Michael Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 04:05:22AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> >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.
Which you get from time to time due to programs opening files
read-write when possible, mtime and atime updates etc.
> >reduces the frequency of fscks if you reboot frequently.
>
> If that's an issue for you, fix it properly by using a journalling fs.
No FS is perfect. I trust a harddisk jumpered to read-only or a cdrom more.
> Mike Stone
MfG
Goswin
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