Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 12:23:35 +0200 From: Jens Rehsack <rehsack@liwing.de> To: Philip Hallstrom <philip@adhesivemedia.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: If a disk is mounted read only is it possible to corrupt it? Message-ID: <3D3BDD27.8152AA0B@liwing.de> References: <20020719132123.F60588-100000@cypress.adhesivemedia.com>
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Philip Hallstrom wrote:
>
> Hi all -
> This seems like an obvious answer, but I didn't see anything in
> the man pages or the FQ so...
>
> If I mount *all* of my partitions as read only (ignoring the problems of
> needing to write log files, etc. for now) and then cut the power to the
> server, is there any chance of corrupting the disk? It seems that FreeBSD
> wouldn't do it, but would the disk itself do it?
That depends on the disk you're using. If you have problem with your
power supply, you should better think 'bout an uninterruptable power supply.
Jens
> Thanks!
>
> -philip
>
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