diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*.rej' mkinitrd-4.2.1.10/mkinitrd mezzanine_patched_mkinitrd-4.2.1.10/mkinitrd
--- mkinitrd-4.2.1.10/mkinitrd	2007-01-31 13:45:09.000000000 -0700
+++ mezzanine_patched_mkinitrd-4.2.1.10/mkinitrd	2007-05-09 22:02:18.000000000 -0600
@@ -740,9 +740,16 @@
 
 if [ -n "$startraid" ]; then
     for dev in $raiddevices; do
-	cp -a /dev/${dev} $MNTIMAGE/dev
-	echo "raidautorun /dev/${dev}" >> $RCFILE
+      echo mknod /dev/${dev} b 9 $(echo $dev | sed s/md//) >> $RCFILE
     done
+    cp -a /sbin/mdassemble $MNTIMAGE/sbin
+    mkdir -p $MNTIMAGE/etc
+    echo DEVICE partitions > $MNTIMAGE/etc/mdadm.conf
+    mdadm --examine --scan --config $MNTIMAGE/etc/mdadm.conf | \
+     sed -r \
+       -e '/^ +devices=/d' \
+       -e 's/ num-devices=[0-9]+//' >> $MNTIMAGE/etc/mdadm.conf
+    echo "/sbin/mdassemble" >> $RCFILE
 fi
 
 if [ -z "$USE_UDEV" ]; then