Reinstallation vs. Fixing network problem

["Jacob Fugal" <jpfugal@xxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I have a dual boot Windows XP Pro/Debian "sarge" machine. The network
under Debian used to work just fine. Then my wife restarted the machine
during Debian bootup because she wanted Windows. (I can only guess that
that was the cause of the problem.) Now I can ping my own machine but not
the gateway or any other machine under Debian. Windows networking works
well enough for me to post this. I tried unloading and loading the network
module (using modprobe), ifdown and ifup the interface, I even tried
recovery mode. When I run ifconfig, it shows that both eth0 and lo have Tx
and Rx errors that increase every time I try to ping anything other than
my own machine. Further, when I type ifup eth0, it replies "eth0: link
down" when clearly the link is up and running just fine.

The only way I can think of fixing this problem is a new install of Debian.

Any ideas on what the problem is or how to fix the networking under Debian
short of reformat and reinstallation? I'd appreciate it.

Jacob Fugal
jpfugal@xxxxxxx