Created attachment 335894 [details] /var/log/boot.log from "failing" boot. Description of problem: After upgrading to util-linux-ng-2.14.2-5.fc11.x86_64, I notice the following in /var/log/boot.log: Setting up Logical Volume Management: 2 logical volume(s) in volume group "VolGroup00" now active ^[[60G[^[[0;32m OK ^[[0;39m]^M Checking filesystems F10-Snap2-x86_64: clean, 196403/5627904 files, 17261769/22503424 blocks /boot: clean, 58/50400 files, 37903/200812 blocks ^[[60G[^[[0;32m OK ^[[0;39m]^M Remounting root filesystem in read-write mode: ^[[60G[^[[0;32m OK ^[[0;39m]^M Mounting local filesystems: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on tmpfs, missing codepage or helper program, or other error (for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might need a /sbin/mount.<type> helper program) In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on tmpfs, missing codepage or helper program, or other error (for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might need a /sbin/mount.<type> helper program) In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so I attach complete boot.log. Running "mount" shows tmpfs items not mounted: [tbl@tlondon ~]$ mount /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 on / type ext3 (rw,noatime,nodiratime) proc on /proc type proc (rw) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) /dev/sda3 on /boot type ext3 (rw,noatime,nodiratime) none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw) gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/tbl/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=tbl) /dev/sdb1 on /media/E0FD-1813 type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=devkit,uid=500,gid=500,shortname=lower,dmask=0077) /dev/sda1 on /media/WinXP type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096) /dev/dm-3 on /media/extra type ext3 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=devkit) [tbl@tlondon ~]$ /etc/fstab indicates mounting 2 tmpfs's: [tbl@tlondon ~]$ cat /etc/fstab # # /etc/fstab # Created by anaconda on Fri Oct 17 14:03:24 2008 # # Accessible filesystems, by reference, are maintained under '/dev/disk' # See man pages fstab(5), findfs(8), mount(8) and/or vol_id(8) for more info # /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults,noatime,nodiratime 1 1 UUID=27db997b-1bda-4e46-8a89-ae5159412a00 /boot ext3 defaults,noatime,nodiratime 1 2 tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0 #LABEL=WinXP /mnt/winXP ntfs-3g defaults 0 0 #LABEL=extra /mnt/extra ext3 defaults,noatime,nodiratime 0 0 #/mnt/extra/tbl /home/tbl/Music/more none defaults,bind 0 0 [tbl@tlondon ~]$ Not 100% sure this is due to util-linux-ng. Please redirect ..... Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): util-linux-ng-2.14.2-5.fc11.x86_64 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
A bit more: Trying "mount -t tmpfs" from a root window fails: [root@tlondon ~]# mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /ephemeral mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on tmpfs, missing codepage or helper program, or other error (for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might need a /sbin/mount.<type> helper program) In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so [root@tlondon ~]#
Reverting to util-linux-ng-2.14.2-4.fc11.x86_64.rpm fixes: [root@tlondon Download]# rpm -Uvh --oldpackage util-linux-ng-2.14.2-4.fc11.x86_64.rpm Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:util-linux-ng ########################################### [100%] [root@tlondon Download]# mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /ephemeral [root@tlondon Download]#
The following "works": [root@tlondon packages]# /bin/mount tmpfs /ephemeral -i -t tmpfs [root@tlondon packages]# mount /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 on / type ext3 (rw,noatime,nodiratime) proc on /proc type proc (rw) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) /dev/sda3 on /boot type ext3 (rw,noatime,nodiratime) none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw) gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/tbl/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=tbl) /dev/sdb1 on /media/E0FD-1813 type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=devkit,uid=500,gid=500,shortname=lower,dmask=0077) /dev/sda1 on /media/WinXP type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096) /dev/dm-3 on /media/extra type ext3 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=devkit) tmpfs on /ephemeral type tmpfs (rw) [root@tlondon packages]# Running /sbin/mount.tmpfs with "sh -x": [root@tlondon packages]# sh -x /sbin/mount.tmpfs tmpfs /srv + echo tmpfs /srv + grep -q -E '(fs|def|root)?context=' ++ ls -Zd /srv ++ cut -f 5 -d ' ' + con= + /bin/mount tmpfs /srv -o 'rootcontext=""' -i -t tmpfs mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on tmpfs, missing codepage or helper program, or other error (for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might need a /sbin/mount.<type> helper program) In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so + exit 32 [root@tlondon packages]# Should the '-f 5' be '-f 4' to grab the context?
Thanks for your quick response. > Should the '-f 5' be '-f 4' to grab the context? I don't think so, there is one extra space between file mode and file owner in ls(1) output. Note that the ideal solution is "stat --format='%C'" -- unfortunately the stat(1) util is in the /usr/bin directory. The problem is probably the condition: if con=$(ls -Zd "$2" | cut -f 5 -d ' '); then I think better is: if ! echo "$@" | grep -q -E '(fs|def|root)?context='; then con=$(ls --scontext -d "$2" | cut -f 1 -d ' ') if [ -n "$con" ] && [ "$con" != "?" ] && [ "$con" != "unlabeled" ]; then /bin/mount "$@" -o rootcontext=\"$con\" -i -t tmpfs exit $? fi fi Note, ls(1) returns "?" or "unlabeled" when selinux is off and the directory is not labeled.