2.4.19+ initrd/floppy oddity, Slackware 8.1 bootdisks

Found an odd problem with loading initrd from multiple uncompressed floppies using kernel 2.4.19...2.4.20-rc4-ac1. Floppy #1 of a 5-floppy Slackware 8.1 install set loads correctly, then prompts for #2. Floppy #2 first executes a seek-track-zero and then immediately prompts to enter floppy #3 without transferring any data. I thought it was a data read error, so spent much time making new floppies; no change.

Kernel 2.4.18 does not have this problem. 2.4.19 and up exhibit it. I did not try 2.4.19-pre. Interestingly, booting off of a single (compressed) floppy works fine in all cases.

Platform is a Dell desktop GXP260, P4, I82801 chipset.

Kris