Re: [newbie] Need mp3 info

[Steve Philp]

Ken wrote:
> That's the only way I can see how this would be viable.  I know that if I
> shut down Linux or Win98, while it's doing something, it scans the HD the
> next time it boots up and reports lost chains and errors etc.  This also
> adds to the amount of time it takes to boot up.  This isn't very good for
> the HD either.

So mount the partitions read-only.  Power loss won't cause hard drive
corruption, and you won't have to sit through the fsck on reboot.

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Steve Philp
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