This doesn't exactly answer your question, but did you try using a Smart Boot Manager floppy to boot to the PCMCIA CD-ROM drive and load the Slackware CD that way?
That would get the CD-ROM booted even if your BIOS can't handle that (SBM does do PCMCIA CD-ROMs, I have not tried it myself, but it is one of it's listed features). Now, once the CD actually loads up, the setup program is still going to need to be able to mount the CD to actually install from it, but the kernel included on the CD should be more comprehensive driver-wise than the floppy, so I would imagine you have a good shot at it working.
Last edited by MS3FGX; 01-13-2006 at 09:50 PM.
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