this driver is supposed to be in the SP1, I have this
installed on my computer and I get an error message when I
try to install and connect my new digital camera- the
computer finds the new hardware and goes to install it and
comes up with a message suggesting that the usbccgp.sys is
missing although I found it in the service pack files-
this is quite frustrating. If you run across any
information, during your quest for answers, that may help
me out could you forward them to me please. EREK
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi all,
>
>I am attempting to make XP boot over USB (1.1 or 2.0). I
know that this type
>of booting is "unsupported" by Microsoft. In fact, you
cant even install XP
>on a USB drive. However, if the bios supports it, it is
possible to boot
>from USB form a pre-installed version of XP.
>
>First, I really think that there is no need for any
driver developpement
>since XP has every driver needed to boot over USB. My
first attempt at a
>boot from USB resulted in a reboot after MUP.sys. Now it
crossed my mind
>that maybe USB was not enabled at boot time so I created
a new Group called
>USB miniport and USB storage and placed usbehci.sys,
usbohci, usbhub and
>usbstor right after SCSI miniport in load order. I also
changed the types so
>that USB is loaded at kernel time.
>
>I boot in /sos and see the USB drivers load right after
the SCSI miniport.
>Unfortunetly, no luck I still have a reboot after MUP.sys.
>
>I then installed DriverStudio to see if I could write a
simple USB mass
>storage driver to make things work. But after installing
DriverStudio I
>tried again to boot over usb to see what happens with
SoftIce and behold:
>the thing boots! It works even when you skip the boot
message stating if you
>would like to skip the debugging.
>
>The only wierd part is that to log in to XP I now need to
press cntl-alt-del
>when it says "loading personnal setings..." when you
click on your username
>because it freezes.
>
>I investigated and found that SoftIce creates a group
called NTIce that
>loads 4 drivers: nwfilter, sigvid, sigsym and ntice. Now
something in these
>drivers is causing the USB boot to work. I just have no
idea what that is.
>
>My idea is that sigsiv is printing a message on the
screen saying "Do you
>want to load .... (press ESC to skip)" and waits a couple
of seconds. Is it
>possible that this give the USB drivers enough time to
enumerate the storage
>disk and boot or are these 4 drivers doing some obscure
thing that would
>suddenly make the USB boot work? I know that sigsiv does
more than just
>print a message to the screen. It must capture mouse
events and connect to
>the VGA adapter to print the message. Maybe this is what
is causing the boot
>to work for some unknown reason...
>
>Without this knowledge what approach could I use to boot
over USB? Would it
>be a good approach to write an upper layer driver that
would make the glue
>between USBSTOR and the primary boot disk drivers? Should
I write my own USB
>storage driver which I could then use in the installation
of XP using F6 in
>the textual part?
>
>What options do you think would work?
>
>Thanks in advance for any help,
>Daniel Shane
>
>
>
>.
>
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