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===== Backwards compatibility ===== | ===== Backwards compatibility ===== | ||
- | In older versions of iPXE, you must use ''chain'' to download and boot a new image from a URI, and you must use ''boot'' or ''imgexec'' to boot an image that has already been downloaded. | + | 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. |
To maintain compatibility with existing scripts, you can specify a new name for the image using the deprecated ''--name'' option. | To maintain compatibility with existing scripts, you can specify a new name for the image using the deprecated ''--name'' option. | ||