I'm a casual user of Linux and have some familiarity with several distributions. I recently bought a new computer and installed Win98 first, then paritioned the drive (using DiskDrake during a Mandrake install) and installed several distributions, including Debian 2.2 and Storm. Since partitioning my drive, Win98 has refused to shut down cleanly and has given me the error "WINDOWS: A fatal exception 0E has occurred at 0028:C00051EF in VXD VMM(01) + 000041EF. The current application will be terminated." After pressing any key, the screen reverts to a blank green background with the mouse pointer in the middle, but the machine is totally unresponsive. I have to do a hard boot to get things going again. None of my Linux install are affected, and after cleaning itself up, Win98 seems fine, too.
I realize this is NOT a M$ support list. But I thought I might find a kind soul here who has dealt with this problem or could refer me to the right group. Thanks for any help offered. Jonathan