--- rc.sysinit	2006-09-10 17:40:49.000000000 +0100
+++ /etc/rc.sysinit	2006-09-10 17:45:11.000000000 +0100
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 
 # If necessary, find md devices and manually assemble RAID arrays
 if [ -f /etc/mdadm.conf -a "`grep ^ARRAY /etc/mdadm.conf 2>/dev/null`" ]; then
+	stat_busy "Activating RAID arrays"
 	# udev won't create these md nodes, so we do it ourselves
 	for dev in `grep ^ARRAY /etc/mdadm.conf | awk '{print $2}'`; do
 		path=`echo $dev | sed 's|/[^/]*$||'`
@@ -68,7 +69,12 @@
 		minor=`echo $node | sed 's|^[^0-9]*||'`
 		[ ! -e $path/$node ] && /bin/mknod $path/$node b 9 $minor
 	done
-	status "Activating RAID arrays" /sbin/mdadm --assemble --scan
+	/sbin/mdadm --assemble --scan >/dev/null 2>&1
+	if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+		stat_done
+	else
+		stat_fail
+	fi
 fi
 
 # Unmount and free up the old initrd if it exists