Tiny PXE Server

GParted

Gnome Partition Editor (GParted) is

"...a free partition editor for graphically managing your disk partitions... With GParted you can resize, copy, and move partitions without data loss, enabling you to...Create space for new operating system... Attempt data rescue from lost partitions..."

The following sections are covered in this page

Required Files
pxelinux settings
grub4dos settings
iPXE settings
iPXE Scripts

GParted version 0.22.0-2 was used during testing - similar settings may also work with other versions.

Required Files

To PXE Boot GParted, download the ISO file (http://gparted.org/download.php).

Now create the folder \gparted0220\ in your Tiny PXE Server root directory - e.g. C:\pxesrv\files\gparted0220\.

Now extract the following files from the GParted ISO (mount it in ImDisk, or extract using 7-zip, or use a tool of your choice) and copy them to C:\pxesrv\files\gparted0220\ -

\filesystem.squashfs
\initrd.img
\vmlinuz

Tiny PXE Server directory structure -

C:\pxesrv\files\gparted0220\filesystem.squashfs
C:\pxesrv\files\gparted0220\initrd.img
C:\pxesrv\files\gparted0220\vmlinuz

Now add a menu entry for your preferred Network Bootstrap Program -

pxelinux settings
grub4dos settings
iPXE settings
iPXE Scripts

pxelinux settings

Remember to ensure that the required files are copied to your Tiny PXE Server root directory -

C:\pxesrv\files\pxelinux.0
C:\pxesrv\files\menu.c32
C:\pxesrv\files\pxelinux.cfg\default

Add the following to C:\pxesrv\files\pxelinux.cfg\default (create this file if required) -
label GParted (Version 0.22.0) MENU LABEL GParted Live kernel gparted0220/vmlinuz append initrd=gparted0220/initrd.img boot=live config components union=overlay username=user noswap noeject ip= vga=788 fetch=http://192.168.2.1/gparted0220/filesystem.squashfs

The parameter containing the path to filesystem.squashfs may need to be edited to suit your own setup - replacing the IP (v4) address with the IP address of your server.

Click on one of the following for sample config.ini settings (edit to reflect your own setup) -

DHCP - here
Proxy DHCP - here

grub4dos settings

Remember to ensure that the required files are copied to your Tiny PXE Server root directory -

C:\pxesrv\files\grldr
C:\pxesrv\files\menu.lst\default

Add the following to C:\pxesrv\files\menu.lst\default (create this file if required) -
title GParted (Version 0.22.0) kernel (pd)/gparted0220/vmlinuz boot=live config components union=overlay username=user noswap noeject ip= vga=788 fetch=http://192.168.2.1/gparted0220/filesystem.squashfs initrd (pd)/gparted0220/initrd.img

The parameter containing the path to filesystem.squashfs may need to be edited to suit your own setup - replacing the IP (v4) address with the IP address of your server.

Click on one of the following for config.ini settings (edit to reflect your own setup) -

DHCP - here
Proxy DHCP - here

iPXE settings

Remember to ensure that the required files are copied to your Tiny PXE Server root directory -

C:\pxesrv\files\ipxe.pxe (or C:\pxesrv\files\ipxe-undionly.kpxe)
C:\pxesrv\files\ipxe_menu.txt

Add the following to the menu section of C:\pxesrv\files\ipxe_menu.txt (create this file if required) -
item gparted GParted (Version 0.22.0)

Add the following to the menu options section of C:\pxesrv\files\ipxe_menu.txt -
:gparted kernel ${boot-url}/gparted0220/vmlinuz boot=live config components union=overlay username=user noswap noeject ip= vga=788 fetch=${boot-url}/gparted0220/filesystem.squashfs initrd ${boot-url}/gparted0220/initrd.img boot

E.g. -
#!ipxe #============== Set Variables =============== set boot-url http://${dhcp-server} #================ Main Menu ================= menu iPXE boot menu item gparted GParted (Version 0.22.0) choose target && goto ${target} #============ Main Menu Options ============= :gparted kernel ${boot-url}/gparted0220/vmlinuz boot=live config components union=overlay username=user noswap noeject ip= vga=788 fetch=${boot-url}/gparted0220/filesystem.squashfs initrd ${boot-url}/gparted0220/initrd.img boot
NOTE - remember to change set boot-url http://${dhcp-server} if using ProxyDHCP.

Click on one of the following for config.ini settings (edit to reflect your own setup) -

DHCP - here
Proxy DHCP - here

iPXE Scripts

iPXE menus are essentially complicated scripts. It's also possible to specify a script using the altfilename option in config.ini. NOTE - remember to change set boot-url http://${dhcp-server} if using ProxyDHCP.

Sample iPXE script -
#!ipxe set boot-url http://${dhcp-server} kernel ${boot-url}/gparted0220/vmlinuz boot=live config components union=overlay username=user noswap noeject ip= vga=788 fetch=${boot-url}/gparted0220/filesystem.squashfs initrd ${boot-url}/gparted0220/initrd.img boot

Document date - 28^th February 2017(DRAFT)