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| boot http://boot.ipxe.org/demo/boot.php | boot http://boot.ipxe.org/demo/boot.php | ||
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| - | === Boot a Linux kernel with arguments === | ||
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| - | boot http://192.168.0.1/vmlinuz vga=788 | ||
| === Boot pxelinux === | === Boot pxelinux === | ||
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| boot | boot | ||
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| + | === Boot a Linux kernel with an initrd and arguments === | ||
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| + | imgfetch http://192.168.0.1/initrd.gz | ||
| + | boot http://192.168.0.1/vmlinuz vga=788 | ||
| ===== Description ===== | ===== Description ===== | ||
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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. | ||
