Comment 7 for bug 98911

Same problem
- unable to finish the upgrade to Feisty: kernel 2.6.20 not activated
- getting stuck every time I want to install a package that requires kernel dependancies
- having to wait for every time failing configuration each time I want to install anything
- no clue about what is mdadm is used for
... quite annoying, even though the previous kernel keeps working well (no USB problems)

I created a duplicate: Bug #108675 before being redirected to this

*** Precision: affects also the -386 kernels, not only -generic ***

Details (similar):

$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Paramétrage de linux-image-2.6.20-15-386 (2.6.20-15.27) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-15-386
W: mdadm: unchecked configuration file: /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf
W: mdadm: please read /usr/share/doc/mdadm/README.upgrading-2.5.3.gz .
W: mdadm: no arrays defined in configuration file.
W: mdadm: falling back to emergency procedure in initramfs.
The provided postinst hook script [/sbin/update-grub] could not be run.
[...]

$ sudo update-initramfs -u -v
[...]
Calling hook mdadm
Adding binary /sbin/mdadm
Adding module /lib/modules/2.6.20-15-386/kernel/drivers/md/multipath.ko
W: mdadm: unchecked configuration file: /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf
W: mdadm: please read /usr/share/doc/mdadm/README.upgrading-2.5.3.gz .
W: mdadm: no arrays defined in configuration file.
W: mdadm: falling back to emergency procedure in initramfs.
[...]

Please hurry up, even though using Linux has always been sometimes a synonym for patience ...