Hi,
in WinPE it is possible to read bitlocker encrypted drives.
Check state
manage-bde -status c:
If the drive is only protected by a password use
manage-bde -unlock c: -pw
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Linux: Mount a Windows share with kerberos authentication
Hi,
in some secure environments only kerberos authentication is allowed to connect to a Windows file share.
This example demonstrate the procedure on how to mount a share on a Debian 7 (Wheezy) Linux. Other distributions should provide a simliar way.
First of all install the necessary pakets.
michael@debdev:~# apt-get install krb5-user krb5-config cifs-utils keyutils
After installing the packages the Kerberos configuration wizard starts.
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Linux: Multiple ways to mount a partition in a disk image file
Hi,
there are several ways to mount a partition which is within a diskimage file created for example with dd.
The first and hard way is to determine the offset of the partition start sector and mounting the disk by specifing the offset as parameter for the loop device.
You can use the file or fdisk command to examine the file.
root@ubdev:/mnt/RaspberryPI # file 2012-07-15-wheezy-raspbian.img
2012-07-15-wheezy-raspbian.img: x86 boot sector; partition 1: ID=0xc, starthead 130, startsector 8192, 114688 sectors; partition 2: ID=0x83, starthead 165, startsector 122880, 3665920 sectors, code offset 0xb8
or
root@ubdev:/mnt/RaspberryPI# fdisk 2012-07-15-wheezy-raspbian.imgCommand (m for help): pDisk 2012-07-15-wheezy-raspbian.img: 1939 MB, 1939865600 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 235 cylinders, total 3788800 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000714e9Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System2012-07-15-wheezy-raspbian.img1 8192 122879 57344 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)2012-07-15-wheezy-raspbian.img2 122880 3788799 1832960 83 Linux
For example the startsector of partition 2 is 122880, this multiplied with the 512 bytes per sector is the byte offset of the partition. 122880*512=62914560.
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VMware: Mount a .vmdk virtual disk from command line
Hi,
sometimes you want to modify some offline Vmware virtual disks from command line. For example to copy or edit config files or set some parameters in the Windows sysprep.xml file.
The VMware Workstation does not provide a command line utility for this procedure. But there is a way to do this. Download and install the Virtual Disk Development Kit.
After installation a vmware-mount.exe command exists in the bin Folder of the installation directory.
To mount a disk readonly, choose a drive letter (X: in this example), start a cmd.exe as Administrator type the command like this:
first, change to the VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit Program folder
cd "C:\Program Files\VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit"
or append the program bin folder to PATH variable
set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files\VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit\bin;
vmware-mount.exe X: d:\temp\VirtualDisk.vmdk
to mount the disk writable append /m:w at the end of the command:
vmware-mount.exe X: d:\temp\VirtualDisk.vmdk /m:w
Unmounting is quite simple:
vmware-mount.exe X: /d /f
Have fun
Michael