diff -dPNur mkinitrd-4.2.17/mkinitrd mkinitrd-4.2.17-new/mkinitrd
--- mkinitrd-4.2.17/mkinitrd	2006-01-05 17:11:25.000000000 +0000
+++ mkinitrd-4.2.17-new/mkinitrd	2006-01-05 16:54:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -1015,8 +1015,11 @@
     if [ -x /sbin/mdassemble ]; then
 	cp $verbose -aL /sbin/mdassemble $MNTIMAGE/sbin
 	raidstart_command="mdassemble"
+    elif [ -x /sbin/mdadm.static ]; then
+	inst /sbin/mdadm.static $MNTIMAGE/sbin/mdadm
+	raidstart_command="mdadm -A -s"
     elif [ -x /sbin/mdadm ]; then
 	inst /sbin/mdadm $MNTIMAGE/sbin
 	raidstart_command="mdadm -A -s"
     else
 	raidstart_command="raidautorun /dev/md${md}"