Shutdown without shutdown -h now script

[tecknophreak]

Is it possible to shutdown Linux (RH 7.1) whenever, i.e. turn off power, then start up without checking files? My box is going to be imbedded and none of the files will change, they'll always be the same. So can this happen?

[Craig McPherson]

If you mount a filesystem read-only, it will never have to be checked due to not being unmounted cleanly. You should edit your machine's /etc/fstab and set all the filesystems to mount read-only. I fyou ever need to make changes to the filesystem, you can remount it read-write with the mount command.