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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ CLI net-installer for Manjarolinux, forked from Carl Duff's Architect

 This installer provides netinstallation for different manjaro editions. It sources the iso-profiles git repo, so it should be always up to date. 

-**menu overview of v0.9.9:**
+**menu overview of v0.9.10:**

 ```
 Main Menu
@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Main Menu
 |   ├── Set Virtual Console
 |   ├── List Devices
 |   ├── Partition Disk
+|   ├── RAID 
 |   ├── LUKS Encryption
 |   ├── Logical Volume Management
 |   ├── Mount Partitions
--- a/data/translations/danish.trans
+++ b/data/translations/danish.trans
@ -552,3 +552,23 @@ _DataRecMenu="Data recovery" # translate me !
 _DataRecBody="Various tools for data backup and recovery" # translate me !
 _HostCache="Choose pacman cache" # translate me !
 _HostCacheBody="Do you want to use the pacman cache of the running system instead of the installation target? This can reduce the size of the required downloads in the installation." # translate me !
+
+#RAID menu
+_PrepRAID="RAID (optional)" # translate me !
+
+_RAIDLevelTitle="Select a RAID level."  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel0="disk striping"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel1="mirroring"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel5="distributed parity, (1 drive tolerance, requires 3 disks)"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel6="double parity, (2 drive tolerance, requires 4 disks)"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel10="raid 1+0, (requires 4 disks)"  # translate me !
+
+_PartitionSelectTitle="Partion Select"  # translate me !
+_PartitionSelectDescription="Select the partitions you want to use for this RAID array."  # translate me !
+
+_DeviceNameTitle="Device Name"  # translate me !
+_DeviceNameDescription="What would you like the RAID device to named? \nFor an example, its a standard for the first raid device in system to be named md0. "  # translate me !
+_DeviceNamePrefixWarning="(don't prefix with /dev/md/)"  # translate me !
+
+_ArrayCreatedTitle="Array Created"  # translate me !
+_ArrayCreatedDescription="The RAID array has been created successfully."  # translate me !
--- a/data/translations/dutch.trans
+++ b/data/translations/dutch.trans
@ -549,3 +549,23 @@ _DataRecBody="Various tools for data backup and recovery" # translate me !

 _HostCache="Choose pacman cache" # translate me !
 _HostCacheBody="Do you want to use the pacman cache of the running system instead of the installation target? This can reduce the size of the required downloads in the installation." # translate me !
+
+#RAID menu
+_PrepRAID="RAID (optional)" # translate me !
+
+_RAIDLevelTitle="Select a RAID level."  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel0="disk striping"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel1="mirroring"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel5="distributed parity, (1 drive tolerance, requires 3 disks)"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel6="double parity, (2 drive tolerance, requires 4 disks)"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel10="raid 1+0, (requires 4 disks)"  # translate me !
+
+_PartitionSelectTitle="Partion Select"  # translate me !
+_PartitionSelectDescription="Select the partitions you want to use for this RAID array."  # translate me !
+
+_DeviceNameTitle="Device Name"  # translate me !
+_DeviceNameDescription="What would you like the RAID device to named? \nFor an example, its a standard for the first raid device in system to be named md0. "  # translate me !
+_DeviceNamePrefixWarning="(don't prefix with /dev/md/)"  # translate me !
+
+_ArrayCreatedTitle="Array Created"  # translate me !
+_ArrayCreatedDescription="The RAID array has been created successfully."  # translate me !
--- a/data/translations/english.trans
+++ b/data/translations/english.trans
@ -552,3 +552,22 @@ _DataRecBody="Various tools for data backup and recovery"
 _HostCache="Choose pacman cache"
 _HostCacheBody="Do you want to use the pacman cache of the running system instead of the installation target? This can reduce the size of the required downloads in the installation."

+#RAID menu
+_PrepRAID="RAID (optional)"
+
+_RAIDLevelTitle="Select a RAID level."
+_RAIDLevel0="disk striping"
+_RAIDLevel1="mirroring"
+_RAIDLevel5="distributed parity, (1 drive tolerance, requires 3 disks)"
+_RAIDLevel6="double parity, (2 drive tolerance, requires 4 disks)"
+_RAIDLevel10="raid 1+0, (requires 4 disks)"
+
+_PartitionSelectTitle="Partion Select"
+_PartitionSelectDescription="Select the partitions you want to use for this RAID array."
+
+_DeviceNameTitle="Device Name"
+_DeviceNameDescription="What would you like the RAID device to named? \nFor an example, its a standard for the first raid device in system to be named md0. "
+_DeviceNamePrefixWarning="(don't prefix with /dev/md/)"
+
+_ArrayCreatedTitle="Array Created"
+_ArrayCreatedDescription="The RAID array has been created successfully."
