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| ===== Notes ===== | ===== Notes ===== | ||
| - | The commands ''boot'', ''imgexec'' and ''chain'' are identical. In older versions of iPXE, ''boot'' and ''imgexec'' will accept only the name of an already-downloaded image, and ''chain'' will accept only the URI of a new image to be downloaded. | + | The commands ''boot'', ''imgexec'' and ''chain'' are identical. |
| - | For the sake of backwards compatibility with existing scripts, you can specify a new name for the image using the ''--name'' option, as with the ''[[:cmd:imgfetch]]'' command. | + | ===== Backwards compatibility ===== |
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| + | In older versions of iPXE, you must use ''chain'' when you want to download and boot a new image from a URI, and you must use ''boot'' or ''imgexec'' when you want to boot an image that has already been downloaded. | ||
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| + | To maintain compatibility with existing scripts, you can specify a new name for the image using the deprecated ''--name'' option. | ||
