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  #define IMAGE_ARCHIVE_CMD	/* Archive image management commands */
 ```
 
+An alternative to this is to use [named configurations](https://ipxe.org/appnote/named_config) instead of
+patching the global file.
+
 ## iPXE booting
 
 To boot a rescue system, you first need to build the above modified