jerry houston wdiheeffjayarenet joe morris wrote yes course run cli command mounted rw filesystem check boot mounted rw could remount filesystem ro convenient root partition decided small price pay data consistency often boot server fs corruption left uncorrected advantage minutes adds boot every months imo conversation confused im relatively new linux ive read one post claiming someones linux system running nonstop nearly three years kind file system _those_ folks use wed 06 aug 2008 043527 0800 opensuse ext3 check forced frustration