--- a/data/translations/french.trans
+++ b/data/translations/french.trans
@ -553,3 +553,23 @@ _DataRecBody="Various tools for data backup and recovery" # translate me !

 _HostCache="Choose pacman cache" # translate me !
 _HostCacheBody="Do you want to use the pacman cache of the running system instead of the installation target? This can reduce the size of the required downloads in the installation." # translate me !
+
+#RAID menu
+_PrepRAID="RAID (optional)" # translate me !
+
+_RAIDLevelTitle="Select a RAID level."  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel0="disk striping"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel1="mirroring"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel5="distributed parity, (1 drive tolerance, requires 3 disks)"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel6="double parity, (2 drive tolerance, requires 4 disks)"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel10="raid 1+0, (requires 4 disks)"  # translate me !
+
+_PartitionSelectTitle="Partion Select"  # translate me !
+_PartitionSelectDescription="Select the partitions you want to use for this RAID array."  # translate me !
+
+_DeviceNameTitle="Device Name"  # translate me !
+_DeviceNameDescription="What would you like the RAID device to named? \nFor an example, its a standard for the first raid device in system to be named md0. "  # translate me !
+_DeviceNamePrefixWarning="(don't prefix with /dev/md/)"  # translate me !
+
+_ArrayCreatedTitle="Array Created"  # translate me !
+_ArrayCreatedDescription="The RAID array has been created successfully."  # translate me !
--- a/data/translations/german.trans
+++ b/data/translations/german.trans
@ -546,3 +546,23 @@ _DataRecBody="Various tools for data backup and recovery" # translate me !

 _HostCache="Choose pacman cache" # translate me !
 _HostCacheBody="Do you want to use the pacman cache of the running system instead of the installation target? This can reduce the size of the required downloads in the installation." # translate me !
+
+#RAID menu
+_PrepRAID="RAID (optional)" # translate me !
+
+_RAIDLevelTitle="Select a RAID level."  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel0="disk striping"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel1="mirroring"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel5="distributed parity, (1 drive tolerance, requires 3 disks)"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel6="double parity, (2 drive tolerance, requires 4 disks)"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel10="raid 1+0, (requires 4 disks)"  # translate me !
+
+_PartitionSelectTitle="Partion Select"  # translate me !
+_PartitionSelectDescription="Select the partitions you want to use for this RAID array."  # translate me !
+
+_DeviceNameTitle="Device Name"  # translate me !
+_DeviceNameDescription="What would you like the RAID device to named? \nFor an example, its a standard for the first raid device in system to be named md0. "  # translate me !
+_DeviceNamePrefixWarning="(don't prefix with /dev/md/)"  # translate me !
+
+_ArrayCreatedTitle="Array Created"  # translate me !
+_ArrayCreatedDescription="The RAID array has been created successfully."  # translate me !
--- a/data/translations/hungarian.trans
+++ b/data/translations/hungarian.trans
@ -550,3 +550,23 @@ _DataRecBody="Various tools for data backup and recovery" # translate me !

 _HostCache="Choose pacman cache" # translate me !
 _HostCacheBody="Do you want to use the pacman cache of the running system instead of the installation target? This can reduce the size of the required downloads in the installation." # translate me !
+
+#RAID menu
+_PrepRAID="RAID (optional)" # translate me !
+
+_RAIDLevelTitle="Select a RAID level."  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel0="disk striping"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel1="mirroring"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel5="distributed parity, (1 drive tolerance, requires 3 disks)"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel6="double parity, (2 drive tolerance, requires 4 disks)"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel10="raid 1+0, (requires 4 disks)"  # translate me !
+
+_PartitionSelectTitle="Partion Select"  # translate me !
+_PartitionSelectDescription="Select the partitions you want to use for this RAID array."  # translate me !
+
+_DeviceNameTitle="Device Name"  # translate me !
+_DeviceNameDescription="What would you like the RAID device to named? \nFor an example, its a standard for the first raid device in system to be named md0. "  # translate me !
+_DeviceNamePrefixWarning="(don't prefix with /dev/md/)"  # translate me !
+
+_ArrayCreatedTitle="Array Created"  # translate me !
+_ArrayCreatedDescription="The RAID array has been created successfully."  # translate me !
--- a/data/translations/italian.trans
+++ b/data/translations/italian.trans
@ -549,3 +549,23 @@ _DataRecBody="Various tools for data backup and recovery" # translate me !

 _HostCache="Choose pacman cache" # translate me !
 _HostCacheBody="Do you want to use the pacman cache of the running system instead of the installation target? This can reduce the size of the required downloads in the installation." # translate me !
+
+#RAID menu
+_PrepRAID="RAID (optional)" # translate me !
