You are correct !!!
I have just swapped the cards in my machine and eth0 still has the lowest MAC. I must
have been thinking of PCI cards when I made my statement
-----Original Message-----
From: Stan Simmons [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 1:59 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [STN] 3Com 3c509 -> eth0 not found
The only problem with that theory is that the 3C509 cards are ISA not PCI.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lyle Giese [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 9:32 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: [STN] 3Com 3c509 -> eth0 not found
>
>
> 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.
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