Well in most cases.. but if you try an experimental kernel it might not.
EG if the kernel or utilities do not respect the read only bits, or say
its on a software raid array, etc.
On 30 Jul 2003, Matt Whiteley wrote:
On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 13:15, Jean-Francois Bélanger wrote:
> I'll try, but this time with a backup my mp3 collection before trying to
> reinstall on this buggy pc, maybe tomorrow.
>
> I wish I could reproduce this. but with no precious data on it this
> time.... :)
Is mounting file systems read-only enough to insure that that certain
file system will remain intact?
thanks,
--
Stephen John Smoogen smoogen(a)lanl.gov
Los Alamos National Labrador CCN-5 Sched 5/40 PH: 5-8058
Ta-03 SM-261 MailStop P208 DP 17U Los Alamos, NM 87545
-- So shines a good deed in a weary world. = Willy Wonka --