+
+_RAIDLevelTitle="Select a RAID level."  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel0="disk striping"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel1="mirroring"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel5="distributed parity, (1 drive tolerance, requires 3 disks)"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel6="double parity, (2 drive tolerance, requires 4 disks)"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel10="raid 1+0, (requires 4 disks)"  # translate me !
+
+_PartitionSelectTitle="Partion Select"  # translate me !
+_PartitionSelectDescription="Select the partitions you want to use for this RAID array."  # translate me !
+
+_DeviceNameTitle="Device Name"  # translate me !
+_DeviceNameDescription="What would you like the RAID device to named? \nFor an example, its a standard for the first raid device in system to be named md0. "  # translate me !
+_DeviceNamePrefixWarning="(don't prefix with /dev/md/)"  # translate me !
+
+_ArrayCreatedTitle="Array Created"  # translate me !
+_ArrayCreatedDescription="The RAID array has been created successfully."  # translate me !
--- a/data/translations/polish.trans
+++ b/data/translations/polish.trans
@ -549,3 +549,23 @@ _DataRecBody="Różne narzędzia przydatne przy odzyskiwaniu danych i tworzenia

 _HostCache="Wybierz pacman cache"
 _HostCacheBody="Czy chcesz użyć pacman cache działającego systemu zamiast zajmować się celem instalacyjnym? Takie działanie może zredukować rozmiar wymaganych pobrań podczas instalacji"
+
+#RAID menu
+_PrepRAID="RAID (optional)" # translate me !
+
+_RAIDLevelTitle="Select a RAID level."  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel0="disk striping"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel1="mirroring"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel5="distributed parity, (1 drive tolerance, requires 3 disks)"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel6="double parity, (2 drive tolerance, requires 4 disks)"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel10="raid 1+0, (requires 4 disks)"  # translate me !
+
+_PartitionSelectTitle="Partion Select"  # translate me !
+_PartitionSelectDescription="Select the partitions you want to use for this RAID array."  # translate me !
+
+_DeviceNameTitle="Device Name"  # translate me !
+_DeviceNameDescription="What would you like the RAID device to named? \nFor an example, its a standard for the first raid device in system to be named md0. "  # translate me !
+_DeviceNamePrefixWarning="(don't prefix with /dev/md/)"  # translate me !
+
+_ArrayCreatedTitle="Array Created"  # translate me !
+_ArrayCreatedDescription="The RAID array has been created successfully."  # translate me !
--- a/data/translations/portuguese.trans
+++ b/data/translations/portuguese.trans
@ -548,3 +548,23 @@ _DataRecBody="Various tools for data backup and recovery" # translate me !

 _HostCache="Choose pacman cache" # translate me !
 _HostCacheBody="Do you want to use the pacman cache of the running system instead of the installation target? This can reduce the size of the required downloads in the installation." # translate me !
+
+#RAID menu
+_PrepRAID="RAID (optional)" # translate me !
+
+_RAIDLevelTitle="Select a RAID level."  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel0="disk striping"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel1="mirroring"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel5="distributed parity, (1 drive tolerance, requires 3 disks)"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel6="double parity, (2 drive tolerance, requires 4 disks)"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel10="raid 1+0, (requires 4 disks)"  # translate me !
+
+_PartitionSelectTitle="Partion Select"  # translate me !
+_PartitionSelectDescription="Select the partitions you want to use for this RAID array."  # translate me !
+
+_DeviceNameTitle="Device Name"  # translate me !
+_DeviceNameDescription="What would you like the RAID device to named? \nFor an example, its a standard for the first raid device in system to be named md0. "  # translate me !
+_DeviceNamePrefixWarning="(don't prefix with /dev/md/)"  # translate me !
+
+_ArrayCreatedTitle="Array Created"  # translate me !
+_ArrayCreatedDescription="The RAID array has been created successfully."  # translate me !
--- a/data/translations/portuguese_brasil.trans
+++ b/data/translations/portuguese_brasil.trans
@ -551,3 +551,23 @@ _DataRecBody="Várias ferramentas para backup e recuperação de dados"

 _HostCache="Choose pacman cache" # translate me !
 _HostCacheBody="Do you want to use the pacman cache of the running system instead of the installation target? This can reduce the size of the required downloads in the installation." # translate me !
+
+#RAID menu
+_PrepRAID="RAID (optional)" # translate me !
+
+_RAIDLevelTitle="Select a RAID level."  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel0="disk striping"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel1="mirroring"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel5="distributed parity, (1 drive tolerance, requires 3 disks)"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel6="double parity, (2 drive tolerance, requires 4 disks)"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel10="raid 1+0, (requires 4 disks)"  # translate me !
