Configuring OSD Loader

You find these settings on the OSD Loader tab of the OS Point configuration. See Accessing OS Deployment configuration.

Element	Description
Username	Specify the user name that you want to use for connecting to the OSD share on the server.
Password	Specify the password that is used when connecting to the OSD share on the server.
Startup Password	Specify this value to force a password at the start of the WinPE boot process.
No startup password on reinstall	If a startup password is specified, it’s also required for reinstallations, unless this option is enabled. Default: True.
Keyboard layouts	Select the keyboard layouts that are available when the OSD client starts.
Show hardware information on error	Allow users to browse hardware information if OSD is unable to start correctly. This is useful when you troubleshoot network driver issues. Default: True.
Disable command prompt	Set this to True to prevent users from opening a command prompt using CTRL+F10 during the OSD Loader process. Default: False.
Run command prompt on error	Specify if you want a command prompt to be displayed if OSD Loader is unable to locate and launch OSD GUI. Default: False.
Maximum network retries	Specify the number of retries OSD will do to connect to the OSD share, from 3 to 6. Increase this number to remediate issues with network timeouts during OSD startup.
Translate servername to IP address	Disable this option to prevent OSD from converting the server name supplied for reinstallation to an IP address. Default: True.