Today is about the fourth time I had to explain that pressing "Y" for a filesystem check on an uncleanly shutdown system is a bit idea, at least on ext3. I think I had it myself once or twice as well. If you do this fsck is very likely to remove a bit to many of your files. It actually seems much worse than normally on ext2 (but it is a long time ago that I used ext2, so perhaps its normal), and it is definately much worse than using the journal to restore the fs.
In any case, rc.sysinit message sounds like if pressing Yes within 5 seconds is a good idea, while on a journalling system, it is probably not the best idea. So either: - remove the message al together for journalling fs (an expert can still do it manually, if for some reason it is wanted) - make the check sound like a bad idea. d.
