I'm happy to report that with the netinst image from Oct. 13, PCMCIA initializes, and the installer finds the CDROM and successfully reads packages from it. I didn't proceed further to complete the install, but it looks like the PCMCIA CDROM problem has been solved.
Thanks! ...Akkana -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]