fsck.ext3 -yv /dev/sda1 on 1 terabyte partition. very slow. how to tell what is happening?

[Mitchell Laks <mlaks@post.harvard.edu>]

Hi,

I would like some feedback on what fsck is doing. How can I tell if it is making progress or just
restore from backup?

i  just see 
checking stage 1 or something
then nothing

what to do to get some kind of (ascii :)) graphic or other feedback as to how it is doing? It just sits there.

fsck.ext3 -yv /dev/sda1

the v here is not very verbose :(.

Thanks,

Mitchell