Thanks all for the quick responses to my question below.  Being a relative 
Linux newbie the responses
will save me a lot of time.

Much appreciated,
Adam

At 09:19 PM 6/29/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>I have a embedded linux machine using RTLinux that does not have a power 
>switch.  When ac is
>applied it boots up and to power it down just pull the plug.  However 
>since we cannot properly shut
>down linux, everytime we do this the system goes through the long fsck 
>process.
>
>Is there anyway to get around this without just disabling fsck on boot 
>up.  It would be nice if somehow
>an abnormal shutdown (like pulling the power), did not screw up the 
>filesystem.
>
>Has anyone come up with any solutions.
>
>Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.....
>
>Thanks
>Adam
>
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