Affected: RH 6.0: kernel apparently contains error which results in adaptec 154* (adaptec pcmcia scsi host adapter: APA 1460-2)not being recognised by install process, hence pcmcia scsi cdrom not accessible. Install fails. Affected: RH6.1: boot image prompts for drivers disk, prompts for install source, selection of local cdrom fails (adaptec 154*). No prompt ever appears at end of boot fdd load prompting for pcmcia services *for install*. Use of drivers fdd / updates fdd no effect. Wd be nice to retain the pcmcia drivers load option to preserve pcmcia cdrom install for older laptops/those w/o built-in or incapable of contemporaneous cdrom / fdd use....
All of the pcmcia modules and supporting code were moved to a separate boot disk to prevent pcmcia users from having to keep up with 2 diskettes (the boto diskette and the pcmcia supplimentary image). Starting in release 6.0 of Red Hat linux, there is a pcmcia image which you boot the system with instead of the typical boot.img or bootnet.img. The pcmcia.img disk contains all of the drivers and code that you should need to install on pcmcia equipped hardware. Please reopen this bug if you continue to have trouble after using the pcmcia.img boot disk.