[CentOS] Calling All FS Fanatics

> I don't know about that.  The default unattended startup just
> uses the journal on ext3 instead of fsck so the odds are much
> better that it will complete by itself.  If there is a difference
> in fsck it is probably more version-related than ext2 vs ext3.
> 

Just my imagination. Bill Schoolcraft has answered the mystery of fsck 
-y. It is imposed by the script and not by e2fsprogs itself.