On Thu, 2005-12-22 at 21:18 -0500, Dave Jones wrote: > On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 03:31:03PM +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > On Thu, 2005-12-22 at 14:47 +0100, gsc.news@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > >If I recall, there was a change in the ext2 utilities from FC3 to FC4 > > > >which fsils with earlier distro created partitions. > > > > > > > >I believe you need to disable filechecking with the entries in your > > > >fstab file. That is, change the last two digits in your older distros > > > >to zero. > > > >Alternatively, you could mount the other OS partitions whenever you need > > > >to access the files on the common partitions.. > > > > > > > >Are you talking about a common /home partition? > > > > > > Yes, and therefore, I can't use my privous installations anymore. > > > > that sounds nasty; maybe fedora should turn off MLS for now until > > there's a better compatibility? > > The latest FC4 update kernel can read MLS labelled filesystems without problem. > I've not checked FC3, that one might be a little more tricky, as the compat code > requires changes that have happened post 2.6.12 (where FC3 is currently sat). > Given the effort required to make that work, the limited time remaining in the > FC3 lifetime, and the low general appeal of such a feature, it probably won't > get fixed given that even RHEL4 can't get compatibility code.. why go through this pain in the first place? Is MLS a compelling enough feature for fedora to go through this pain? Is it even used for something or by someone in the first place? -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list