+
+_PartitionSelectTitle="Partion Select"  # translate me !
+_PartitionSelectDescription="Select the partitions you want to use for this RAID array."  # translate me !
+
+_DeviceNameTitle="Device Name"  # translate me !
+_DeviceNameDescription="What would you like the RAID device to named? \nFor an example, its a standard for the first raid device in system to be named md0. "  # translate me !
+_DeviceNamePrefixWarning="(don't prefix with /dev/md/)"  # translate me !
+
+_ArrayCreatedTitle="Array Created"  # translate me !
+_ArrayCreatedDescription="The RAID array has been created successfully."  # translate me !
--- a/data/translations/russian.trans
+++ b/data/translations/russian.trans
@ -553,3 +553,23 @@ _DataRecBody="Различные инструменты для резервно

 _HostCache="Выберите кэш pacman"
 _HostCacheBody="Хотите ли вы использовать кэш pacman запущенной системы вместо кэша устанавливаемой системы? Это может уменьшить количество необходимых для скачивания файлов."
+
+#RAID menu
+_PrepRAID="RAID (optional)" # translate me !
+
+_RAIDLevelTitle="Select a RAID level."  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel0="disk striping"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel1="mirroring"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel5="distributed parity, (1 drive tolerance, requires 3 disks)"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel6="double parity, (2 drive tolerance, requires 4 disks)"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel10="raid 1+0, (requires 4 disks)"  # translate me !
+
+_PartitionSelectTitle="Partion Select"  # translate me !
+_PartitionSelectDescription="Select the partitions you want to use for this RAID array."  # translate me !
+
+_DeviceNameTitle="Device Name"  # translate me !
+_DeviceNameDescription="What would you like the RAID device to named? \nFor an example, its a standard for the first raid device in system to be named md0. "  # translate me !
+_DeviceNamePrefixWarning="(don't prefix with /dev/md/)"  # translate me !
+
+_ArrayCreatedTitle="Array Created"  # translate me !
+_ArrayCreatedDescription="The RAID array has been created successfully."  # translate me !
--- a/data/translations/spanish.trans
+++ b/data/translations/spanish.trans
@ -549,3 +549,23 @@ _DataRecBody="Various tools for data backup and recovery" # translate me !

 _HostCache="Choose pacman cache" # translate me !
 _HostCacheBody="Do you want to use the pacman cache of the running system instead of the installation target? This can reduce the size of the required downloads in the installation." # translate me !
+
+#RAID menu
+_PrepRAID="RAID (optional)" # translate me !
+
+_RAIDLevelTitle="Select a RAID level."  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel0="disk striping"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel1="mirroring"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel5="distributed parity, (1 drive tolerance, requires 3 disks)"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel6="double parity, (2 drive tolerance, requires 4 disks)"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel10="raid 1+0, (requires 4 disks)"  # translate me !
+
+_PartitionSelectTitle="Partion Select"  # translate me !
+_PartitionSelectDescription="Select the partitions you want to use for this RAID array."  # translate me !
+
+_DeviceNameTitle="Device Name"  # translate me !
+_DeviceNameDescription="What would you like the RAID device to named? \nFor an example, its a standard for the first raid device in system to be named md0. "  # translate me !
+_DeviceNamePrefixWarning="(don't prefix with /dev/md/)"  # translate me !
+
+_ArrayCreatedTitle="Array Created"  # translate me !
+_ArrayCreatedDescription="The RAID array has been created successfully."  # translate me !
--- a/data/translations/turkish.trans
+++ b/data/translations/turkish.trans
@ -503,3 +503,22 @@ _DataRecBody="Veri yedekleme ve kurtarma için çeşitli araçlar"
 _HostCache="Pacman önbelleğini seç"
 _HostCacheBody="Kurulum hedefi yerine çalışan sistemin pacman önbelleğini kullanmak ister misiniz? Bu, kurulumda gerekli indirmelerin boyutunu azaltabilir."

+#RAID menu
+_PrepRAID="RAID (optional)" # translate me !
+
+_RAIDLevelTitle="Select a RAID level."  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel0="disk striping"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel1="mirroring"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel5="distributed parity, (1 drive tolerance, requires 3 disks)"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel6="double parity, (2 drive tolerance, requires 4 disks)"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel10="raid 1+0, (requires 4 disks)"  # translate me !
+
+_PartitionSelectTitle="Partion Select"  # translate me !
+_PartitionSelectDescription="Select the partitions you want to use for this RAID array."  # translate me !
+
+_DeviceNameTitle="Device Name"  # translate me !
+_DeviceNameDescription="What would you like the RAID device to named? \nFor an example, its a standard for the first raid device in system to be named md0. "  # translate me !
