Networking :: DSL doesn't recognize my NIC card
Oh cr#p, I'm an idiot. It said no network card detected, sorry about that, automatism at work. I'll take a look and post what i come up with. 
It might be a good idea if you can determine if it is a PCI card or ISA card, meaning, what type of 'slot' it is plugged into. My experience tells me that makes a difference with various flavors of Linux and DSL specifically.
ISA. 
Since I am not the guru,
I just did a quick search on forums. I used these parameters:
ethernet AND isa
It returned this, among others:
http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....and+isa
Maybe that'll get you going in the right direction.
Try this.
Open up a terminal window and type:
sudo su
modprobe eepro
netcardconfig (Configure your network setttings, usually DHCP=YES)
exit
exit
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