Bug#262092: initrd-tools: Initrd causes segfaults /w kernel-2.6.7-1-686 and root on RAID-1(mdadm)+LVM2

[Max Cohan]

I wanted to add the relevant installed versions:
lvm-common 1.5.17    
lvm2 2.00.21-1 
mdadm 1.6.0-2   
initrd-tools 0.1.73    
initscripts 2.86-1    
module-init-tools 3.1-pre5-6
sysvinit 2.86-1