--- usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/casper.ori	2008-05-05 21:49:39.000000000 +0200
+++ usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/casper	2008-05-04 23:36:10.000000000 +0200
@@ -403,7 +403,10 @@ setup_unionfs() {
         fi
     fi
 
-    mount ${cowdevice} -t ${cow_fstype} -o rw,noatime,mode=755 /cow || panic "Can not mount $cowdevice on /cow"
+    log_warning_msg "Checking the casper-rw partition ${cowdevice}"
+    e2fsck -v -y ${cowdevice} || log_warning_msg "Not able to check the ${cowdevice} partition"
+    log_warning_msg "Mounting the casper-rw partition"
+    mount ${cowdevice} -t ${cow_fstype} -o rw,noatime /cow || panic "Can not mount $cowdevice on /cow"
 
     mount -t ${UNIONFS} -o noatime,dirs=/cow=rw:$rofsstring ${UNIONFS} "$rootmnt" || panic "${UNIONFS} mount failed"