Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 02 Jan 2002 23:27:36 -0500 | From | Brian Gerst <> | Subject | Re: ISA slot detection on PCI systems? |
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"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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