The current plan is to use a newer kernel with pcmcia support built in. The redhat 6.1 install kinda halfway worked if you would boot from their boot floppy with
linux initrd=initrd.img pcmcia hdc=noprobe hdd=noprobe
Then anaconda complained that it couldn't find a device to install to, even though there actually was. Hmmm.
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