Comment 21 for bug 247027

After installation of 8.10-Intrepid from alternate CD on a FAKERAID 1
i had the same issue (initramfs prompt).

I replaced the /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-top/dmraid
with the suggested file from Dupond Jean-Louis above
---COMPLETE FILE---
#!/bin/sh

PREREQ="udev"

prereqs()
{
        echo "$PREREQ"
}

case $1 in
# get pre-requisites
prereqs)
        prereqs
        exit 0
        ;;
esac

/sbin/udevadm settle --timeout=30
modprobe -Q dm-mod
modprobe -Q dm-mirror

[ -x /sbin/dmraid ] && /sbin/dmraid -ay
---END OF FILE---

After this set the file executable flags
and make an update-initramfs -u