[vortex] FIFO diagnostic register 2000??

[Sim]

I have a 3COM 3c900 Boomerang 10Mbps Combo adapter at 0xd000 that I have
just moved to my new computer (it worked fine before).  It acts as the 
ethernet adaptor pointed towards the cable modem, and I have another for my 
home lan.  I'm using Mandrake 8.1

If I boot from cold, the card invariably does not connect to the
Internet.  The errors I am receiving are below.  If I boot into DOS, and
simply run the diagnostics program then it reports everything OK (it didn't 
when I first installed the card, and for several boots, and failed the FIFO
test) and then i can boot in Linux and all is OK.  Successive warm boots
also appear OK.

What is happening, and what can I do to get a reliable first time install
(so that my wife can rely on my computer for her network connection)?

Sim


PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:11.0
3c59x: Donald Becker and others. www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html
00:11.0: 3Com PCI 3c900 Boomerang 10Mbps Combo at 0xd000. Vers LK1.1.16
eth1: Transmit error, Tx status register d0.
  Flags; bus-master 1, dirty 1(1) current 1(1)
  Transmit list 00000000 vs. cade8240.
  0: @cade8200  length 8000024e status 8000024e
  1: @cade8240  length 00000000 status 00000000
  2: @cade8280  length 00000000 status 00000000
  3: @cade82c0  length 00000000 status 00000000
  4: @cade8300  length 00000000 status 00000000
  5: @cade8340  length 00000000 status 00000000
  6: @cade8380  length 00000000 status 00000000
  7: @cade83c0  length 00000000 status 00000000
  8: @cade8400  length 00000000 status 00000000
  9: @cade8440  length 00000000 status 00000000
  10: @cade8480  length 00000000 status 00000000
  11: @cade84c0  length 00000000 status 00000000
  12: @cade8500  length 00000000 status 00000000
  13: @cade8540  length 00000000 status 00000000
  14: @cade8580  length 00000000 status 00000000
  15: @cade85c0  length 00000000 status 00000000
eth1: Host error, FIFO diagnostic register 2000.
eth1: PCI bus error, bus status 00a00029
eth1: Transmit error, Tx status register d0.
  Flags; bus-master 1, dirty 1(1) current 1(1)
  Transmit list 00000000 vs. cade8240.
  0: @cade8200  length 8000024e status 8000024e
  1: @cade8240  length 00000000 status 00000000
  2: @cade8280  length 00000000 status 00000000
  3: @cade82c0  length 00000000 status 00000000
  4: @cade8300  length 00000000 status 00000000
  5: @cade8340  length 00000000 status 00000000
  6: @cade8380  length 00000000 status 00000000
  7: @cade83c0  length 00000000 status 00000000
  8: @cade8400  length 00000000 status 00000000
  9: @cade8440  length 00000000 status 00000000
  10: @cade8480  length 00000000 status 00000000
  11: @cade84c0  length 00000000 status 00000000
  12: @cade8500  length 00000000 status 00000000
  13: @cade8540  length 00000000 status 00000000
  14: @cade8580  length 00000000 status 00000000
  15: @cade85c0  length 00000000 status 00000000
eth0: Media Link On 10mbps half-duplex
eth1: Transmit error, Tx status register d0.
  Flags; bus-master 1, dirty 1(1) current 1(1)
  Transmit list 00000000 vs. cade8240.
  0: @cade8200  length 8000024e status 8000024e
  1: @cade8240  length 8000024e status 0000024e
  2: @cade8280  length 8000024e status 0000024e
  3: @cade82c0  length 8000024e status 0000024e
  4: @cade8300  length 8000024e status 0000024e
  5: @cade8340  length 8000024e status 0000024e
  6: @cade8380  length 8000024e status 8000024e
  7: @cade83c0  length 00000000 status 00000000
  8: @cade8400  length 00000000 status 00000000
  9: @cade8440  length 00000000 status 00000000
  10: @cade8480  length 00000000 status 00000000
  11: @cade84c0  length 00000000 status 00000000
  12: @cade8500  length 00000000 status 00000000
  13: @cade8540  length 00000000 status 00000000
  14: @cade8580  length 00000000 status 00000000
  15: @cade85c0  length 00000000 status 00000000
eth1: Host error, FIFO diagnostic register 2000.
eth1: PCI bus error, bus status 00a00029
eth1: Transmit error, Tx status register d0.
  Flags; bus-master 1, dirty 1(1) current 1(1)
  Transmit list 00000000 vs. cade8240.
  0: @cade8200  length 8000024e status 8000024e
  1: @cade8240  length 8000024e status 8000024e
  2: @cade8280  length 8000024e status 0000024e
  3: @cade82c0  length 8000024e status 0000024e
  4: @cade8300  length 8000024e status 0000024e
  5: @cade8340  length 8000024e status 0000024e
  6: @cade8380  length 8000024e status 8000024e
  7: @cade83c0  length 00000000 status 00000000
  8: @cade8400  length 00000000 status 00000000
  9: @cade8440  length 00000000 status 00000000
  10: @cade8480  length 00000000 status 00000000
  11: @cade84c0  length 00000000 status 00000000
  12: @cade8500  length 00000000 status 00000000
  13: @cade8540  length 00000000 status 00000000
  14: @cade8580  length 00000000 status 00000000
  15: @cade85c0  length 00000000  status 00000000