How To Install syslinux-tftpboot on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install syslinux-tftpboot on CentOS 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 CentOS 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 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-tftpboot using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install syslinux-tftpboot
Install syslinux-tftpboot 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-tftpboot using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install syslinux-tftpboot
How To Uninstall syslinux-tftpboot on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the syslinux-tftpboot package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove syslinux-tftpboot
syslinux-tftpboot Package Contents on CentOS 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 CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.