scanning ext3 filesystem on shutdown and not bootup?

[Donn]

> hang! I would think shifting as much as you can to shutdown would be a
> great way to tackle the boot up speed problem 
Sure, but think on this:
Sometimes the power cuts... and the UPS catches the machine ... and you have 
to shut down FAST! If it started doing a fsck at that point, I would be in 
trouble! How to stop it? What would the damage be if the UPS switched off 
during the check?

A "Shut down right damn now and do nothing else on your way to cold silicon" 
option could fix that.

/d