dual boot issues

[carsten lange]

   From: toyfactory <toyfactory at xsmail.com>
   Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 21:10:54 +0900

>Hi, I've Windows 2000 and Hoary configured to dual boot using Grub on
>this laptop.  Generally they work fine, but sometimes if I try to reboot
>from one OS into the other OS the system will hang while booting.  In
>Hoary it seems to seize up starting Hotplug.  In Windows it seems to
>seize up when the little blue bar is about a third of the way across.
>(In this case I actually prefer the Linux techno-gibberish).  My guess
>is that it's probing for hardware and for some reason doesn't like what
>it finds (maybe the other OS has left a bit of memory in a mess or
>something).  I'd like to investigate further but I'm not sure where to


I think it has nothing to do with dual boot. 

Sounds like an hardware issue. If it is really hotplug-related: does it
depend on any plugged or unplugged devices? USB? Perhaps you should
check the cables/connectors of the hard drives and cdroms/dvds if they
are attached properly.

Just a thought.

/carsten.