diff -Nur e-smith-base-5.8.0.old/createlinks e-smith-base-5.8.0/createlinks
--- e-smith-base-5.8.0.old/createlinks	2020-11-11 21:39:57.056000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.0/createlinks	2020-11-11 21:54:35.542000000 -0500
@@ -605,7 +605,6 @@
 my %service2order =
 (
     # Start rsyslog up before network!
-    raidmonitor => "15",
     dhcpd    	=> "65",
     'local'    	=> "99",
 );
@@ -657,6 +656,7 @@
 	systemd-update-utmp-runlevel.service
 	systemd-user-sessions.service
 	networking.service
+	mdmonitor.service
 	))
 	{
 	symlink("../$unit",
@@ -664,6 +664,8 @@
         or die "Can't symlink to root/usr/lib/systemd/system/$target.target.wants/$unit: $!";
 	}
 }
+symlink("mdmonitor.service",
+                "root/usr/lib/systemd/system/raidmonitor.service")
 
 # languages links
 foreach (qw(fr-be fr-lu fr-mc fr-ch))
diff -Nur e-smith-base-5.8.0.old/root/sbin/e-smith/systemd/mdmonitor-pre e-smith-base-5.8.0/root/sbin/e-smith/systemd/mdmonitor-pre
--- e-smith-base-5.8.0.old/root/sbin/e-smith/systemd/mdmonitor-pre	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.0/root/sbin/e-smith/systemd/mdmonitor-pre	2020-11-11 21:41:25.899000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+count=$(sed -n '/[0-9]\s\+[^ ]\+[^0-9]$/p;/[0-9]\s\+\(rd\|ida\|cciss\|i2o\)\/[^ ]\+[^0-9p][0-9]\+$/p' /proc/partitions | wc -l)
+if [ $count -ge 2 ]
+then
+        exit 0
+else
+        echo "Only $count drive(s) in this system - disabling raid monitoring"
+        exit 1
+fi
+
diff -Nur e-smith-base-5.8.0.old/root/usr/lib/systemd/system/mdmonitor.service.d/50koozali.conf e-smith-base-5.8.0/root/usr/lib/systemd/system/mdmonitor.service.d/50koozali.conf
--- e-smith-base-5.8.0.old/root/usr/lib/systemd/system/mdmonitor.service.d/50koozali.conf	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.0/root/usr/lib/systemd/system/mdmonitor.service.d/50koozali.conf	2020-11-11 21:45:02.207000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Service]
+#this one to erase previous
+ExecStart=
+#Koozali
+ExecStartPre=/sbin/e-smith/service-status raidmonitor
+ExecStartPre=/sbin/e-smith/systemd/mdmonitor-pre
+ExecStart=/sbin/mdadm --monitor --scan --program /sbin/e-smith/mdevent --pid-file=/var/run/mdadm/mdadm.pid
+
+[Install]
+Alias=raidmonitor.service
+WantedBy=sme-server.target