My rule of thumb is to use a known install disk that will for sure boot from startup. For example, in my case, I have only one Mac OS bootable installer; and that is version 8.6. My 9.1 installer apparently is one that was downloaded from Apple and someone (not me) just burned the contents to a CD. So, in order for me to put 9.1 on my Power Mac 7500, I have to boot the machine off of the 8.6 install CD, install 8.6, restart the machine to boot off the hard drive (with the newly installed 8.6), then put the 9.1 install CD in the drive and install 9.1 from there.
I'm gathering up the files now (copying them to my thumb drive off of the 7500) and you should be getting the email within the next hour. The files will be extensions that you will need to place on a floppy disk or CD and copy them over to the Extensions Folder of your Mac. Restart the Mac and then check Apple System Profiler to see if the card is finally recognized. If not, then I'd be suspicious that the card doesn't work on your Mac for some reason. Maybe it could be a dud at that point; who knows.
73s de Phreakout aka Joe. :rambo: