How To Install syslinux-nonlinux on CentOS 8

syslinux-nonlinux is SYSLINUX modules which aren’t run from linux.

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install syslinux-nonlinux on CentOS 8.

What is `syslinux-nonlinux`

All the SYSLINUX binaries that run from the firmware rather than from a linux host. It also includes a tool, MEMDISK, which loads legacy operating systems from media.

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

Install syslinux-nonlinux 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 syslinux-nonlinux using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install syslinux-nonlinux

Install syslinux-nonlinux 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 syslinux-nonlinux using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install syslinux-nonlinux

How To Uninstall syslinux-nonlinux on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove syslinux-nonlinux

syslinux-nonlinux Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/syslinux/altmbr.bin
/usr/share/syslinux/altmbr_c.bin
/usr/share/syslinux/altmbr_f.bin
/usr/share/syslinux/cat.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/chain.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/cmd.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/cmenu.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/config.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/cptime.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/cpu.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/cpuid.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/cpuidtest.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/debug.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/dhcp.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/dir.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/disk.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/dmi.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/dmitest.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/elf.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/ethersel.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/gfxboot.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/gptmbr.bin
/usr/share/syslinux/gptmbr_c.bin
/usr/share/syslinux/gptmbr_f.bin
/usr/share/syslinux/gpxecmd.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/hdt.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/hexdump.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/host.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/ifcpu.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/ifcpu64.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/ifmemdsk.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/ifplop.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/isohdpfx.bin
/usr/share/syslinux/isohdpfx_c.bin
/usr/share/syslinux/isohdpfx_f.bin
/usr/share/syslinux/isohdppx.bin
/usr/share/syslinux/isohdppx_c.bin
/usr/share/syslinux/isohdppx_f.bin
/usr/share/syslinux/isolinux-debug.bin
/usr/share/syslinux/isolinux.bin
/usr/share/syslinux/kbdmap.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/kontron_wdt.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/ldlinux.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/lfs.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/libcom32.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/libgpl.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/liblua.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/libmenu.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/libutil.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/linux.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/lpxelinux.0
/usr/share/syslinux/ls.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/lua.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/mboot.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin
/usr/share/syslinux/mbr_c.bin
/usr/share/syslinux/mbr_f.bin
/usr/share/syslinux/memdisk
/usr/share/syslinux/meminfo.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/menu.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/pci.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/pcitest.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/pmload.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/poweroff.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/prdhcp.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/pwd.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/pxechn.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/pxelinux.0
/usr/share/syslinux/reboot.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/rosh.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/sanboot.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/sdi.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/sysdump.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/syslinux.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/syslinux.com
/usr/share/syslinux/syslinux.exe
/usr/share/syslinux/vesa.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/vesainfo.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/vesamenu.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/vpdtest.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/whichsys.c32
/usr/share/syslinux/zzjson.c32

References

syslinux-nonlinux website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install syslinux-nonlinux on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.