diff -ur a/utils/fsck/main.c b/utils/fsck/main.c
--- a/utils/fsck/main.c	2006-03-28 13:40:23.000000000 +0100
+++ b/utils/fsck/main.c	2007-08-02 10:13:53.000000000 +0100
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@
 	(data->log == stdout) ? "stdout" : 
 	(data->log_file_name ? data->log_file_name : "fsck.run"));
     
-    if (!(data->options & OPT_YES)) {
+    if (!(data->options & OPT_YES) && !(data->options & OPT_SILENT)) {
 	    if (!util_user_confirmed(warn_to, "\nDo you want to run this "
 				     "program?[N/Yes] (note need to type "
 				     "Yes if you do):", "Yes\n"))