diff -u mdadm-2.6.7/debian/mdadm.config mdadm-2.6.7/debian/mdadm.config
--- mdadm-2.6.7/debian/mdadm.config
+++ mdadm-2.6.7/debian/mdadm.config
@@ -71,5 +71,6 @@
 BOOT_DEGRADED=""
 [ -s "$CONFIG" ] && . "$CONFIG"
-[ -n "$BOOT_DEGRADED" ] && db_set mdadm/boot_degraded "$BOOT_DEGRADED"
+[ -n "$BOOT_DEGRADED" ] || BOOT_DEGRADED="false"
+db_set mdadm/boot_degraded "$BOOT_DEGRADED"
 db_input medium mdadm/boot_degraded || :
 db_go
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 +1,12 @@
+mdadm (2.6.7-3ubuntu6) intrepid; urgency=low
+
+  * check.d/root_on_raid: do not write to stdout, breaks debconf
+    (LP: #277153)
+  * debian/mdadm.config: default BOOT_DEGRADED to false, if unset (legacy
+    Ubuntu behavior), (LP: #277262)
+
+ -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:26:53 -0500
+
 mdadm (2.6.7-3ubuntu5) intrepid; urgency=low
 
   * Fixes for LP: #268580
diff -u mdadm-2.6.7/check.d/root_on_raid mdadm-2.6.7/check.d/root_on_raid
--- mdadm-2.6.7/check.d/root_on_raid
+++ mdadm-2.6.7/check.d/root_on_raid
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
 			db_input critical mdadm/boot_degraded || true
 			db_go || true
 			db_get mdadm/boot_degraded
-			echo mdadm mdadm/boot_degraded boolean "$RET" | debconf-set-selections -
+			# write to preseed log so that /target knows about it
+			echo mdadm mdadm/boot_degraded boolean "$RET" >> "$logfile"
+
 		  ;;
 	esac
 	exit 0