For you who have not functioning network card now, try start with another kernel (older) min works booting by older one ( I have a lenovo X61 tablet, and for you, who have a wiped eeprom , I guess it is possible to get a EEPROM-dump from another computer with same lan card and edit its MAC adress and flash it to the device, but how? you just need to wait, some body will write a program for that!
For you who have not functioning network card now, try start with another kernel (older) min works booting by older one ( I have a lenovo X61 tablet, and for you, who have a wiped eeprom , I guess it is possible to get a EEPROM-dump from another computer with same lan card and edit its MAC adress and flash it to the device, but how? you just need to wait, some body will write a program for that!