Description of problem:
I recently built Fedora Core 2 on a Sony VAIO laptop.  Like many 
laptops, the machine uses a IEE1394-based hot-swappable CD/DVD 
drive.  The Fedora installation CDs do not support the firewire-based 
drive on boot from CD.  To work around the problem, I was able to 
find a custom bootdisk.iso (from someone having the same problem) to 
begin the installation with ohci1394 and sbp2 support.  In the midst 
of the installation, I flipped to the console and copied the 
appropriate drivers and created the necessary symbolic links to 
ensure the firewire drive support was built-in, and would load during 
boot.  This was an exceptionally tedious process which took many 
attempts to get right.  To encourage the use of Fedora (which is 
great) on this type of laptop configuration (which is common), I 
believe the firewire drive support should be supported as part of the 
initial boot from install CDs.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora Core 2

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Insert bootable Fedora CD 1 into firewire-based bootable cdrom 
drive.
2.Boot Machine
    

Actual Results:  System fails to recognize cdrom drive.

Expected Results:  System should recognize firewire-based drive on 
initial boot.

Additional info: