eth0 has different MAC address than expected, ignoring.

So following my previous post where I got kernel 2.6.9 finally running on my desktop, I had problem with eth interface.

Error said "eth0 has different MAC address than expected, ignoring."
So google search gave me some things that I treid and failed. One thing that worked was a nice link on how to spoof your mac address.
http://whoozoo.co.uk/mac-spoof-linux.htm

In summary:
1. set bootproto=none
2. ifconfig down eth0 (if it isnt already down)
3. ifconfig eth0 hw ether 11:22:33:11:22:22 (your choosen mac address)
4. service network restart
5. now you can go back and set the bootproto to dhcp
(Although step 1 and 5 don't make sense. I dont want to go back and narrow it all down right now. Have some deadlines to meet and so needed this pc running with 2.6.9 asap. Will update later, hopefilly :))