Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 10:51:39 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: oldcpgmr@netscape.net Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.3 and windows 98 don't play well together Message-ID: <200108011751.f71HpdJ01717@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 01 Aug 2001 10:06:40 EDT." <7FF44286.641420F8.00A40C08@netscape.net>
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> I was wondering whether someone could shed some light on this for me: I've i
> nstalled FreeBSD 4.3, Debian Linux 2.2r2 and windows 98 on my laptop. Everyt
> hing 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 bo
> ot windows once, it works fine. I realize several things:
> 1) The 4 gigs occupied by windows would make a dandy filesystem for BSD
> (but I need windows for work).
> 2) The computer may be recoiling at the prospect of going from an OS
> which is a Good Thing to one that is the quintissential Bad Thing.
> 3) It isn't FreeBSD's job to make M$ products work.
> Any ideas?
Windows/BIOS bug; some of your hardware isn't being reset correctly.
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