This has been reported before as a bug. This time I just thought i'd chime in and say "me too."
Thanks, Jeff > > Package: base > Version: 0.93.6-13 > > It is utterly unreasonable for the system to try and do fsck's when the > system is booted with 'linux single'. The whole point of a single user boot > is that something is wrong that needs reasoned attention from a system > adminitrator. A single-user boot should do absolutely *nothing* that isn't > required to drop the system admin into a shell. > > This caused me considerable grief when one of the disks on my system was > starting to fail, and I was desperately trying to extract a few critical > files that had been updated since the last backup. The cycle was to boot, > snag a few files before the disk warmed up and failed, then power down to let > things cool off, then repeat. The insistence of the system on doing fsck's > at every boot made this a much less productive process per unit time than it > could/should have been. > > Bdale > >
