I updated my PXElinux boot menu with a ... / 2009-09-03

I updated my PXElinux boot menu with a few changes to the pxelinux.cfg/default so there are a number of handy extra booting options:

DEFAULT vesamenu.c32
PROMPT 0

TIMEOUT 100

MENU TITLE Heavy Duty Boot Service
MENU BACKGROUND boot.jpg
# http://www.flickr.com/photos/bottinex/2948585175/

LABEL local
MENU LABEL ^Boot from local disk (default)
        localboot 0

LABEL memtest
MENU LABEL ^Memory test
                kernel memtest86

LABEL pldrescue
MENU LABEL ^PLD Linux rescue
        KERNEL pld-20090221/boot/isolinux/vmlinuz
        APPEND initrd=pld-20090221/rescue.cpi,pld-20090221/custom/custom.cpi root=/dev/ram0 CONF=”`/dev/fd0:/rescue`;;;;;;;;;;;”
        IPAPPEND 1

LABEL ubuntu-i386
MENU LABEL Ubuntu i386 menu
        KERNEL menu.c32
        APPEND ubuntu-installer/ubuntu-i386.cfg

LABEL ubuntu-amd64
MENU LABEL Ubuntu amd64 menu
        KERNEL menu.c32
        APPEND ubuntu-installer/ubuntu-amd64.cfg

LABEL cpuid
MENU LABEL ^Identify Processor
        KERNEL cpuidtest.c32 

The ubuntu submenus are copied from the ubuntu CD's and slightly adjusted to the local situation:

MENU TITLE Ubuntu i386 menu
DISPLAY ubuntu-installer/i386/boot-screens/boot.txt

LABEL install
        kernel ubuntu-installer/i386/linux
        append vga=normal initrd=ubuntu-installer/i386/initrd.gz -- 
LABEL linux
        kernel ubuntu-installer/i386/linux
        append vga=normal initrd=ubuntu-installer/i386/initrd.gz -- 
LABEL cli
        kernel ubuntu-installer/i386/linux
        append tasks=standard pkgsel/language-pack-patterns= pkgsel/install-language-support=false vga=normal initrd=ubuntu-installer/i386/initrd.gz -- 

LABEL expert
        kernel ubuntu-installer/i386/linux
        append priority=low vga=normal initrd=ubuntu-installer/i386/initrd.gz -- 
LABEL cli-expert
        kernel ubuntu-installer/i386/linux
        append tasks=standard pkgsel/language-pack-patterns= pkgsel/install-language-support=false priority=low vga=normal initrd=ubuntu-installer/i386/initrd.gz -- 

LABEL rescue
        kernel ubuntu-installer/i386/linux
        append vga=normal initrd=ubuntu-installer/i386/initrd.gz rescue/enable=true -- 

LABEL mainmenu
        MENU LABEL Return to main menu
        KERNEL vesamenu.c32
        APPEND ~

The PLD Linux rescue CD is ofcourse based on PXE remote boot for your home/work lab. I tried the Ubuntu 'rescue' mode once but the PLD linux rescue environment works a lot better for me.