How To Install syslinux-tftpboot on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install syslinux-tftpboot on Rocky Linux 8. syslinux-tftpboot is SYSLINUX modules in /tftpboot, available for network booting

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install syslinux-tftpboot on Rocky Linux 8.

What is syslinux-tftpboot

All the SYSLINUX/PXELINUX modules directly available for network booting in the /tftpboot directory.

We can use yum or dnf to install syslinux-tftpboot on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install syslinux-tftpboot.

Install syslinux-tftpboot on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install syslinux-tftpboot using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install syslinux-tftpboot

Install syslinux-tftpboot on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install syslinux-tftpboot using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install syslinux-tftpboot

How To Uninstall syslinux-tftpboot on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the syslinux-tftpboot package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove syslinux-tftpboot

syslinux-tftpboot Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/tftpboot
/tftpboot/cat.c32
/tftpboot/chain.c32
/tftpboot/cmd.c32
/tftpboot/cmenu.c32
/tftpboot/config.c32
/tftpboot/cptime.c32
/tftpboot/cpu.c32
/tftpboot/cpuid.c32
/tftpboot/cpuidtest.c32
/tftpboot/debug.c32
/tftpboot/dhcp.c32
/tftpboot/dir.c32
/tftpboot/disk.c32
/tftpboot/dmi.c32
/tftpboot/dmitest.c32
/tftpboot/elf.c32
/tftpboot/ethersel.c32
/tftpboot/gfxboot.c32
/tftpboot/gpxecmd.c32
/tftpboot/hdt.c32
/tftpboot/hexdump.c32
/tftpboot/host.c32
/tftpboot/ifcpu.c32
/tftpboot/ifcpu64.c32
/tftpboot/ifmemdsk.c32
/tftpboot/ifplop.c32
/tftpboot/kbdmap.c32
/tftpboot/kontron_wdt.c32
/tftpboot/ldlinux.c32
/tftpboot/lfs.c32
/tftpboot/libcom32.c32
/tftpboot/libgpl.c32
/tftpboot/liblua.c32
/tftpboot/libmenu.c32
/tftpboot/libutil.c32
/tftpboot/linux.c32
/tftpboot/lpxelinux.0
/tftpboot/ls.c32
/tftpboot/lua.c32
/tftpboot/mboot.c32
/tftpboot/memdisk
/tftpboot/meminfo.c32
/tftpboot/menu.c32
/tftpboot/pci.c32
/tftpboot/pcitest.c32
/tftpboot/pmload.c32
/tftpboot/poweroff.c32
/tftpboot/prdhcp.c32
/tftpboot/pwd.c32
/tftpboot/pxechn.c32
/tftpboot/pxelinux.0
/tftpboot/reboot.c32
/tftpboot/rosh.c32
/tftpboot/sanboot.c32
/tftpboot/sdi.c32
/tftpboot/sysdump.c32
/tftpboot/syslinux.c32
/tftpboot/vesa.c32
/tftpboot/vesainfo.c32
/tftpboot/vesamenu.c32
/tftpboot/vpdtest.c32
/tftpboot/whichsys.c32
/tftpboot/zzjson.c32

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install syslinux-tftpboot on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.