Re: System 6.0.1 Install Boot Floppy Question

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

John <jmholmes@swbell.net> wrote:

> As stated before this IS the disk titled install.  I just worked around the
> problem (for now) by booting from my hard drive and then running the installer
> from the install floppy instead of booting directly from the installer floppy.

What SCSI card are you using?

The "SCSI Device Requires a Driver" message could be coming up if there
is an unrecognised (non-Apple) SCSI card in the system, or possibly an
older version of firmware in the original Apple SCSI card.

If I remember right, the RamFast SCSI card doesn't even implement the
SmartPort firmware interface, so it won't be recognised as a SCSI card
by GS/OS.  Other SCSI cards would have to implement SmartPort _and_ set
the "I am a SCSI card" bit in the identification byte to trigger this
message.

I can boot the System 6.0.x install disk on my IIgs without getting this
error message, _and_ successfully install onto the hard drive.  I have
an Apple High-Speed SCSI card.

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David Empson
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