I'm getting the same issue on Server 10.04 LTS.
Installing mountall 2.15 appeared to fix the issue, but it has returned.
touch /forcefsck does not cause the issue - it only appears without
interference (seemingly). I also noticed it started occuring again when
the fsck on boot reports 'clean' as
On further investigation, it appears that no *actual* fsck is being
performed when I get this error.
When I use /forcefsck, it returns 0.1% non-contiguous after a short
delay, and boots normally.
When my boot stalls with a fsck message, no vterms, but sshd active, on
the connected display it
