diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f32ff96e..6ee3f997 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # ChangeLog for Gentoo System Intialization ("rc") scripts
 # Copyright 1999-2007 Gentoo Foundation; Distributed under the GPLv2
 
+  26 Apr 2007; Roy Marples <uberlord@gentoo.org>:
+
+    checkroot and checkfs now use more friendly generic options, #116016.
+
   25 Apr 2007; Roy Marples <uberlord@gentoo.org>:
 
     We now have an alternative to buffering stdout and stderr.
diff --git a/init.d/checkfs b/init.d/checkfs
index 7531ab78..45484939 100755
--- a/init.d/checkfs
+++ b/init.d/checkfs
@@ -4,29 +4,30 @@
 
 depend() {
 	need checkroot
-	use volumes
 	after modules
 }
 
 do_checkfs() {
-	local retval=0
+	local retval=0 mode="-p" opts= parts=
 
 	ebegin "Checking all filesystems"
-	if [ "${RC_UNAME}" = "Linux" ] ; then
-		if get_bootparam "forcefsck" ; then
-			ewarn "A full fsck has been forced"
-			fsck -C0 -T -R -A -a -f
-		else
-			fsck -C0 -T -R -A -a
-		fi
-		retval=$?
-	else
-		local parts="$(fstabinfo --passno ">1")"
-		if [ -n "${parts}" ] ; then
-			fsck -p ${parts}
-			retval=$?
-		fi
+	
+
+	if  [ -e /forcefsck ] || get_bootparam "forcefsck" ; then
+		ewarn "A full fsck has been forced"
+		mode="-f"
 	fi
+
+	if [ "${RC_UNAME}" = "Linux" ] ; then
+		opts="-A -C0 -R -T"
+	else
+		parts="$(fstabinfo --passno ">1")"
+		[ -z "${parts}" ] && return 0
+	fi
+
+	fsck ${opts} ${mode} ${parts}
+	retval=$?
+	
 	if [ ${retval} -eq 0 ] ; then
 		eend 0
 	elif [ ${retval} -eq 1 ] ; then
@@ -40,13 +41,9 @@ do_checkfs() {
 	else
 		if [ "${RC_FORCE_AUTO}" = "yes" ] ; then
 			eend 2 "Fsck could not correct all errors, rerunning"
-			if [ "${RC_UNAME}" = "Linux" ] ; then
-				fsck -C0 -T -R -A -y
-			else
-				fsck -y
-			fi
+			fsck ${opts} -y ${parts}
 			retval=$?
-			eend $?
+			eend ${retval}
 		fi
 
 		if [ ${retval} -gt 3 ] ; then
@@ -54,7 +51,9 @@ do_checkfs() {
 			exec rc-abort || exit 1
 		fi
 	fi
-	
+
+	[ ${retval} = 0 -a -e /forcefsck ] && rm /forcefsck
+
 	return ${retval}
 }
 
diff --git a/init.d/checkroot b/init.d/checkroot
index 2b3c0de3..a369fe50 100755
--- a/init.d/checkroot
+++ b/init.d/checkroot
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ do_mtab() {
 }
 
 start() {
-	local retval=0
+	local retval=0 opts="-F"
+	[ "${RC_UNAME}" = "Linux" ] && opts="-T -C0"
 
 	# Don't bother doing a fsck on these
 	if [ -n "${CDBOOT}" ] || is_net_fs / || is_union_fs / ; then
@@ -45,29 +46,18 @@ start() {
 		return 0
 	fi
 
-	if get_bootparam "forcefsck" ; then
+	if [ -e /forcefsck ] || get_bootparam "forcefsck" ; then
 		ebegin "Checking root filesystem (full fsck forced)"
-		if [ "${RC_UNAME}" = "Linux" ] ; then
-			fsck -C -a -f /
-		else
-			fsck -F /
-		fi
+		fsck ${opts} -f /
 		# /forcefsck isn't deleted because checkfs needs it.
 		# it'll be deleted in that script.
 		retval=$?
 	else
 		# Obey the fs_passno setting for / (see fstab(5))
-		# - find the / entry
-		# - make sure we have 6 fields
-		# - see if fs_passno is something other than 0
 		local pass=$(fstabinfo --passno /)
 		if [ ${pass:-0} != "0" ] ; then
 			ebegin "Checking root filesystem"
-			if [ "${RC_UNAME}" = "Linux" ] ; then
-				fsck -C -T -a /
-			else
-				fsck -p -F /
-			fi
+			fsck ${opts} -p /
 			retval=$?
 		else
 			ebegin "Skipping root filesystem check" "(fstab's passno == 0)"
@@ -92,15 +82,11 @@ start() {
 			sleep 10
 		fi
 		einfo "Rebooting"
-		/sbin/reboot -f
+		reboot -f
 	else
 		if [ "${RC_FORCE_AUTO}" = "yes" ] ; then
 			eend 2 "Rerunning fsck in force mode"
-			if [ "${RC_UNAME}" = "Linux" ] ; then
-				fsck -y -C -T /
-			else
-				fsck -y /
-			fi
+			fsck ${opts} -y /
 			retval=$?
 		else
 			eend 2 "Filesystem couldn't be fixed :("