+_DeviceNamePrefixWarning="(don't prefix with /dev/md/)"  # translate me !
+
+_ArrayCreatedTitle="Array Created"  # translate me !
+_ArrayCreatedDescription="The RAID array has been created successfully."  # translate me !
--- a/data/translations/ukrainian.trans
+++ b/data/translations/ukrainian.trans
@ -550,3 +550,23 @@ _DataRecBody="Різні утиліти для копіювання та від

 _HostCache="Виберіть кеш pacman "
 _HostCacheBody="Ви хочете використовувати кеш pacman з працюючої системи, замість кешу системи цільового встановлення? Це може зменшити розмір необхідних завантажень в процесі встановлення." 
+
+#RAID menu
+_PrepRAID="RAID (optional)" # translate me !
+
+_RAIDLevelTitle="Select a RAID level."  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel0="disk striping"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel1="mirroring"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel5="distributed parity, (1 drive tolerance, requires 3 disks)"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel6="double parity, (2 drive tolerance, requires 4 disks)"  # translate me !
+_RAIDLevel10="raid 1+0, (requires 4 disks)"  # translate me !
+
+_PartitionSelectTitle="Partion Select"  # translate me !
+_PartitionSelectDescription="Select the partitions you want to use for this RAID array."  # translate me !
+
+_DeviceNameTitle="Device Name"  # translate me !
+_DeviceNameDescription="What would you like the RAID device to named? \nFor an example, its a standard for the first raid device in system to be named md0. "  # translate me !
+_DeviceNamePrefixWarning="(don't prefix with /dev/md/)"  # translate me !
+
+_ArrayCreatedTitle="Array Created"  # translate me !
+_ArrayCreatedDescription="The RAID array has been created successfully."  # translate me !
--- a/lib/util-base.sh
+++ b/lib/util-base.sh
@ -308,6 +308,67 @@ install_base() {

            ;;
    esac
+    
+    
+    # check to see if raid is needed for boot
+    # if mount point is on raid then it is needed
+    if [[ $(lsblk -lno TYPE,MOUNTPOINT | grep -E "raid.*${MOUNTPOINT}" | wc -l)> 0 ]]; then
+        raid_needed=true
+        
+    # put all the lines of lsblk, before the mountpoint, into an array
+    # iterate through the array backwards util a partition is reached
+    # if raid was involved anywere between the mountpoint and partition, 
+    # then inital ramdisk configuration for raid is need
+    else
+    
+        old_ifs="$IFS"
+        IFS=$'\n'
+        lsblk_lines=($(lsblk -lno TYPE,NAME,MOUNTPOINT | sed  "/\/${MOUNTPOINT:1}$/q"))
+        IFS="$old_ifs"
+        
+        for (( i=${#lsblk_lines[@]}-1 ; i>=0 ; i-- )) ; do
+            if [[ $(echo ${lsblk_lines[i]} | grep "^lvm" | wc -l) > 0 ]]; then
+                    sed -i 's/\<block\>/& lvm2/' ${MOUNTPOINT}/etc/mkinitcpio.conf
+                    continue
+            fi
+            if [[ $(echo ${lsblk_lines[i]} | grep "^crypt" | wc -l) > 0 ]]; then
+                    sed -i 's/\<block\>/& encrypt/' ${MOUNTPOINT}/etc/mkinitcpio.conf
+                    sed -i 's/\<autodetect\>/& keymap/' ${MOUNTPOINT}/etc/mkinitcpio.conf
+                    sed -i 's/\<autodetect\>/& keyboard/' ${MOUNTPOINT}/etc/mkinitcpio.conf
+                    continue
+            fi
+            if [[ $(echo ${lsblk_lines[i]} | grep "^raid" | wc -l) > 0 ]]; then
+                    raid_needed=true
+                    raid_device_name=$(echo ${lsblk_lines[i]} | cut -f2 -d' ')
+                    continue
+            fi
+            if [[ $(echo ${lsblk_lines[i]} | grep "^part" | wc -l) > 0 ]]; then
+                    break
+            fi
+        done
+        
+    fi
+    
+    
+    # add mkinitcpio raid binary and hook, if root partition is on raid
+    if [ "$raid_needed" = true ]; then
+
+        # auto assemble raid
+        mdadm --detail --scan >> ${MOUNTPOINT}/etc/mdadm.conf
+        
+        # add raid initramfs hook 
+        sed -i 's/\<block\>/& mdadm_udev/' ${MOUNTPOINT}/etc/mkinitcpio.conf
+        binaries_line_number=$(grep -n "^BINARIES=(" ${MOUNTPOINT}/etc/mkinitcpio.conf | cut -f1 -d':')
