> 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.