linux newbie

[mike miller]

I'm pretty new to linux and am having a problem that I could use some help
with.

I've installed Windows XP and Fedora 6 on a computer with an AT8 32X
motherboard with an AMD 64 cpu.  The NIC is built in the motherboard.  When
I boot in windows I am able to access my home network and the internet with
no problem.  Same thing when I boot Ubuntu off of a cd.  But when I boot
Fedora, during the boot process I see after "loopback interface (ok)" the
next line is "bringing up interface eth0; 3c501 device eth0 does not seem to
be present delaying installation (failed)".  After booting is complete when
I try to access the network I get the message that it can't be found.  I had
the same problem previously with Fedora 5.  When I borrowed a pci nic from
another computer Fedora had no problem recognizing it and accessing the
network so I'm guessing its a driver problem.  NICs are cheap and the simple
solution is to buy one that works and plug it in, but I'd kind of like to
know what the problem is and how to fix it.

Everything else seems to work ok so far.

Any suggestions?
Thanks
Mike Miller