CD install - replacing inbox driver

[jlindy]

I've followed the directions in the forum for installing mass storage from CD with the replacement setup.exe, presetup.cmd, .... I have it working. The problem is the driver I'm installing is a newer version of a inbox driver and the newer version is unsigned. WFP (SFC) keeps replacing the newer version with the signed version and during the real O/S boot, the system panics with inaccessable boot device.

I need help on getting around this.

One ugly workaround (and time consuming), is to boot from CD again, select repair and copy the newer driver to ...system32\drivers directory - this seems to work.

Thanks

[erik_demon]

Check out this topic.

You can use WatchDriverSigningPolicy.exe to install NON-WHQL drivers

[jlindy]

The presetup.cmd I'm using invokes WatchDriverSigningPolicy.exe.

Here's and excerpt from setuplog

setuplog

11:10:09,d:\srvrtm\base\ntsetup\syssetup\log.c,981,,SETUP: oem driver not logged: d:\drivers\005_storage\symmpi.sys -> C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\symmpi.sys.

04/04/2005 11:10:09,d:\srvrtm\base\ntsetup\syssetup\log.c,316,,d:\drivers\005_storage\symmpi.sys was copied to C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\symmpi.sys.

04/04/2005 11:10:09,d:\srvrtm\base\ntsetup\syssetup\syspnp.c,5325,,SETUP: SetupDiCallClassInstaller(DIF_REGISTER_COINSTALLERS) succeeded. Device = LSI Adapter, SAS 3000 series, 4-port (w/1064)(ScsiPort)

04/04/2005 11:10:09,d:\srvrtm\base\ntsetup\syssetup\syspnp.c,5337,,SETUP: SetupDiCallClassInstaller(DIF_INSTALLINTERFACES) succeeded. Device = LSI Adapter, SAS 3000 series, 4-port (w/1064)(ScsiPort)

04/04/2005 11:10:10,d:\srvrtm\base\ntsetup\syssetup\syspnp.c,5377,,SETUP: SetupDiCallClassInstaller(DIF_INSTALLDEVICE) suceeded. Device = LSI Adapter, SAS 3000 series, 4-port (w/1064)(ScsiPort)

04/04/2005 11:10:10,d:\srvrtm\base\ntsetup\syssetup\syspnp.c,3154,,SETUP: Device successfully installed.

04/04/2005 12:37:19,d:\srvrtm\base\ntsetup\syssetup\log.c,316,,Setup detected that the system file named [c:\windows\system32\drivers\symmpi.sys] is not signed properly

by Microsoft. This file has been restored to the correct Microsoft version to maintain system stability.