I've booted 3.4 and 3.7 on a PII/400 with no problems.
lspci shows 2 Intel Ethernet Pro 100 network cards
ifconfig just shows the lo interface
ifconfig eth0 shows the specs but no ip address
ditto for ifconfig eth1
pump fails
I tried /etc/init.d/networking restart with no change
/etc/network/interfaces only shows the lo lines, no eth0 or eth1
netcardconfig shows both cards but dhcp broadcast fails on both. I've only got eth0 plugged in atm but I wanted to be thorough.
Any suggestions?

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