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)
• DEB based Linux distributions:
  • Debian (m)
  • Ubuntu (m)
• Other Linux distributions:
  • Slackware (m)
  • ArchLinux (m)
  • CoreOS (m)
• Live distributions:
  • GParted (m)
  • Clonezilla (s)
  • SystemRescueCD
  • Parted Magic (s)
• BSD systems:
  • OpenBSD (m)
  • NetBSD (m)
  • FreeBSD (m)
  • PC-BSD (m)
• FreeDOS images:
  • UBCD FreeDOS (s)
  • Ultimate boot CD (s)
  • FreeDOS 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 [Local IP: 10.0.2.15 on virtio-net] 
                                                                                
   Default:  
      Boot local hdd [l]                                                        
   Operating systems:                                                           
      Fedora x86_64 [f]                                                        
      CentOS x86_64 [c]                                                        
      Debian amd64 [b]                                                         
      Ubuntu amd64 [u]                                                         
      FreeDOS [d]                                                              
      Chain other netboot sites [O]                                            
      Other systems [x]                                                        
   Options:  
      Architecture: x86_64 (64bit) [a]                                          
      Kernel parameters:                                                        
   Tools:  
      Hardware tools [t]                                                       
      Predefined systems menu [.]                                              
      Select iPXE console [,]                                                  
      iPXE shell [s]                                                           

Extended main menu:

                                                                                
              SAL's BOOT MENU [Local IP: 10.0.2.15 on virtio-net] 
                                                                                
   Default:                                                                     
      Boot local hdd [l]                                                        
   Operating systems:                                                           
      Fedora x86_64 [f]                                                         
      CentOS x86_64 [c]                                                        
      Scientific Linux x86_64 [S]                                              
      openSUSE x86_64 [o]                                                      
      Mageia x86_64 [M]                                                        
      Debian amd64 [b]                                                         
      Ubuntu amd64 [u]                                                         
      ArchLinux [A]                                                             
      Slackware 64 bit [L]                                                      
      GParted 64 bit [g]                                                        
      SystemRescueCd [R]                                                        
      Parted Magic [p]                                                          
      Clonezilla [z]                                                            
      Tiny Core Linux [T]                                                       
      CoreOS [C]                                                                
      BSD systems [y]                                                           
      FreeDOS [d]                                                               
      Chain other netboot sites [O]                                            
   Options:                                                                     
      Architecture: x86_64 (64bit) [a]                                          
   ...                                                                          

Kernel parameters:

                                                                                
                               Kernel parameters  
                                                                                
   Edit parameters [e]                                                          
   Autopartition [a]                                                           
   Disk selection [d]                                                          
   Package selection [p]                                                       
   Serial console ttyS0/ttyS1 [s]                                              
   VNC installation [v]                                                        
   Disable KMS (nomodeset) [m]                                                 
   Text mode install [t]                                                       
   Force en_US language [l]                                                    
   Change predefined root password [w]                                         
   Custom configuration URL [c]                                                
   Network configuration (bonding or static) [n]                               
   ksdevice configuration [k]                                                  

Fedora version selection:

                                     Fedora                                    

   Current (supported) 
   Fedora 31 x86_64 [1]                                                         
   Fedora 30 x86_64 [0]
   Fedora 29 x86_64 [9]
   Fedora 28 x86_64 [8]
   End of life (unsupported) 
   Fedora 27 x86_64
   Fedora 26 x86_64
   Fedora 25 x86_64
   Fedora 24 x86_64
   Fedora 23 x86_64
   Fedora 22 x86_64
   Testing and development 
   Fedora rawhide x86_64 [r]
   Fedora development x86_64 [d]
   Fedora 32_Beta x86_64 [b]
   Fedora 32_Aplha x86_64 [a]
   Fedora dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage x86_64 [A]
   Change Fedora mirror 
   Use ftp.linux.cz as mirror server
   ...

Fedora installation type selection:

                                Fedora boot type                               

   Fedora 31 x86_64                                                             
   Fedora 31 x86_64 minimal server kickstart [k]
   Fedora 31 x86_64 desktop kickstart [d]
   Fedora 31 x86_64 rescue [r]
   Fedora 31 x86_64 rescue with sshd [s]
   Fedora 31 x86_64 direct boot using isolinux [i]

Files in this folder: