ERD Commander

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ERD Commander 5.5
Microsoft_Desktop_Optimization_Pack_wordmark.png
http://www.microsoft.com/mdop

Information

ERPXE Module

  • Name: - ERD Commander
  • Version: 5.5

Plugin type

Plugin type
ERD Commander Anti-Virus Deployment Diagnostics OS Installation Live Media Recovery Tools
No No Yes No Yes Yes

Plugin Requirments

Plugin Requirments
ERD Commander CIFS HTTP Internet NFS Linux OS Windows OS
No No No No Yes Yes

Screen Shots

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Special Information

Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) is a suite of utilities for Microsoft Windows customers who have subscribed to Microsoft Software Assurance program.

It aims to brings easier manageability and monitoring of enterprise desktops, emergency recovery, desktop virtualization and application virtualization.

Installation Instructions

First we will have to make the boot loaders - unfortunately we can't distribute these files without violating Microsoft Legal Policy so you'll have to make them yourself.

- Copy startrom.n1_  , ntdetect.com , setupldr.ex_ to /tftpboot from the Windows Server 2003 SP1  - i386 folder.

- Expand startrom.n1_ startrom.0

- Open startrom.0 in an HEX editor (HxD for example)

- Replace 'ntldr' with 'win\e' at: 5A57,5A82,5F8B, (3 times - CASE SENSITIVE!)

- Move startrom.0 to /tftpboot/er/plugins/erd/erdxp/

- Expand setupldr.ex_ e

- Open e in an HEX editor (HxD for example)

- Replace 'winnt.sif' with 'win\e.sif' at: 254E6, 254F2, 255C2, 2563E, 257FE, 2580A, 3C7AB, 3C7Cf, 3C7F2 (9 times - CASE SENSITIVE!)

- Move e to /tftpboot/win/

In order to run ERD Commander from PXE you need to create an image file.

Image file type can be ISO or SDI.

We will use SDI image file because it can be compressed using NTFS compression for a shorter loading time.

In order to use ISO files instead you will need to edit /tftpboot/win/ e.sif and change 'SDI' to 'ISO', Change '/rdimageoffset=36352' to '/rdexportascd'

Download {{{filename}}} to /

https://sourceforge.net/projects/erpxe/files/plugins/

extract {{{filename}}} file:

tar -xvzf {{{filename}}}
Extract the entire ISO to the SDI image file
Replace i386/system/drivers/ramdisk.sys with ramdisk.sys from the Windows Server 2003 SP1  - i386 folder.