diff --git a/base/mkinitramfs/files/30-blocks.sh b/base/mkinitramfs/files/30-blocks.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../mkinitramfs/files/30-blocks.sh
+# Copyright (C) 2008 The OpenSDE Project
+#
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
+# GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+
+# software raids
+if [ -s "$root/etc/mdadm.conf" ]; then
+	echo "Injecting /etc/mdadm.conf"
+	cp -v "$root/etc/mdadm.conf" "$tmpdir/etc/"
+fi
+
+# living volume groups?
+if ls -1 "$root/etc/lvm/archive/"* > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+	echo "Injecting lvm's cache"
+	mkdir -p "$tmpdir/etc/lvm/"{cache,archive}
+	cp -v "$root/etc/lvm/cache/.cache" "$tmpdir/etc/lvm/cache/"
+fi