How does bind select what master to use?

Does it use an algorithm to determine the best server to use or does it try the masters in the order they are listed? I am wondering if listing the masters in a different order can optimize the performance of bind. -- Kevin Morgan PGP Public Key ID 0xB6028066 Key fingerprint = 09FB 59EB D9FE 7C9C

BIND cannot load backup of slaved root zone

pa/IN: loaded serial 1997022700 general: warning: zone ./IN: unable to load from 'root.zone'; renaming file to 'db-5784' for failure analysis and retransferring. Expected results: BIND should be able to reload the backup zone file. -- Kevin Morgan PGP Public Key ID 0xB6028066 Ke