How To Install dracut-config-rescue on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dracut-config-rescue on CentOS 8.
What is dracut-config-rescue
This package provides the configuration to turn on the rescue initramfs generation with dracut.
We can use yum or dnf to install dracut-config-rescue on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dracut-config-rescue.
Install dracut-config-rescue on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install dracut-config-rescue using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dracut-config-rescue
Install dracut-config-rescue on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install dracut-config-rescue using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dracut-config-rescue
How To Uninstall dracut-config-rescue on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the dracut-config-rescue package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dracut-config-rescue
dracut-config-rescue Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/51-dracut-rescue-postinst.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d/02-rescue.conf
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/51-dracut-rescue.install
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dracut-config-rescue on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.