How do I save a large banner design (108" X 18") in PSD or PDF?

I design custom banners which include both text and images and have no problem saving my files as PSDs or PDFs as long as I stay under 96" wide. The minute I go wider, CS4 no longer gives me all my normal options, instead it gives me TIF, PSB, Photoshop RAW, or DICOM. I usually try to give my banner production house files that are not undersized as I don't want to have all the edges aliased and jaggy. Especially photographic portions of the banner. Is there a size limitation with CS4 Photoshop regarding saving in "normal" file formats? Typically I give my production house 300dpi PDFs and it works out great.
Thanks in advance for any/all advice.
Mike

Chris, Mike, Gator...
Thanks for your input. Mike... you're essentially saying I should downsize the artwork slightly and then reload into AI and convert to PDF after resizing. I have the full CS4 package although I confess that as a 15-year CorelDraw user, I never got into AI LOL... and now that I'm retired and doing these projects to keep the grey matter sharp... I don't know if I have the courage to try and convert my brain from CorelDraw to AI. But anyhow, your idea sounds like a do-able approach, certainly worth trying.
Gator... I honestly don't know for sure. I know they want artwork in 300dpi, and it should be in PDF or AI or CDR (CorelDraw) formats. And as much as I like CD for Vector work, Iequally love PS for general work... in fact, I probably use PS more than CD these days. I never bothered much with Corel's PhotoPaint even though I've been to Corel Seminars in the past. I will talk to my guys and see what they do before printing.
Mike

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