an shell script I made for Ubuntu

[jdong]

Senectus . Wrote: 
> On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:56:58 +0000, netdur <durnet at menara.ma> wrote:
> > Hey,
> > this script should be executed in every boot, it should detect
> > partitions and mount it, I think this script is better than edit
> fstab
> > statically... because may people re-partition HD or change file
> system
> > of an partition... also this can be helpful for none-technical
> users,
> > this is actually my first shell script I code, so don't laugh at me
> if
> > you find it poor code
> 
> I'm not sure that this would be a great idea.. I could be wrong but if
> you mount a partition that has been used to "hibernate" or "suspend" a
> system, I'm pretty sure you will irreversibly corrupt that file
> system... (i'm sure I've heard that somewhere)
> If this is true, most "average" users will not be aware of that and it
> may automatically destroy their windows data..
> 
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You can mount hibernated partitions read-only without breaking
anything, but writing to a hibernated volume <b>WILL</b> cause major
damage!


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jdong