joe sloan njktmsusacom jerry houston wrote 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 probably posted uptime server near 1040 days also dozen linux servers around 550 days uptime recent kernel update none servers ever gone except hardware maintenance kernel update power failure use reiser btw default suse enterprise joe wed 06 aug 2008 043845 0800 opensuse ext3 check forced frustration