Something

	log_begin_msg "Waiting for root file system..."

log_begin_msg being defined as :

log_daemon_msg () {
    if [ -z "$1" ]; then
        return 1
    fi

    if log_use_usplash; then
        usplash_write "TEXT $*" || true
    fi

    log_to_console log_daemon_msg "$@"

    if log_use_fancy_output && $TPUT xenl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
        COLS=`$TPUT cols`
        if [ "$COLS" ] && [ "$COLS" -gt 6 ]; then
            COL=`$EXPR $COLS - 7`
        else
	    COLS=80
            COL=73
        fi
        # We leave the cursor `hanging' about-to-wrap (see terminfo(5)
        # xenl, which is approximately right). That way if the script
        # prints anything then we will be on the next line and not
        # overwrite part of the message.

        # Previous versions of this code attempted to colour-code the
        # asterisk but this can't be done reliably because in practice
        # init scripts sometimes print messages even when they succeed
        # and we won't be able to reliably know where the colourful
        # asterisk ought to go.

        printf " * $*       "
        # Enough trailing spaces for ` [fail]' to fit in; if the message
        # is too long it wraps here rather than later, which is what we
        # want.
        $TPUT hpa `$EXPR $COLS - 1`
        printf ' '
    else
        echo " * $@"
        COL=
    fi
}