Re: System 6.0.1 Install Boot Floppy Question

[jmholmes@swbell.net (John)]

My card is an Apple Rev C SCSI Card.

In article <1e4w6mo.10dcsce2oft2hN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>, 
dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:
>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.
>