> > Hm, isn't the low-tech solution to this particular problem to
> > deviate from the comments in fstab(5), and use different pass
> > numbers in fstab for the file systems which have different
> > devices but actually use the same underlying spindles?
>
> <bofh>
> Ingenious idea! Have you tried that?
> </bofh>
>
> Yes, that would be a perfectly fine solution if fsck would actually
> honour pass numbers !=3D 1 to order them. Sadly enough, it doesn't ha=
ppen.

Hm, I vaguely recall someone mentioning this, and was half
expecting a comment to this effect.  Sounds like a bug to me?

Regards,

- H=E5vard