Very Computer

I had been using LILO to dual boot my PC into RedHat 6.0.  I switched
over to using Loadlin, but it doesn't set up my ethernet interface
properly.

The error message I get when I do a status on the network dameon is:
Invalid EEPROM checksum, check setting before activating this device.

How come it works when I boot using LILO but not Loadlin.exe?  Is this
because Windows is initializing the device and it doesn't get
reinitialized when I boot into Linux?

How can I get around this problem?  How can I force it to
re-initialize?

I use a dual-boot with redhat 6.2 (have used it with 6.0 and 6.1) via
loadlin. It seems functionally identical as long as you mount a fat32
partition and copy your kernel over into the dos world so loadlin can get
at the identical kernel. Once the kernel is loading, the rest appears the
same whether in loadlin or lilo. You probably have to be certain not to
load any drivers from config.sys and autoexec.bat before running loadlin.
(btw: no problems with nic)
      good luck - Mick