From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from zombie.ncsc.mil (zombie.ncsc.mil [144.51.88.131]) by tycho.ncsc.mil (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i89HJnrT013343 for ; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 13:19:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from open.hands.com (jazzdrum.ncsc.mil [144.51.5.7]) by zombie.ncsc.mil (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i89HJjVJ004160 for ; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 17:19:49 GMT Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 18:30:59 +0100 From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton To: Russell Coker Cc: SE-Linux Subject: Re: at last: info regarding boot problems on multiple partitions Message-ID: <20040909173059.GB10046@lkcl.net> References: <20040908224949.GK7717@lkcl.net> <200409100233.47416.russell@coker.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <200409100233.47416.russell@coker.com.au> Sender: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov List-Id: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 02:33:47AM +1000, Russell Coker wrote: > On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 08:49, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > > FINALLY i got a useable system when i encountered a boot problem > > [well, i got a console login]. > > > > the issue is that partitions fail to be mounted. > > > > i had noticed over a period of time that programs like pump and dhclient > > and some others would stop partitions from being unmounted during > > shutdown. > > > > [remember i have /boot, /, /usr, /var and /home] > > > > for some reason, this also caused the partitions to fail to MOUNT on > > startup. > > I've seen a very similar problem, but it was intermittent and didn't occur > enough to let me debug it. yes, it is intermittent (being dependent on a program not terminating, thereby keeping /usr from being unmounted), and also cyclic. cyclic as in you run into the problem through a shutdown, then start up, then have to power down again to clear the problem, and your system is fine, but on shutdown it happens again. it's a pain, and i _think_ it's down to the banning of initrc_t from writing to /etc. i note that there's an audit message to attempt a touch on a file somewhere in /etc. if that causes a change in behaviour in one of the early boot-up scripts... > I'm not certain that I saw the same problem but > the result of file systems not being mounted was similar. yes. > I would be very interested in any further information you may find on this. will keep looking. l. -- This message was distributed to subscribers of the selinux mailing list. If you no longer wish to subscribe, send mail to majordomo@tycho.nsa.gov with the words "unsubscribe selinux" without quotes as the message.