On Thu Apr 14 19:27:01 2005, Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > jckyau@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > >Hello Daniel, > > > >dwalsh@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > > >>jckyau cs hku hk wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Hi, > >>> > >>>I am very new to SELinux, so, please bear with my ignorance. > >>> > >>>I have installed a Fedora Core 3 with SELinux enabled. The system > >>>has been running pretty stable until I tried to installed a new harddisk > >>>to my system. The system fails during the booting process if I have my > >>>new harddisk installed. It stops booting whenever I reach the point of > >>>setting up the ppp (I rely on a PPPoE line to connect to the Internet). > >>>But it boots smoothly when I have the new harddisk removed. I think it > >>>is a problem with SELinux (though I am not sure) as it gives me all > >>>kinds of complains regarding permissions. > >>> > >>>I am pretty sure that it isn't a problem with the harddisk, as this > >>>harddisk works fine when installed into another computer. I've also > >>>tried to install another harddisk to my SELinux box, and got the same > >>>result. Any clue?? > >>> > >>>Many thanx in advance! > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>It needs to be labeled. > >> > >>touch /.autorelabel > >>shutdown machine > >>add disk > >>boot machine > >> > >> > >>-- > >> > >> > >> > > Thank you for your reply. However, it didn't work for me. With > > "/.autorelabel" and my new harddisk installed, the system took a > > very long time to "relabel" the filesystem at the booting phase > > (I guess it was my original root filesystem that it was relabeling), > > and continued with the booting afterwards. But the booting was done > > (took a very long time), my root filesystem (which is the only > > filesystem on my original harddisk) was mounted as readonly. > > Certainly, a system with a readonly root filesystem doesn't do me any > > good. More suggestions? > > > > Thanx! > > > > > > > What kind of log messages are you getting? What file system are you using? > Can you boot successfully with enfocing=0 on the kernel line? > > Dan > > -- > > Thank you, Dan, for your prompt reply. "Lonely Wolf" is correct. It was a problem of the "labeling" of filesystems. My "new" harddisk was an old one which has a copy of linux from years ago. After playing around with the fstab and the boot up options, I can finally get the thing to boot. Many thx to both of you. Regards, -- Joe Yau.....The Natural Born Uncle!!! +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Email: jckyau@xxxxxxxxx WWW: http://www.cs.hku.hk/~jckyau | | | | First they ignore you... Then they ridicule at you... | | Then they fight you... Then you win!!! | | -- Mahatma Gandhi | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- fedora-selinux-list mailing list fedora-selinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-selinux-list
