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    SubjectRe: ISA slot detection on PCI systems?
    "Eric S. Raymond" wrote:
    >
    > Brian Gerst <bgerst@didntduck.org>:
    > > > Nobody has told me this is a real failure case yet. To cause a problem,
    > > > the situation would have to be that DMI read fails to detect a card in
    > > > use in an ISA slot. It's OK if it reports no slots when all slots are
    > > > empty.
    > >
    > > Well, I just popped in an old 3com 509TP network card (non-PnP) into my
    > > main box and dmidecode still failed to show the single ISA slot, only 4
    > > PCI and 1 AGP.
    >
    > I realize this may sound like a dumb question...but are sure the card works
    > and is not just an inert mass o' silicon? I have couple of 3c509s knocking
    > around here myself and I'm not at all sure they're alive.

    Yes, it worked.

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    Brian Gerst
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