problem detecting eth0 for Gigabit Ethernet

I am putting together an install of SoHo server (2.6.12 kernel) on a new motherboard I have no experience with. Its an EPOX 8RDA Pro. Below is the print from lspci. The LAN chip is a Cicada CIS8201. Eth0 not picked up during the boot at all.

Questions:

a) anyone know why the LAN is not detected? Can it be manually installed? where are drivers??

b) USB jump drives aren't autodetected....anyone recall the protocol to force this in fstab? I should know this

c) This has the Silicon Image SIL3114 sata raid on it -- is there any driver support for mepis/debian for these guys? The drives are seen but there is no detection of the "hardware" raid. I suppose whatever software there is won't support Raid 5, as this chip seems focused on windows users. So it may be a good time to experiment with software raid and Raidtools2....

Any help is greatly appreciated. I know the SoHo kernel is a bit dated, but was surprised to encounter the problem with the LAN. We've been using the same old biostar motherboard for a while and sometimes the old ways are best.

lspci

0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev c1)
0000:00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1)
0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0080 (rev a3)
0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0084 (rev a1)
0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0087 (rev a1)
0000:00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0087 (rev a1)
0000:00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0088 (rev a2)
0000:00:04.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 008c (rev a3)
0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 008a (rev a1)
0000:00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 008b (rev a3)
0000:00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation:Unknown device 0085 (rev a3)
0000:00:0b.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation:Unknown device 008e (rev a3)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)
0000:01:0c.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. (formerly CMD Technology Inc) SiI 3114 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 02)
0000:01:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 80)
0000:02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE]