How To Install ipxe-bootimgs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ipxe-bootimgs on Rocky Linux 8. ipxe-bootimgs is Network boot loader images in bootable USB, CD, floppy and GRUB formats

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ipxe-bootimgs on Rocky Linux 8.

What is ipxe-bootimgs

iPXE is an open source network bootloader. It provides a direct replacement for proprietary PXE ROMs, with many extra features such as DNS, HTTP, iSCSI, etc. This package contains the iPXE boot images in USB, CD, floppy, and PXE UNDI formats.

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

Install ipxe-bootimgs 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 ipxe-bootimgs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ipxe-bootimgs

Install ipxe-bootimgs 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 ipxe-bootimgs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ipxe-bootimgs

How To Uninstall ipxe-bootimgs on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the ipxe-bootimgs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ipxe-bootimgs

ipxe-bootimgs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/ipxe-bootimgs
/usr/share/doc/ipxe-bootimgs/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/ipxe-bootimgs/COPYING.GPLv2
/usr/share/doc/ipxe-bootimgs/COPYING.UBDL
/usr/share/ipxe
/usr/share/ipxe/ipxe-i386.efi
/usr/share/ipxe/ipxe-snponly-x86_64.efi
/usr/share/ipxe/ipxe-x86_64.efi
/usr/share/ipxe/ipxe.dsk
/usr/share/ipxe/ipxe.iso
/usr/share/ipxe/ipxe.lkrn
/usr/share/ipxe/ipxe.usb
/usr/share/ipxe/undionly.kpxe

References

Summary

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