[my question]
> Multiuser boot dies when a "fsck -p" is done in /etc/rc.
> Am I missing something?

Thanks for the replies.
The solution was: put a "0" into the 6th field
in /etc/fstab for nfs mounts.
Should have read the manpage...

btw: the corresponding comment in <fstab.h> is wrong, as is
its quotation in fstab(5).

best regards
Matthias Drochner