Missing Network support: was Re: Booting with different kernels -- what am I missing?

[Doug Sutherland]

 > network support seems to have died
 > I enabled it along with my specific network card in config

Which network card/driver?
Did you make it a module or compile it statically?
If module, try modprobe the module name for example modprobe rtl8139
Try lsmod to see if the module is loaded
Try ifconfig eth0
Does ifconfig show an eth0 device?

   -- Doug