configuring the network after debian install.

[Adam Myrow]

It sounds like your card may require some sort of initialization from DOS
or Windows.  I've never encountered this, but I've heard of several cards
claiming to be compatible with a popular brand only working after one
boots into DOS or Windows and then uses Loadlin from there to start Linux.
I hope this isn't the case, but it sounds like the card you are trying to
get working isn't quite as compatible as it claims if ISAPNP can't even
find it.