Re: Multibooter Shutdown prob

On 3 Jun 2003, Suprotip  Ghosh wrote:

> Apparently, Windows does not perform an ATX cold shutdown if it 
> detects that it doesn't "own" the MBR. I have seen this happen 
> with Linux also, as well as on pc's with more than one Windows. I 
> do not know, however whether it is a bug/feature of bootloaders 
> across platforms. It is especially a problem with multibooters 
> where apparently the OS that does not detect its own loader fails 
> to perform a shutdown. Only way out is a manual poweroff after the 
> OS shutdown, which is inconvenient and potentially damaging to the 
> hardware.

  Maybe this won't help you, but I don't face such a problem. My desktop
has both Windows98 and RH7.3 installed and both boot using GRUB. Both OSes
shutdown OK, with no need of a manual poweroff. Maybe something to do with
your BIOS settings?
  Cheers,

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