Joseph Chung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> kernel parameter I can tweak so that I'll never have to intervene even if > the FS is not unmounted cleanly? Three possible solutions (one and a half, that is.): 1) get a UPS and remove the main switch from the pooter. When your parents switch off the ups, Linux still has enough time to cleanly shut down 2) similarly, get a mainboard with functioning power-off and remove the main switch. The pooter can only be switched off with software assistance then and you should be ok. To switch on the computer, the D/V button of the modem can be used to generate an interrupt on the serial line (most modems generate an OK when D/V is pressed). 3) mount /usr readonly and the rest with the sync option. This will make the computer much slower wrt to filesystem performance and is not entirely fool-proof but you usually get away without severe damage. Kind regards, -- Eberhard Burr check http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~Eberhard.Burr/publickey.asc for PGP Key -- #include <stddisc.h> -- electric cookie follows God instructs the heart, not by ideas, but by pains and contradictions. -- De Caussade
