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PreviousSolutionsNextIntel Video - Part 1

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The Problem

Here is a really simple question ... Why do we download Driver Packs in a compressed CAB or ZIP, only to extract the contents to over twice the size of the original download ... and then distribute that expanded content to all the computers in our environment?

Download Dell Model Packs

Using OSDDrivers, I can download a few Dell Model Packs using the following command

Get-DownDellModel -WorkspacePath D:\OSDDrivers

This will display a list of available Dell Model Packs that I can select. The selected Model Packs will then get downloaded

These Model Packs are downloaded using BITS, so no using RunAS

Expand Dell Model Packs

You can also add the Expand parameter make the Cab files more usable

Get-DownDellModel -WorkspacePath D:\OSDDrivers -Expand

Here is what it looks like in the Console

In the OSDDriver Workspace the CAB files that are named in some Dell format are expanded out to something a little easier to understand, and quite a bit larger

The Solution

If you check the Download directory, you will notice a Deploy-OSDDrivers script, and some drvpack files

The this script will match a computer with a downloaded Dell Model Pack without expanding the CAB

To cut your Driver Repository by at least 50% (63% in this example), deploy the Dell Model Packs as CAB files