I'm attempting to install RedHat 6.1 from an ISO burned CD mounted on a local ftp server to a ThinkPad 365X. After booting the pcmcia.img install disk, I chose a text install and worked my way through the prompts to where the second stage image is being loaded. The message "Loading second stage ramdisk..." appears for several seconds, then "Error loading ramdisk", and I can go no further. tty#3 on the ThinkPad shows the following messages: Error reading from device: Success Done loading 4194304 bytes Running ps -ef | grep ftp on the ftp server shows the RETR command with the correct path to the RH61 install CD (ftp://10.0.0.1/pub/RedHat/base/stage2.img). I have not put a trailing slash at the end of the ftp directory. Other clue: I used the same ftp server / CDROM combination to install to a PC using the bootnet.img disk and everything worked fine, leading me to believe that the problem is either with the ThinkPad (in which case I apologize for this bug report) or with the pcmcia.img disk. Thank you.
What type of pcmcia card are you using for the installation? I am not able to replicate the problem here in the lab using a Xircom Realport card and the CDROM exported via FTP as you describe.
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