[GH-ISSUE #214] Issues booting DBAN/Clonezilla/GPartED

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Originally created by @chris18890 on GitHub (Jan 1, 2018).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netbootxyz/netboot.xyz/issues/214

This weekend I noticed some issues when booting DBAN, when trying to load the ISO from sourceforge I kept getting an error saying “could not boot permission denied http://ipxe.org/022fe23c" I ccould download the ISO normally from a browser, but not from the NetBoot.xyz utilies menu.

I checked other things such as PogoStick & AVG rescue Linux which seemed to work fine, it seemed to be DBAN, Clonezilla & GPartED, all of which are hosted on sourceforge. DBAN was work on Friday intermittently but refused to work on Saturday or Sunday. Not sure if much can be done here or if it’s an upstream issue; I did notice that the Sourceforge URLs were http only, would that make a difference?

Originally created by @chris18890 on GitHub (Jan 1, 2018). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netbootxyz/netboot.xyz/issues/214 This weekend I noticed some issues when booting DBAN, when trying to load the ISO from sourceforge I kept getting an error saying “could not boot permission denied http://ipxe.org/022fe23c" I ccould download the ISO normally from a browser, but not from the NetBoot.xyz utilies menu. I checked other things such as PogoStick & AVG rescue Linux which seemed to work fine, it seemed to be DBAN, Clonezilla & GPartED, all of which are hosted on sourceforge. DBAN was work on Friday intermittently but refused to work on Saturday or Sunday. Not sure if much can be done here or if it’s an upstream issue; I did notice that the Sourceforge URLs were http only, would that make a difference?

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@antonym commented on GitHub (Jan 5, 2018):

I wonder if the URLs I'm using are getting redirected and iPXE isn't liking how they are getting redirected. Are you still having issues with them?

@antonym commented on GitHub (Jan 5, 2018): I wonder if the URLs I'm using are getting redirected and iPXE isn't liking how they are getting redirected. Are you still having issues with them?

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@chris18890 commented on GitHub (Jan 6, 2018):

Sorry for the delay, only got around to checking this evening.

They seem to be booting fine now, I tried each one three times -

Clonezilla worked on the 1st & 3rd try but not the second
DBAN worked all 3 tries
GPartED on the 2nd & 3rd tries

I managed to get a photo of the error whenever clonezilla was failing to load, which was a different error code to before

@chris18890 commented on GitHub (Jan 6, 2018): Sorry for the delay, only got around to checking this evening. They seem to be booting fine now, I tried each one three times - Clonezilla worked on the 1st & 3rd try but not the second DBAN worked all 3 tries GPartED on the 2nd & 3rd tries I managed to get a photo of the error whenever clonezilla was failing to load, which was a different error code to before ![2018-01-06 23 11 05](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3144892/34644922-8567e130-f338-11e7-9743-4a5abe40f139.jpg)

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@barnabyc commented on GitHub (Mar 3, 2018):

@antonym Would a redirection url help? Or perhaps a way to specify a base url for these, such as with the Windows installer menu?

@barnabyc commented on GitHub (Mar 3, 2018): @antonym Would a redirection url help? Or perhaps a way to specify a base url for these, such as with the Windows installer menu?

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@Firminator commented on GitHub (Mar 16, 2018):

The DBAN version on SourceForge is heavily outdated and shouldn't be used. Remember DBAN was bought by a company called Blancco, and code development on open-source DBAN then suddenly halted.
I recommend removing it altogether and using the forked, up to date version located over @ https://github.com/NHellFire/dban/releases which is maintained (although it's a one-man job), stable and working great since several years now. NHellFire added recently Syslinux' vesa32 bootmenu populated with most common wiping scenarios.

@Firminator commented on GitHub (Mar 16, 2018): The DBAN version on SourceForge is heavily outdated and shouldn't be used. Remember DBAN was bought by a company called Blancco, and code development on open-source DBAN then suddenly halted. I recommend removing it altogether and using the forked, up to date version located over @ https://github.com/NHellFire/dban/releases which is maintained (although it's a one-man job), stable and working great since several years now. NHellFire added recently Syslinux' vesa32 bootmenu populated with most common wiping scenarios.

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@andrew-stclair commented on GitHub (Mar 28, 2018):

i have no idea if this is a related issue, but i am having trouble booting anything from the utilities menu

most things fail with this error

Memtest86+ just goes back to the main menu

and SystemRescueCD fails with this

i have tested this from both a Hyper-V Virtual Machine (Gen 2) and a HP ENVY 15-bq1xx with identical results

@andrew-stclair commented on GitHub (Mar 28, 2018): i have no idea if this is a related issue, but i am having trouble booting anything from the utilities menu most things fail with this error ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4944499/38023761-daf6b010-32ce-11e8-94b9-16e8e503155c.png) Memtest86+ just goes back to the main menu and SystemRescueCD fails with this ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4944499/38024279-420997f8-32d0-11e8-9a71-28f078ca505a.png) i have tested this from both a Hyper-V Virtual Machine (Gen 2) and a HP ENVY 15-bq1xx with identical results

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@andrew-stclair commented on GitHub (Mar 28, 2018):

with further testing, the first issue i have discovered has something to do with UEFI

i am now running netboot.xyz.kpxe and Memtestx86+ runs fine

everything else gets Permission Denied (second screenshot above) with exception of Breakin, Partition Wizard, Pogostick and Ultimate Boot CD

it seems everything for sourceforge has the issue

@andrew-stclair commented on GitHub (Mar 28, 2018): with further testing, the first issue i have discovered has something to do with UEFI i am now running netboot.xyz.kpxe and Memtestx86+ runs fine everything else gets Permission Denied (second screenshot above) with exception of Breakin, Partition Wizard, Pogostick and Ultimate Boot CD it seems everything for sourceforge has the issue

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@seffyroff commented on GitHub (Jun 6, 2018):

I am also seeing the permission denied error when trying to boot GParted. Not sure how to proceed.

@seffyroff commented on GitHub (Jun 6, 2018): I am also seeing the permission denied error when trying to boot GParted. Not sure how to proceed.

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@dol-leodagan commented on GitHub (Nov 5, 2018):

The permission denied error seems to be tied to the source being HTTPS instead of HTTP.

The error reported by ipxe ( http://ipxe.org/err/022fe2 ) is related to certificate validation...

@dol-leodagan commented on GitHub (Nov 5, 2018): The _permission denied_ error seems to be tied to the source being HTTPS instead of HTTP. The error reported by ipxe ( http://ipxe.org/err/022fe2 ) is related to certificate validation...

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@barnabyc commented on GitHub (Jun 19, 2019):

hey @antonym really curious if other folks are having success with the Clonezilla/DBAN/GPartED util menu options at this point? I realized we never resolved this issue. I'm going to try some new ISOs on a custom menu, but wondering if anyone else made progress here.

@barnabyc commented on GitHub (Jun 19, 2019): hey @antonym really curious if other folks are having success with the Clonezilla/DBAN/GPartED util menu options at this point? I realized we never resolved this issue. I'm going to try some new ISOs on a custom menu, but wondering if anyone else made progress here.

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@antonym commented on GitHub (Jun 19, 2019):

I took a quick look at gparted this morning and I have a feeling iPXE or Sourceforge isn't playing nicely with the /download redirects anymore. If I try and download the exact URL it's redirecting to, it appears to work. So it may be a matter of just determining a stable mirror it's redirecting to and updating the URLs. I haven't had a ton of time to play with this though this week so I welcome anyone else with time to poke around on it and suggest a PR.

@antonym commented on GitHub (Jun 19, 2019): I took a quick look at gparted this morning and I have a feeling iPXE or Sourceforge isn't playing nicely with the /download redirects anymore. If I try and download the exact URL it's redirecting to, it appears to work. So it may be a matter of just determining a stable mirror it's redirecting to and updating the URLs. I haven't had a ton of time to play with this though this week so I welcome anyone else with time to poke around on it and suggest a PR.

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@NiKiZe commented on GitHub (Jun 25, 2019):

"Exec format error (http://ipxe.org/2e008081)"
If you get it when booting in efi mode, is most likely due to the fact that you are trying to boot a non efi compliant binary (in the case of linux kernel, it wasn't compiled with CONFIG_EFI_STUB=y)
Which you can read more about on the ipxe,org error page (the url is helpful, and always good to include)

in case of memdisk - that is pcbios only and those items will not work in efi.
also memdisk should be avoided if at all possible.
Memtest86+ is also pcbios only, to run in efi env you need a efi version (which there is few of available for free)

@NiKiZe commented on GitHub (Jun 25, 2019): "Exec format error (http://ipxe.org/2e008081)" If you get it when booting in efi mode, is most likely due to the fact that you are trying to boot a non efi compliant binary (in the case of linux kernel, it wasn't compiled with CONFIG_EFI_STUB=y) Which you can read more about on the ipxe,org error page (the url is helpful, and always good to include) in case of memdisk - that is pcbios only and those items will not work in efi. also memdisk should be avoided if at all possible. Memtest86+ is also pcbios only, to run in efi env you need a efi version (which there is few of available for free)

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@antonym commented on GitHub (Sep 4, 2019):

Resolved some of the sourceforge builds with:

https://github.com/antonym/netboot.xyz/pull/355

Hopefully that fixes things for the moment.

@antonym commented on GitHub (Sep 4, 2019): Resolved some of the sourceforge builds with: https://github.com/antonym/netboot.xyz/pull/355 Hopefully that fixes things for the moment.

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