Lyle,
I would believe that if it were PCI, but the 3c509(b) is an ISA card.
I am running this in an old '486 MoBo.
I was thinking that the one with the highest I/O address got the prize -
but not always.
Jim
Lyle Giese wrote:
> It can depend on two things, but usually there is an order to scanning
> the
> PCI slots. Usually its from the slot closest to the power suply
> connector
> towards the other edge of the motherboard. There is also an order to
> scanning for bios's and that's from low address to high address and this
> is
> how you install multiple scsi controllers and controll which is selected
> first.
>
> It's not random, but it scans the pci slots in a certain order.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 10:46 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [STN] 3Com 3c509 -> eth0 not found
>
>
> Interesting. . . .
>
> I never knew that proximity to the power supply was a factor.
>
> I'm wondering if the 60Hz background radiation is what causes it to
> randomly pick one or the other as eth0? (grin!!)
>
> IMHO - since it auto-probes - I'm thinking that whichever one "answers
> the phone" first, gets the prize.
>
> Jim
>
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