Jonathan Allen wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a stupid F7 box that won't boot. It keeps wittering about a clutch > of selinux errors: > > udevd-event[1187]: selinux_setfscreatecon: matchpathcon(/dev/loop3) failed > > and screenfuls of similar garbage. Then it tells me that an error occured > during the file system check - which it didn't. I give the root password > and run fsck and there are no errors. Reboot simply goes back into the > same loop. I can't edit /etc/selinux/config to disable selinux because the > filestore is read-only and the live CD doesn't seem to want to let me mount > the hard-disc to edit it that way. > > How can I return the machine to some kind of sanity without reinstalling ? > This feels scarily like the monster from Redmond ... > > Jonathan > Have you tried the rescue cd? Generally you can remount / as RW from there. -- Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem! Mark Haney Sr. Systems Administrator ERC Broadband (828) 350-2415 Call (866) ERC-7110 for after hours support
