+# make sure mdadm isn't executed in initrd:
+if [ -d "$target"/etc/default/mdadm ] ; then
+ sed -i "s/START_DAEMON=.*/s/START_DAEMON='false'/" "$target"/etc/default/mdadm
+ sed -i "s/INITRDSTART=.*/INITRDSTART='none'/" "$target"/etc/default/mdadm
+fi
+