just comment out lines 247, 248, 249 and 251 in /etc/rc.sysinit (line numbers in default config, of course) and you'll see the progress bars even with 'quiet'.
- [arch-general] silent fsck at startup Ashish SHUKLA
- Re: [arch-general] silent fsck at sta... Charly Ghislain
- Re: [arch-general] silent fsck at... Nicolas Bigaouette
- Re: [arch-general] silent fsck at... Ashish SHUKLA
- Re: [arch-general] silent fsc... Jeff Mickey
- Re: [arch-general] silent... Ashish SHUKLA
- Re: [arch-general] s... Denis Alessandro Altoe Falqueto
- Re: [arch-genera... Hubert Grzeskowiak
- Re: [arch-general] silent... Hubert Grzeskowiak
- Re: [arch-general] silent fsck at sta... Markus Heuser
- Re: [arch-general] silent fsck at... Denis Alessandro Altoe Falqueto
- Re: [arch-general] silent fsc... Markus Heuser
- Re: [arch-general] silent... Denis Alessandro Altoe Falqueto
- Re: [arch-general] silent fsck at... Hubert Grzeskowiak