+        sed -i "${binaries_line_number}s/^\(.\{10\}\)/\1mdmon/" ${MOUNTPOINT}/etc/mkinitcpio.conf
+
+        # get newest kernel and initramfs
+        newest_kernel=$(ls ${MOUNTPOINT}/lib/modules | grep '^[0-9]' | sort | tail -n 1)
+        newest_initramfs=$(ls ${MOUNTPOINT}/boot | grep "initramfs" | grep -v "fallback"| sort | tail -n 1)
+        
+        # initramfs needs to be recomiled with raid support
+        manjaro-chroot ${MOUNTPOINT} mkinitcpio -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/${newest_initramfs} -k ${newest_kernel}
+    
+    fi

    recheck_luks

@ -362,6 +423,39 @@ install_bootloader() {
    else
        HIGHLIGHT_SUB=2
    fi
+    
+    # put all the lines of lsblk, before the mountpoint, into an array
+    # iterate through the array backwards util a partition is reached
+    # if luks and raid was involved anywere between the mountpoint and partition, 
+    # then grub configuration for raid and luks is needed
+    
+    old_ifs="$IFS"
+    IFS=$'\n'
+    lsblk_lines=($(lsblk -lno TYPE,NAME,MOUNTPOINT | sed  "/\/${MOUNTPOINT:1}$/q"))
+    IFS="$old_ifs"
+        
+    for (( i=${#lsblk_lines[@]}-1 ; i>=0 ; i-- )) ; do
+        if [[ $(echo ${lsblk_lines[i]} | grep "^crypt" | wc -l) > 0 ]]; then
+                luks_device_name=$(echo ${lsblk_lines[i]} | cut -f2 -d' ')
+                luks_needed=true
+                continue
+        fi
+        if [[ $(echo ${lsblk_lines[i]} | grep "^raid" | wc -l) > 0 ]]; then
+                raid_device_name=$(echo ${lsblk_lines[i]} | cut -f2 -d' ')
+                raid_needed=true
+                continue
+        fi
+        if [[ $(echo ${lsblk_lines[i]} | grep "^part" | wc -l) > 0 ]]; then
+                break
+        fi
+    done
+    
+    # update grub for luks if needed
+    if [ "$luks_needed" = true ] && [ "$raid_needed" = true ]; then
+        sed -i "s/^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=\"\"/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=\"cryptdevice=\/dev\/md\/${raid_device_name}:${luks_device_name}\"/g" ${MOUNTPOINT}/etc/default/grub
+        manjaro-chroot ${MOUNTPOINT} update-grub
+    fi
+    
 }

 uefi_bootloader() {
--- a/lib/util-desktop.sh
+++ b/lib/util-desktop.sh
@ -367,7 +367,68 @@ install_desktop() {

            ;;
    esac
+    
+    
+    # check to see if raid is needed for boot
+    # if mount point is on raid then it is needed
+    if [[ $(lsblk -lno TYPE,MOUNTPOINT | grep -E "raid.*${MOUNTPOINT}" | wc -l)> 0 ]]; then
+        raid_needed=true
+        
+    # put all the lines of lsblk, before the mountpoint, into an array
+    # iterate through the array backwards util a partition is reached
+    # if raid was involved anywere between the mountpoint and partition, 
+    # then inital ramdisk configuration for raid is need
+    else
+    
+        old_ifs="$IFS"
+        IFS=$'\n'
+        lsblk_lines=($(lsblk -lno TYPE,NAME,MOUNTPOINT | sed  "/\/${MOUNTPOINT:1}$/q"))
+        IFS="$old_ifs"
+        
+        for (( i=${#lsblk_lines[@]}-1 ; i>=0 ; i-- )) ; do
+            if [[ $(echo ${lsblk_lines[i]} | grep "^lvm" | wc -l) > 0 ]]; then
+                    sed -i 's/\<block\>/& lvm2/' ${MOUNTPOINT}/etc/mkinitcpio.conf
+                    continue
+            fi
+            if [[ $(echo ${lsblk_lines[i]} | grep "^crypt" | wc -l) > 0 ]]; then
+                    sed -i 's/\<block\>/& encrypt/' ${MOUNTPOINT}/etc/mkinitcpio.conf
+                    sed -i 's/\<autodetect\>/& keymap/' ${MOUNTPOINT}/etc/mkinitcpio.conf
+                    sed -i 's/\<autodetect\>/& keyboard/' ${MOUNTPOINT}/etc/mkinitcpio.conf
+                    continue
+            fi
+            if [[ $(echo ${lsblk_lines[i]} | grep "^raid" | wc -l) > 0 ]]; then
+                    raid_needed=true
+                    raid_device_name=$(echo ${lsblk_lines[i]} | cut -f2 -d' ')
+                    continue
+            fi
+            if [[ $(echo ${lsblk_lines[i]} | grep "^part" | wc -l) > 0 ]]; then
+                    break
+            fi
+        done
+        
+    fi
+    
+    
+    # add mkinitcpio raid binary and hook, if root partition is on raid
