I believe its some way that Win9x enumerates all your motherboard
and PCI resources, that causes this weirdness when you upgrade your
motherboard.
I just went from a K6-233 --> ABit BP6 dual celeron, and it ended
up redetecting a lot of things (PCI bridge, "motherboard resources",
etc. etc.) and detected (of course) the NEW things as well, like
the AGP <-> CPU bridge, and all that crap. If you move PCI cards
around, Win9x will "redetect" them. This leads to the annoying
little yellow ! signs in Control Panel, as you end up with 2 NICs,
or 2 VGA cards, one of which doesn't work, etc. etc.
Linux doesnt seem to care WHERE a PCI card is, or if you install
a new motherboard with a different bridge chip. Linux cares THAT you
have a PCI NIC, for instance, but not WHERE it lives.
I guess this is a Win9x feature...
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Rational Computing Providence, RI, USA
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