Compaq Deskpro 4000 nic

Someone asked me to set up linux on a compaq deskpro 4000 they were given.
I can't get it to boot off the CD, and have tried both debian and slackware
floppy to network installs but neither can see the nic. Thinking that perhaps
the built in nic was bad, I put in a known good 3com 590 nic, but it doesn't
get recognized either. Looked on the compaq site and found that the built in
nic should either be a 3c5x or an intel PRO/100, but so far can't find anything
about what IRQ, etc should be. I assume that I need to enter some non-standard
settings for the nic to get it to be seen, so does anyone know what those are?


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Harmon Seaver