Is It Safe to Turn Off VIM3 Ubuntu EMMC Without Shutting It Down?

VIM3
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board : VIM3
image : ubuntu minimal kernel 4.9 emmc

Does turning it off without proper shutdown cause any permannet damage to the board ?

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You can corrupt the filesystem (software damage) but you will not break the board (hardware damage).

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@chewitt
How to protect ubuntu’s filesystem damage? [EMMC]
Are there any solutions if vim3 is installed with device that can not push shutdown button?

eg.mobile robot, drone etc…

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I’m not sure how you can protect a general purpose distro image. For IoT applications I would use a more appliance-like OS and packaging; something where the core OS image is read-only and an a/b boot config so the device will always revert to a known-good boot state if the current boot fails.

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