+    if [ "$raid_needed" = true ]; then

+        # auto assemble raid
+        mdadm --detail --scan >> ${MOUNTPOINT}/etc/mdadm.conf
+        
+        # add raid initramfs hook 
+        sed -i 's/\<block\>/& mdadm_udev/' ${MOUNTPOINT}/etc/mkinitcpio.conf
+        binaries_line_number=$(grep -n "^BINARIES=(" ${MOUNTPOINT}/etc/mkinitcpio.conf | cut -f1 -d':')
+        sed -i "${binaries_line_number}s/^\(.\{10\}\)/\1mdmon/" ${MOUNTPOINT}/etc/mkinitcpio.conf
+
+        # get newest kernel and initramfs
+        newest_kernel=$(ls ${MOUNTPOINT}/lib/modules | grep '^[0-9]' | sort | tail -n 1)
+        newest_initramfs=$(ls ${MOUNTPOINT}/boot | grep "initramfs" | grep -v "fallback"| sort | tail -n 1)
+        
+        # initramfs needs to be recomiled with raid support
+        manjaro-chroot ${MOUNTPOINT} mkinitcpio -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/${newest_initramfs} -k ${newest_kernel}
+    
+    fi    
+    
    recheck_luks
    
    # add luks and lvm hooks as needed
--- a/lib/util-disk.sh
+++ b/lib/util-disk.sh
@ -134,6 +134,18 @@ find_partitions() {
    partition_list=$(lsblk -lno NAME,SIZE,TYPE | grep $INCLUDE_PART | sed 's/part$/\/dev\//g' | sed 's/lvm$\|crypt$/\/dev\/mapper\//g' | \
    awk '{print $3$1 " " $2}' | awk '!/mapper/{a[++i]=$0;next}1;END{while(x<length(a))print a[++x]}' ; zfs list -Ht volume -o name,volsize 2>/dev/null | awk '{printf "/dev/zvol/%s %s\n", $1, $2}')

+    # create a raid partition list
+    old_ifs="$IFS"
+    IFS=$'\n'
+    raid_partitions=($(lsblk -lno NAME,SIZE,TYPE | grep raid | awk '{print $1,$2}' | uniq))
+    IFS="$old_ifs"
+
+    # add raid partitions to partition_list
+    for i in "${raid_partitions[@]}"
+    do
+        partition_list="${partition_list} /dev/md/${i}"
+    done
+    
    for i in ${partition_list}; do
        PARTITIONS="${PARTITIONS} ${i}"
        NUMBER_PARTITIONS=$(( NUMBER_PARTITIONS + 1 ))
@ -494,6 +506,93 @@ make_swap() {
    ini mount.swap "${PARTITION}"
 }

+raid_level_menu() {
+    declare -i loopmenu=1
+    while ((loopmenu)); do
+        RAID_OPT=""
+        DIALOG "RAID" --menu "\n$_RAIDLevelTitle\n" 20 75 6 \
+	    "0" "$_RAIDLevel0" \
+        "1" "$_RAIDLevel1" \
+        "5" "$_RAIDLevel5" \
+        "6" "$_RAIDLevel6" \
+        "10" "$_RAIDLevel10" \
+        "$_Back" "-" 2>${ANSWER}
+
+        case $(cat ${ANSWER}) in
+            "0") raid_array_menu 0
+                ;;
+            "1") raid_array_menu 1 
+                ;;
+            "5") raid_array_menu 5
+                ;; 
+            "6") raid_array_menu 6
+                ;;
+	        "10") raid_array_menu 10
+		        ;;
+            *) loopmenu=0
+               return 0
+                ;;
+        esac
+    done
+}
+
+raid_create() {
+
+    RAID_DEVICES=${1}
+    RAID_DEVICE_NUMBER=$(echo ${1} | wc -w)
+    RAID_LEVEL=${2}
+    RAID_DEVICE_NAME=${3}
+
+    # creates the array
+    mdadm --create --level=${RAID_LEVEL} --metadata=1.2 --raid-devices=${RAID_DEVICE_NUMBER} /dev/md/${RAID_DEVICE_NAME} ${RAID_DEVICES}  
+        
+    # array is disassembled and reassembled to prevent the array from being named /dev/md/md127
+    # the check of /etc/mdadm.conf is preformed to prevent the user from adding duplicate entries
+    if [[ $(cat /etc/mdadm.conf | grep "/dev/md/${RAID_DEVICE_NAME}" | wc -l) == 0 ]]; then
+        mdadm --detail --scan | grep -e "/dev/md/${RAID_DEVICE_NAME}" -e "/dev/md/md127" >> /etc/mdadm.conf
+        mdadm --stop /dev/md/${RAID_DEVICE_NAME}
+        mdadm --assemble --scan
+    fi
+    
+    DIALOG "$__ArrayCreatedTitle" --msgbox "\n$_ArrayCreatedDescription\n\nmdadm --create --level=${RAID_LEVEL} --metadata=1.2 --raid-devices=${RAID_DEVICE_NUMBER} /dev/md/${RAID_DEVICE_NAME} ${RAID_DEVICES}\n" 0 0
+
+}
+
+raid_get_array_name() {
+
+    DIALOG "$_DeviceNameTitle" --inputbox "\n$_DeviceNameDescription\n\n$_DeviceNamePrefixWarning\n" 0 0 2>${ANSWER}
+
+    raid_device_name=$(cat ${ANSWER})
+    
+    if [[ ${raid_device_name} != "" ]]; then
+        raid_create "${1}" ${2} ${raid_device_name}
+    fi
+    
+}
+
+raid_array_menu() {
+
+    # find raid partitions.
+    INCLUDE_PART='part\|crypt'
+    umount_partitions
+    find_partitions
+    
+    # Amend partition(s) found for use in check list
+    PARTITIONS=$(echo $PARTITIONS | sed 's/M\|G\|T/& off/g')
+    RAID_LEVEL=${1}
+    
+    # select partitions for the array
+    echo "" > $ANSWER
+    while [[ $(cat ${ANSWER}) == "" ]]; do
+        DIALOG "$_PartitionSelectTitle" --checklist "\n$__PartitionSelectDescription\n\n$_UseSpaceBar\n " 0 0 12 ${PARTITIONS} 2> ${ANSWER} 
+    done
+    
+    ANSWERS=$(cat ${ANSWER})
+
+    raid_get_array_name "${ANSWERS[@]}" ${RAID_LEVEL}
+    
+}
+
 luks_menu() {
    declare -i loopmenu=1
    while ((loopmenu)); do
--- a/lib/util-menu.sh
+++ b/lib/util-menu.sh
@ -223,20 +223,21 @@ prep_menu() {
    local PARENT="$FUNCNAME"
    declare -i loopmenu=1
    while ((loopmenu)); do
-        submenu 13
+        submenu 14
        DIALOG " $_PrepMenuTitle " --default-item ${HIGHLIGHT_SUB} --menu "\n$_PrepMenuBody\n " 0 0 0 \
          "1" "$_VCKeymapTitle" \
          "2" "$_DevShowOpt" \
          "3" "$_PrepPartDisk|>" \
-          "4" "$_PrepLUKS|>" \
-          "5" "$_PrepLVM $_PrepLVM2|>" \
-          "6" "$_PrepZFS|>" \
-          "7" "$_PrepMntPart" \
-          "8" "$_PrepMirror|>" \
-          "9" "$_PrepPacKey" \
-          "10" "$_HostCache" \
-          "11" "Enable fsck hook" \
-          "12" "$_Back" 2>${ANSWER}
+	      "4" "$_PrepRAID|>" \
+	      "5" "$_PrepLVM $_PrepLVM2|>" \
+          "6" "$_PrepLUKS|>" \
+          "7" "$_PrepZFS|>" \
+          "8" "$_PrepMntPart" \
+          "9" "$_PrepMirror|>" \
+          "10" "$_PrepPacKey" \
+          "11" "$_HostCache" \
+          "12" "Enable fsck hook" \
+          "13" "$_Back" 2>${ANSWER}
        HIGHLIGHT_SUB=$(cat ${ANSWER})

        case $(cat ${ANSWER}) in
@ -248,17 +249,19 @@ prep_menu() {
            "3") umount_partitions
                 select_device && create_partitions
                 ;;
-            "4") luks_menu
+            "4") raid_level_menu
                 ;;
            "5") lvm_menu
                 ;;
-            "6") zfs_menu
+            "6") luks_menu
                 ;;
-            "7") mount_partitions
+	    "7") zfs_menu
                 ;;
-            "8") configure_mirrorlist
+            "8") mount_partitions
                 ;;
-            "9") clear
+            "9") configure_mirrorlist
+                 ;;
+            "10") clear
                 (
                    ctrlc(){
                      return 0
@ -269,9 +272,9 @@ prep_menu() {
                    check_for_error 'refresh pacman-keys'
                  )
                 ;;
-            "10") set_cache
+            "11") set_cache
                 ;;
-            "11") set_fsck_hook
+            "12") set_fsck_hook		
                 ;;
            *) loopmenu=0
                return 0