diff -u mdadm-2.6.7/debian/initramfs/init-premount mdadm-2.6.7/debian/initramfs/init-premount
--- mdadm-2.6.7/debian/initramfs/init-premount
+++ mdadm-2.6.7/debian/initramfs/init-premount
@@ -19,10 +19,40 @@
 EOF
 		cat /proc/mdstat
 
+		BOOT_DEGRADED="false"
+		# Read BOOT_DEGRADED from file
+		if [ -r "/conf/conf.d/mdadm" ]; then
+			. /conf/conf.d/mdadm
+		fi
+		# But allow for overides on the kernel command line
+		for x in $(cat /proc/cmdline); do
+			case $x in
+				bootdegraded)
+					BOOT_DEGRADED="true"
+				;;
+				bootdegraded=*)
+					BOOT_DEGRADED=${x#bootdegraded=}
+				;;
+			esac
+		done
+		case "$BOOT_DEGRADED" in
+			1)    BOOT_DEGRADED="true";;
+			yes)  BOOT_DEGRADED="true";;
+		esac
+		if [ "$BOOT_DEGRADED" = "true" ]; then
+			echo "Attempting to start the RAID in degraded mode..."
+			if mdadm --assemble --scan --run; then
+				echo "Started the RAID in degraded mode"
+				exit 0
+			else
+				echo "Could not start the RAID in degraded mode"
+			fi
+		fi
+
 		cat <<EOF
-If you want to attempt to boot with the RAID in degraded mode, type:
-  mdadm -R /dev/mdX
-where X is the number of the md device listed above.
+If you want to attempt to boot with the RAID in degraded mode, add the
+following parameter to your kernel boot options:
+        bootdegraded=true
 EOF
 		exit 1
 	fi
@@ -42,7 +72,7 @@
 
 . /scripts/functions
 
-add_mountroot_fail_hook
+add_mountroot_fail_hook "10-mdadm"
 
 exit 0
  
diff -u mdadm-2.6.7/debian/changelog mdadm-2.6.7/debian/changelog
--- mdadm-2.6.7/debian/changelog
+++ mdadm-2.6.7/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+mdadm (2.6.7-3ubuntu2~ppa9) intrepid; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/initramfs/init-premount: If mounting of root fails, allow the user
+    to optionally boot in degraded mode (LP: #120375).
+
+ -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:48:06 -0500
+
 mdadm (2.6.7-3ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low
 
   * Merge from debian unstable, remaining changes: