2 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/rc.conf b/rc.conf
index cb8f69d..e14fb23 100644
--- a/rc.conf
+++ b/rc.conf
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ USECOLOR="yes"
 MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
 MODULES=()
 
+# Scan for SoftRAID (mdadm) Volumes at startup
+USEMDADM="no"
+
 # Scan for FakeRAID (dmraid) Volumes at startup
 USEDMRAID="no"
 
diff --git a/rc.sysinit b/rc.sysinit
index 5e5ed2b..5d94de8 100755
--- a/rc.sysinit
+++ b/rc.sysinit
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ run_hook sysinit_udevsettled
 [[ -d /sys/class/net/lo ]] && \
     status "Bringing up loopback interface" /sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 up
 
-# If necessary, find md devices and manually assemble RAID arrays
-if [[ -f /etc/mdadm.conf ]] && /bin/grep -q ^ARRAY /etc/mdadm.conf; then
-	status "Activating RAID arrays" /sbin/mdadm --assemble --scan
+# SoftRAID devices detection
+if [[ $USEMDADM =~ yes|YES && -x /sbin/mdadm ]]; then
+	status "Activating SoftRAID arrays" /sbin/mdadm --assemble --scan
 fi
 
 # FakeRAID devices detection