Cant Delete RAID volume - Functionality Issues

RE: Cant Delete RAID volume

SoftRAID Support — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 22:44:40 +0000

If a volume is unmountable, that can cause a problem, so give that a try.

RE: Cant Delete RAID volume

lmcorp — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 20:45:12 +0000

>> What happens if you delete the volume in SoftRAID?

this was the subject of my original post: trying to delete the volume in SoftRAID results in the error message 'an internal compononent no longer working...' and the crash report i supplied of the same

>> If you get an error, what if you manually unmount all the volumes, then try to delete this volume?

I have not tried this, and can't right now as the volumes are in use-- i may be able to try this over the weekend.

RE: Cant Delete RAID volume

SoftRAID Support — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 06:17:20 +0000

@lmcorp

What happens if you delete the volume in SoftRAID? If you get an error, what if you manually unmount all the volumes, then try to delete this volume?

RE: Cant Delete RAID volume

lmcorp — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 19:52:44 +0000

Can I erase the volume in Disk Utility: Sort of... Disk utility prints the following:

Unmounting disk
Creating the partition map
Waiting for partitions to activate

it then hangs (i waited about 20 minutes) I force quit, and am not able to mount the volume (it shows up as umounted in both Disk Utility and SoftRAID and attempting to mount in either program does not work). Perhaps would mount if i rebooted, but I can't do that right now.

I'm not sure what erasing the 'disk' would mean in this context-- the item (volume) I am trying to delete is a RAID volume creatred by SoftRAID and spread over 4 disks; these disks in turn are in use by other SoftRAID volumes that I want to keep...

RE: Cant Delete RAID volume

SoftRAID Support — Sat, 23 Sep 2023 16:15:47 +0000

@lmcorp

To attach a text file, it needs to be "text" not RTF, which is what TextEdit saves as. Fix that by using "make plain text" in Text Edit. then it is a text file.

All you should need to do is quit/relaunch the SoftRAID application to try again.

If you unmount the volume, can you "erase" it in Disk Utility? (either the disk (better), or the volume?

RE: Cant Delete RAID volume

lmcorp — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 16:43:32 +0000

No, same behavior. Note that I am starting from a condition after it had crashed at least once-- would there be any point in rebooting, and trying it from scratch manually unmounting the volume before my first attempt to delete?

I tried to attach crash log, but forum said 'file type not allow'. Here is a excerpt of maybe the most relevant info:

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RE: Cant Delete RAID volume

SoftRAID Support — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 22:02:45 +0000

Quit SoftRAID. Manually eject (unmount) the volume.

Launch SoftRAID. Can you delete now?

Cant Delete RAID volume

lmcorp — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 20:24:12 +0000

I created a RAID volume which I no longer want and would like to delete it from the collection of RAID volumes (it is empty)

When I try to do this in SoftRAID, it is successfully unmounted, then an error box comes up and says "an internal part of SoftRaid is no longer working- quit and restart".

This problem existed in the previous version (7.5) and I have just tried in 7.6 with same result. Running Ventura 13.6 (but also had same issue with previous Ventura versions). Mac Mini M1