Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 15:25:18 +0100 From: Aled Morris <aledm@qix.co.uk> To: oldcpgmr@netscape.net Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.3 and windows 98 don't play well together Message-ID: <3B68114E.FBBC0F13@qix.co.uk>
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>I was wondering whether someone could shed some light on this for me: I've installed
>FreeBSD 4.3, Debian Linux 2.2r2 and windows 98 on my laptop. Everything is fine except
>that after using FreeBSD if I try to go into windows, the system locks up. If I turn
>the power off and back on after attempting to boot windows once, it works fine.
I have the same kind of problem with my Toshiba Portege 3440CT laptop. After
using FreeBSD and XFree86, if I reboot into Windows without turning the power
off completely (i.e. if I type "reboot") Windows 98 gets very confused about the
state of the video card, and comes up in 640x480 mode. Only a cold boot fixes it.
It seems that there is more to a "reboot" than simply reloading the software,
there must some procedure for resetting the hardware to its power-on state that
FreeBSD isn't implementing.
Aled
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