Fri, 13 May 2016 18:55:58 -0500 Chris Bennett <chrisbenn...@bennettconstruction.us> > I think you are totally missing the point that Theo just made.
You too. > Marking partitions as read-only is useful, when and only when > appropriate. Expand on a wrong idea does not make it right. Your advice is hurting naive readers. This thread is the result of a user error gone public. > Why, because when the power fails, no data is lost and I'm quickly back > up with minimal fsck'ing. Obvious design error: you did not include uninterrupted power supply. File system check is fast and safe even when power fails. Still you have a system reliability omission. Consider a power unit next time. > This has saved my ass twice now. By hurting you in the long run, useless trick. > Backup your data After you have reliable power and learn a lot more on system design.
