problem in boot XP after using Linux

J

Jerry Wong

OS windowsxp professional SP2 (NTFS) / Debian Sarge (ext3)
Motherboard Abit KT7A with althon 1.33G
Sdram 384M

I've just finished the installation of windowsxp tonight and switch to
Debian. After finishing the working in Debian, shutdown linux (halt -p) and
then power on the PC again to windowsxp.

XP can boot without any problems before, but it stops at the XP booting
screeen now. I tried several time. Luckily, I tried to shutdown all the PC's
power supply for while in addition to mere shutdown the PC. It works after
30s after the power off.

Does it mean that the problem in XP is due to the residue remaining in the
memory by Linux. Thus I have to carefully when switching from Linux to XP?


--
Jerry Wong

http://www.geocities.com/jerrywong.geo

¦ý§Ú­Ì·Ó¥LªºÀ³³\¡B ¬ß±æ·s¤Ñ·s¦a¡A¦³¸q©~¦b¨ä¤¤¡C(©¼«á3:13)
But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to
new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness.
(2 Peter 3:13)
 
H

HeyBub

Jerry said:
OS windowsxp professional SP2 (NTFS) / Debian Sarge (ext3)
Motherboard Abit KT7A with althon 1.33G
Sdram 384M

I've just finished the installation of windowsxp tonight and switch to
Debian. After finishing the working in Debian, shutdown linux (halt
-p) and then power on the PC again to windowsxp.

XP can boot without any problems before, but it stops at the XP
booting screeen now. I tried several time. Luckily, I tried to
shutdown all the PC's power supply for while in addition to mere
shutdown the PC. It works after 30s after the power off.

Does it mean that the problem in XP is due to the residue remaining
in the memory by Linux. Thus I have to carefully when switching from
Linux to XP?

That'll teach you! You think Micros~1 doesn't know about your apostasy?
 
P

philo

Jerry said:
OS windowsxp professional SP2 (NTFS) / Debian Sarge (ext3)
Motherboard Abit KT7A with althon 1.33G
Sdram 384M

I've just finished the installation of windowsxp tonight and switch to
Debian. After finishing the working in Debian, shutdown linux (halt -p) and
then power on the PC again to windowsxp.

XP can boot without any problems before, but it stops at the XP booting
screeen now. I tried several time. Luckily, I tried to shutdown all the PC's
power supply for while in addition to mere shutdown the PC. It works after
30s after the power off.

Does it mean that the problem in XP is due to the residue remaining in the
memory by Linux. Thus I have to carefully when switching from Linux to XP?

which boot manager are you using?

lilo or grub should work ok...
but some 3rd party boot managers may have problems
 
B

BBUNNY

Jerry Wong wrote:
| OS windowsxp professional SP2 (NTFS) / Debian Sarge (ext3)
| Motherboard Abit KT7A with althon 1.33G
| Sdram 384M
|
| I've just finished the installation of windowsxp tonight and switch to
| Debian. After finishing the working in Debian, shutdown linux (halt
| -p) and then power on the PC again to windowsxp.
|
| XP can boot without any problems before, but it stops at the XP
| booting screeen now. I tried several time. Luckily, I tried to
| shutdown all the PC's power supply for while in addition to mere
| shutdown the PC. It works after 30s after the power off.
|
| Does it mean that the problem in XP is due to the residue remaining
| in the memory by Linux. Thus I have to carefully when switching from
| Linux to XP?

1) You may have to edit your /boot/grub/menu.lst.
2) (shutdown -r now) would be a better command to do what
you wish.
 
J

Jerry Wong

My problem has been solved.
I unplug the AGP and PCI cards one by one to check the problem. I find
the problem is in the sound card - sound blaster vibra 128. After I
unplug it from the motherboard, no boot up problem found. Then I try to
change the position of sound card and the pci modem. After
reinstallation of corresponding drivers, they work properly and the boot
up problem does not occur again.



Jerry said:
OS windowsxp professional SP2 (NTFS) / Debian Sarge (ext3)
Motherboard Abit KT7A with althon 1.33G
Sdram 384M

I've just finished the installation of windowsxp tonight and switch to
Debian. After finishing the working in Debian, shutdown linux (halt -p) and
then power on the PC again to windowsxp.

XP can boot without any problems before, but it stops at the XP booting
screeen now. I tried several time. Luckily, I tried to shutdown all the PC's
power supply for while in addition to mere shutdown the PC. It works after
30s after the power off.

Does it mean that the problem in XP is due to the residue remaining in the
memory by Linux. Thus I have to carefully when switching from Linux to XP?


--
Jerry Wong

http://www.geocities.com/jerrywong.geo

¦ý§Ú­Ì·Ó¥LªºÀ³³\¡B ¬ß±æ·s¤Ñ·s¦a¡A¦³¸q©~¦b¨ä¤¤¡C(©¼«á3:13)
But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to
new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness.
(2 Peter 3:13)
 

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