Information about the package, gpxe-bootimgs, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gpxe-bootimgs package is designed for, Network boot loader images in bootable USB, CD, floppy and GRUB.
Package Name:
gpxe-bootimgs
Summary:
Network boot loader images in bootable USB, CD, floppy and GRUB
Description:
gPXE 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 gPXE boot images in USB, CD, floppy, and PXE UNDI formats.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.9.7
Release:
6.16.el6
Size:
279 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2 and BSD
Control the gpxe-bootimgs package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install gpxe-bootimgs
This command will install gpxe-bootimgs on the server.
yum remove gpxe-bootimgs
This command will un-install gpxe-bootimgs on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gpxe-bootimgs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove gpxe-bootimgs
This command will un-install gpxe-bootimgs on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove gpxe-bootimgs when using the -y flag.
yum update gpxe-bootimgs
This command will update gpxe-bootimgs to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gpxe-bootimgs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update gpxe-bootimgs
This command will update gpxe-bootimgs to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove gpxe-bootimgs when using the -y flag.
yum info gpxe-bootimgs
This command will show you core information about the gpxe-bootimgs package.
yum deplist gpxe-bootimgs
This command will show you the dependencies for gpxe-bootimgs. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update gpxe-bootimgs
This command will check if there is an update waiting on gpxe-bootimgs. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.