diff --git a/mkinitrd-boot.sh b/mkinitrd-boot.sh
index 5ec57aa..1310a20 100644
--- a/mkinitrd-boot.sh
+++ b/mkinitrd-boot.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@
 ## -----------------------
 ##
 
-if test -z "$REDIRECT" ; then
+fboot=$(get_param fastboot)
+quiet=$(get_param quiet)
+
+if test -z "$fboot" -a -z "$quiet" -a -z "$REDIRECT" ; then
     REDIRECT=$(showconsole 2>/dev/null)
     if test -n "$REDIRECT" ; then
 	if test "$devpts" != "yes" ; then
diff --git a/mkinitrd-kill2.sh b/mkinitrd-kill2.sh
index 73a35b6..6e5229a 100644
--- a/mkinitrd-kill2.sh
+++ b/mkinitrd-kill2.sh
@@ -17,10 +17,16 @@
 
 if test -n "$blogd_pid" ; then
     kill -QUIT "$blogd_pid"
-    while [ -d "/proc/$blogd_pid" ]; do
+    typeset -i bquit=50
+    while test -d "/proc/$blogd_pid" ; do
 	usleep 30000
+	if ((bquit-- <= 0)) ; then
+	    kill -KILL "$blogd_pid"
+	    break
+	fi
     done
-    if [ "$devpts" = "yes" ] ; then
+    unset bquit blogd_pid
+    if test "$devpts" = "yes" ; then
 	umount -t devpts /dev/pts
     fi
 fi
diff --git a/sysvinit.changes b/sysvinit.changes
index 29849da..ff2336e 100644
--- a/sysvinit.changes
+++ b/sysvinit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Apr 28 12:49:42 CEST 2009 - werner@suse.de
+
+- Disable blogd on fastboot or quiet boot
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Apr 21 18:40:42 CEST 2009 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/sysvinit.spec b/sysvinit.spec
index bda8c7b..13ac15f 100644
--- a/sysvinit.spec
+++ b/sysvinit.spec
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Group:          System/Base
 PreReq:         coreutils
 AutoReqProv:    on
 Version:        2.86
-Release:        204
+Release:        205
 Summary:        SysV-Style init
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  libselinux-devel libsepol-devel
@@ -327,6 +327,8 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 %doc %{_mandir}/man8/mkill.8.gz
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Apr 28 2009 werner@suse.de
+- Disable blogd on fastboot or quiet boot
 * Tue Apr 21 2009 werner@suse.de
 - Make initrd script for blogd depend on initrd script clock
 * Fri Mar 27 2009 werner@suse.de