diff -urN anaconda-7.1/loader/devices.c anaconda-7.1-loader/loader/devices.c
--- anaconda-7.1/loader/devices.c	Tue Mar 13 16:05:56 2001
+++ anaconda-7.1-loader/loader/devices.c	Wed Feb  6 11:56:56 2002
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * devices.c
+ * 
+ * Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
+ * Matt Wilson <msw@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * Copyright 1999 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * Portions Copyright 2002 Hewlett-Packard Company
+ * Portions Copyright 2002 Martin K. Petersen <mkp@mkp.net>
+ *
+ * This software may be freely redistributed under the terms of the GNU
+ * public license.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ *
+ */
+
 #include <alloca.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <errno.h>
@@ -209,6 +229,7 @@
     fprintf(f, "%s\n", ddi->mntDevice);
     fprintf(f, "%s\n", ddi->fs);
     fprintf(f, "%s\n", ddi->device ? ddi->device : "(NONE)");
+    fprintf(f, "%s\n", ddi->dir ? ddi->dir : "(NONE)");
     fclose(f);
 
     ddNum++;
@@ -246,6 +267,7 @@
 	ddi->device = strdup(device);
 	ddi->mntDevice = malloc(strlen(device) + 10);
 	sprintf(ddi->mntDevice, "/tmp/%s", device);
+	ddi->dir = NULL;
 
 	devMakeInode(ddi->device, ddi->mntDevice);
 
@@ -275,6 +297,28 @@
     return 0;
 }
 
+int devLoadDriverDir(moduleInfoSet modInfo, moduleList modLoaded,
+		     moduleDeps *modDepsPtr, int flags, char * path) {
+
+    struct driverDiskInfo * ddi;
+
+    logMessage("devLoadDriverDir");
+
+    ddi = calloc(sizeof(*ddi), 1);
+
+    ddi->device = NULL;
+    ddi->mntDevice = "foo";
+    ddi->fs = "ext2";
+    ddi->dir = path;
+
+    if (devInitDriverDisk(modInfo, modLoaded, modDepsPtr, flags, path, ddi))
+	    newtWinMessage(_("Error"), _("OK"),
+		_("The vendor directory does not contain valid drivers "
+		  "for this release of Red Hat Linux."));
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 struct sortModuleList {
     int index;
     moduleInfoSet modInfo;
@@ -469,6 +513,27 @@
     if (ddi->device)
 	devMakeInode(ddi->device, ddi->mntDevice);
 
+    if (ddi->dir) {
+	from = gzopen("/drv/modules.cgz", "r");
+	toPath = malloc(strlen(modName) + 30);
+	sprintf(toPath, "/tmp/modules/%s", modName);
+	mkdirChain(toPath);
+	strcat(toPath, "/modules.cgz");
+	to = gzopen(toPath, "w");
+	
+	winStatus(50, 3, _("Loading"), _("Loading %s driver..."), modName);
+	
+	myCpioFilterArchive(from, to, pattern);
+	
+	newtPopWindow();
+	
+	gzclose(from);
+	gzclose(to);
+
+	sprintf(toPath, "/tmp/modules/%s", modName);
+	return toPath;
+    }
+
     while (1) {
 	failed = 0;
 
@@ -552,10 +617,15 @@
 	ddi->mntDevice = readLine(f);
 	ddi->fs = readLine(f);
 	ddi->device = readLine(f);
+	ddi->dir = readLine(f);
 	if (!strcmp("(NONE)", ddi->device)) {
 	    free(ddi->device);
 	    ddi->device = NULL;
 	}
+	if (!strcmp("(NONE)", ddi->dir)) {
+	    free(ddi->dir);
+	    ddi->dir = NULL;
+	}
 	fclose(f);
 
 	sprintf(fileName, "/tmp/DD-%d/modinfo", num);
diff -urN anaconda-7.1/loader/devices.h anaconda-7.1-loader/loader/devices.h
--- anaconda-7.1/loader/devices.h	Tue Jan 30 14:16:39 2001
+++ anaconda-7.1-loader/loader/devices.h	Wed Feb  6 11:54:48 2002
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     char * mntDevice;
     char * fs;
     char * title;
+    char * dir;
 };
 
 int devDeviceMenu(enum driverMajor type, moduleInfoSet modInfo, 
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@
 int devInitDriverDisk(moduleInfoSet modInfo, moduleList modLoaded, 
 		      moduleDeps *modDepsPtr, int flags, char * mntPoint,
 		      struct driverDiskInfo * ddi);
+int devLoadDriverDir(moduleInfoSet modInfo, moduleList modLoaded,
+		     moduleDeps *modDepsPtr, int flags, char * path);
 void ddReadDriverDiskModInfo(moduleInfoSet modInfo);
 
 void ejectFloppy(void);
diff -urN anaconda-7.1/loader/loader.c anaconda-7.1-loader/loader/loader.c
--- anaconda-7.1/loader/loader.c	Wed Apr  4 17:03:54 2001
+++ anaconda-7.1-loader/loader/loader.c	Wed Feb  6 11:59:21 2002
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
  *
  * Copyright 1999 Red Hat, Inc.
  *
+ * Portions Copyright 2002 Hewlett-Packard Company
+ * Portions Copyright 2002 Martin K. Petersen <mkp@mkp.net>
+ *
  * This software may be freely redistributed under the terms of the GNU
  * public license.
  *
@@ -2622,6 +2625,20 @@
 #endif
 
     if (!continuing) {
+	char *path = "/drv";
+	if (!access(path, R_OK|X_OK) && !ksFile) {
+	    startNewt(flags);
+	    logMessage("found vendor drivers");
+	    devLoadDriverDir(modInfo, modLoaded, &modDeps, flags, path);
+	}
+	else
+	    logMessage("no vendor drivers found");
+   
+	busProbe(modInfo, modLoaded, modDeps, probeOnly, &kd, flags);
+	if (probeOnly) exit(0);
+    }
+
+    if (!continuing) {
 	if (((access("/proc/bus/pci/devices", X_OK) &&
 	      access("/proc/openprom", X_OK)) || FL_MODDISK(flags)) 
 	    && !ksFile) {