====== Boot system from network interface ======

===== Synopsis =====

    autoboot [<interface>] [<interface>...]

===== Examples =====

=== Boot from the first available network interface ===

    autoboot

=== Boot from network interface "net0" ===

    autoboot net0

=== Retry booting indefinitely until it succeeds ===

    :retry_boot
    autoboot || goto retry_boot

===== Description =====

Boot from a network interface.  iPXE will open the first specified network interface and attempt to boot from it.  If booting fails, the network interface will be closed and iPXE will proceed to the next network interface in the list.

If no network interfaces are explicitly specified, iPXE will try all available network interfaces.

===== Command status =====

^ Failure   | Booting was unsuccessful |

It is generally impossible for this command to return successfully, since if the boot is successful then control will not return to iPXE.

===== See also =====

  * [[:cmd|List of all iPXE commands]]