Peter, Thanks for the pointer. I tried to use e2label to label all partitions and got: bash-3.2# e2label /dev/sda2 ntfs e2label: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sda2 Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock. So I think I've got a more complex problem. Any thoughts? Bob St. John On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 16:27 -0500, peter volsted wrote: > Bob > > In your on-disk version of 'Release Notes' find the URL for the updated > online version and read about the necessity to label your partitions and > correct your fstab. > > kind regards > > peter > > > Bob St John wrote: > > Folks, > > > > I upgraded from FC6 to FC7 and many applications that I had on FC6 fail > > to start on FC7. > > > > I apparently have some uninitialized disk partitions: > > > > /dev/sda1 = / root (EXT3) > > /dev/sda2 = Unmounted Windows XP partition (dual boot system) > > /dev/sda3 = Unmounted EXT3 partition > > /dev/sda4 = Unmounted SWAP partition > > > > I suspect that /etc/fstabs is important in this case: > > > > LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 > > devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 > > tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 > > proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 > > sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 > > /dev/sda4 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > > > What is the problem and how can I fix it? > > > > Thanks . . . > > > > Bob St. John > > > >
