Partition Wizard PXE booting over HTTP

 Boot, PXE, TinyPXE Server  No Responses »
Août 132013
 

needed :
–tiny pxe server
–Partition Wizard

put pwhe8.iso in x:\pxe\iso

use the below ipxe script :

#!ipxe
set boot-url http://${dhcp-server}
initrd ${boot-url}/iso/pwhe8.iso
kernel ${boot-url}/memdisk iso
boot

name it pwhe8.ipxe and put it in x:\pxe

put ipxe-undionly.kpxe in x:\pxe

launch tiny pxe server with the following settings (leave other settings untouched) :
tick « httpd »
boot filename = ipxe-undionly.kpxe (use the browse files and folders « … » button)
tick « filename if user-class=gPXE or iPXE » = http://${dhcp-server}/pwhe8.ipxe.ipxe
push the online button

pxe boot your computer and here we go

homepw

 Posted by at 19 h 26 min

Clonezilla and PXE booting over HTTP

 Boot, PXE, TinyPXE Server  17 Responses »
Août 132013
 

needed :
–tiny pxe server
–Clonezilla

open clonezilla.iso in winrar (or any other iso reading capable tool).
extract live folder to x:\pxe\iso\clonezilla

use the below ipxe script :

#!ipxe
set boot-url http://${dhcp-server}
kernel ${boot-url}/ISO/clonezilla/live/vmlinuz boot=live config noswap nolocales edd=on nomodeset vga=788 nosplash noprompt fetch=http://${dhcp-server}/ISO/clonezilla/live/filesystem.squashfs
initrd ${boot-url}/ISO/clonezilla/live/initrd.img
boot

name it clonezilla.ipxe and put it in x:\pxe

put ipxe-undionly.kpxe in x:\pxe

launch tiny pxe server with the following settings (leave other settings untouched) :
tick « httpd »
boot filename = ipxe-undionly.kpxe (use the browse files and folders « … » button)
tick « filename if user-class=gPXE or iPXE » = http://${dhcp-server}/clonezilla.ipxe
push the online button

pxe boot your computer and here we go

clonezilla

 Posted by at 19 h 20 min

Redo Backup Recovery and PXE booting over NFS

 Boot, PXE, TinyPXE Server  12 Responses »
Août 132013
 

needed :
–tiny pxe server
–winnfsd
–redo backup recovery

open redobackup.iso in winrar (or any other iso reading capable tool).
extract casper folder to x:\pxe\iso\redobackup (or any path that suit you)

launch winnfsd with the following :
winnfsd.exe -id 0 0 x:\pxe\iso\redobackup
note : adapt the above path with your own path

use the below ipxe script :

#!ipxe
set boot-url http://${dhcp-server}
kernel ${boot-url}/iso/redobackup/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=${dhcp-server}:/x/pxe/ISO/redobackup
initrd ${boot-url}/iso/redobackup/casper/initrd.lz
boot

note : adapt /x/pxe/ISO/redobackup to your own path.
name it redo.ipxe and put it in x:\pxe

put ipxe-undionly.kpxe in x:\pxe

launch tiny pxe server with the following settings (leave other settings untouched) :
tick « httpd »
boot filename = ipxe-undionly.kpxe (use the browse files and folders « … » button)
tick « filename if user-class=gPXE or iPXE » = http://${dhcp-server}/redo.ipxe
push the online button

pxe boot your computer and here we go

Redo-Backup-Recovery

 Posted by at 15 h 02 min

Arduino : use an ethernet controller (enc28j60)

 arduino  3 Responses »
Août 122013
 

Here below a quick how to use an arduino and a cheap enc28j60 ethernet module (5€).

Can be handy to built a quick web server and some sensors (like a ds18b20 for example).

below the wiring :

enc28j60_bb

below a sketch using the ethercard library (provided with Arduino GUI) :

// Present a "Will be back soon web page", as stand-in webserver.
// 2011-01-30  http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
 
#include 

#define STATIC 0  // set to 1 to disable DHCP (adjust myip/gwip values below)

#if STATIC
// ethernet interface ip address
static byte myip[] = { 192,168,1,200 };
// gateway ip address
static byte gwip[] = { 192,168,1,1 };
#endif

// ethernet mac address - must be unique on your network
static byte mymac[] = { 0x74,0x69,0x69,0x2D,0x30,0x31 };

byte Ethernet::buffer[500]; // tcp/ip send and receive buffer

char page[] PROGMEM =
"HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n"
"Content-Type: text/html\r\n"
"Retry-After: 600\r\n"
"\r\n"
""
  ""
    "my web page"
  ""
  ""
    "
hello world !
"
  ""
""
;

void setup(){
  Serial.begin(38400);
  Serial.println("\n[backSoon]");
  
  if (ether.begin(sizeof Ethernet::buffer, mymac) == 0) 
    Serial.println( "Failed to access Ethernet controller");
#if STATIC
  ether.staticSetup(myip, gwip);
#else
  if (!ether.dhcpSetup())
    Serial.println("DHCP failed");
#endif

  ether.printIp("IP:  ", ether.myip);
  ether.printIp("GW:  ", ether.gwip);  
  ether.printIp("DNS: ", ether.dnsip);  
}

void loop(){
  // wait for an incoming TCP packet, but ignore its contents
  if (ether.packetLoop(ether.packetReceive())) {
    memcpy_P(ether.tcpOffset(), page, sizeof page);
    ether.httpServerReply(sizeof page - 1);
  }
}
 Posted by at 14 h 21 min

Tiny PXE Server

 Boot, network, PXE  No Responses »
Août 122013
 

I have been playing with pxe booting for a while, first starting with pxelinux, then gpxe and lately with ipxe.

I am mostly a windows user and as an IT often needs a quick (=no install) and portable (=run from USB) dhcp server including a tftp server and a http server offering me then pxe booting.
I could use tftp32 or serva but i like to make my own tools and these 2 were missing some features here and there.

So here comes a small portable dhcp server including a tftp and a http server.

This is freeware (and will always be), should be opensource and the unique here idea is to share and contribute.

-dhcp daemon supports an alternative filename based on the user-class thus enabling chainloading (gpxe->pxelinux, ipxe->script, etc), and also support settings dhcp options (which can then be used by your boot loader)
-tftp daemon supports tsize and blksize commands.
-http daemon support head, range (mandatory for ipxe sanboot options) and over 2gb iso.
-new in version 1.0.0.7 : BINL (RIS & WDS) support
-new in version 1.0.0.10 : DNS daemon

The root home of tftp and http is the folder where you main pxe loader sits.
I put all my iso files in a sub folder called images.
I put all my wim files in a sub folder called sources.
I put all my other loaders, in case I want to chain load, in next to my main loader (bootmgr, pxelinux, gpxe, grldr, etc)

In the attached screenshot, i load ipxe then chainloads a script (menu.ipxe).
In the script 3 different methods : the classic memdisk, a newer approach with sanboot and a new kid on the block wimboot.

More info about these loading methods here :
http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/MEMDISK
http://ipxe.org/cmd/sanboot
http://ipxe.org/wimboot

Side note about ipxe+sanboot+http : I am big fan.
I have always been looking for a quick and efficient boot from lan methods and this is one is great : executes as it read and faster than memdisk since no preloading of the ISO is required.
iPXE reaches 50/60 MBits/secs on my lan.

« Voila ».

Download : http://reboot.pro/files/file/303-tiny-pxe-server/

Erwan

 Posted by at 13 h 38 min
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