fstab on the live cd is marked as: /dev/mapper/livecd-rw / ext3 defaults,noatime 1 1 You want '0 0' at the end, otherwise it will try to fsck it. This should remove the need to boot with 'fastboot'.
Created attachment 142896 [details] patch for this This patch sets up any /dev/mapper root so that it's not fscked, and removes 'fastboot' from the command line.
I've committed something like this. Thanks! http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=users/david/pilgrim.git;a=commitdiff;h=b55ab2537e75b67b0b93b081d8867686bafb5076 Will do a new livecd spin tonight.