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On 12/17/2012 01:09 AM, Dale wrote:
> 
> So, since I have /usr separate from the rest, I could mount it read only
> and reduce the chance of corruption if say my UPS failed?  I already do
> this for /boot.  Interesting.  Very interesting indeed. 
> 
> If the other issues happen, computers is likely the least of our
> problems.  ;-) 
> 

Yes, although it's unlikely that any corruption would occur in the first
place if you're not writing to the filesystem during the crash.