Mounting stuff read-only also prevents filesystem corruption in case
the system does crash
A quiescent filesystem isn't going to be corrupted in a system crash. You need to have metadata inconsistencies caused by filesystem activity before you can get corruption.
reduces the frequency of fscks if you reboot frequently.
If that's an issue for you, fix it properly by using a journalling fs.
Mike Stone
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