                           
      Fedora x86_64 [f]                                                         
      CentOS x86_64 [c]                                                         
      Scientific Linux x86_64                                                   
      Debian amd64 [b]                                                          
      Ubuntu amd64 [u]                                                          
      openSUSE x86_64 [o]                                                       
      ArchLinux amd64                                                           
      Mandriva x86_64                                                           
      Slackware 64 bit                                                          
      Parted Magic [p]                                                          
      Clonezilla [z]                                                            
      BSD systems                                                               
      FreeDOS [d]                                                               
   Options:                                                                     
      Architecture: x86_64 (64bit) [a]                                          
   ...                                                                          
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                

Kernel parameters:

                                                                                
                               Kernel parameters                                
                                                                                
   Edit parameters [e]                                                          
   Autopartition [a]                                                            
   Disk selection [d]                                                           
   Package selection [p]                                                        
   VNC installation [v]                                                         
   Serial console ttyS0/ttyS1 [s]                                               
   Disable KMS (nomodeset) [m]                                                  
   Text mode install [t]                                                        
   Language: en_US [l]                                                          
   Custom configuration URL [c]                                                 
   Static network configuration [n]                                             
   ksdevice configuration [k]                                                   
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                

Fedora version selection:

                                                                                
                                     Fedora                                     
                                                                                
   Fedora 16 x86_64 [6]                                                         
   Fedora 15 x86_64 [5]                                                         
   Fedora 17-Aplha x86_64 [a]                                                   
   Fedora 17-Beta x86_64 [b]                                                    
   Fedora 17 (development) x86_64 [d]                                           
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                

Fedora installation type selection:

                                                                                
                                Fedora boot type                                
                                                                                
   Fedora 16 x86_64                                                             
   Fedora 16 x86_64 kickstart [k]                                               
   Fedora 16 x86_64 rescue [r]                                                  
   Fedora 16 x86_64 rescue with ssh [s]                                         
   Fedora 16 x86_64 kickstart part=root=4 [a]                                   
   Fedora 16 x86_64 direct boot using isolinux [i]                              
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                

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