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(@mushbuddygoose)
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@softraid-support Alright. I was able to get the driver to load manually after reinstalling all of them. I then converted the 1+0 volume to a RAID 0 on the Intel Mac and connected to M1 which finally loaded up with no kernel panics. Interestingly, upon a reboot the SoftRAID driver loaded on its own where it had previously required me to manually load it. 

 

Anyway, for now, I am up and running and will await further feedback on the 1+0 issues.

 
Posted : 20/12/2020 3:43 pm
(@adamcatalyst)
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@softraid-support Yes, was using the built-in un-installer. Yes, was using the advanced button. Nothing from OWC or other wise related was showing up. Eventually downgrading to previous beta worked, once I re-installed the driver on my boot drive a couple of times. I *think,* that it was installing on a bootable mirror I had connected. In any case, can't say with any certainty that it was an issue with the latest beta. Could have just been an upgrade process issue.

 
Posted : 20/12/2020 3:43 pm
(@joemikeb)
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@softraid-support

It was clean install from the factory that came installed on the new M1 Mac, but I did migrate applications and data from Time Machine, and iCloud and there have been multiple updates and beta installations as well.

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Make intentional errors —
Otherwise the Great Spirit
realizes you have fulfilled
your purpose on earth.

— Navajo saying

 
Posted : 20/12/2020 3:54 pm
(@joemikeb)
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@softraid-support

Yes, I had to change the settings on the boot volume in order to install the Rogue Ameaba ACE driver (which took a couple of trys on my part as well as Rogue Ameaba's before that one would work). I have also verified the security settings have not changed on the boot volume since then.

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Make intentional errors —
Otherwise the Great Spirit
realizes you have fulfilled
your purpose on earth.

— Navajo saying

 
Posted : 20/12/2020 3:59 pm
(@pruthe)
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@softraid-support

Here you go!

 
Posted : 20/12/2020 4:00 pm
(@joemikeb)
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@softraid-support

New information: I just talked to a neighbor who has essentially the same setup I do, we are both connecting through an OWC Thunderbolt 4 hub to our respective Thunderbay Mini enclosures (his has a TB3 port while mine is an older model with a TB2 port), and he is encountering identical failure to mount issues. I almost hesitate to ask, but is it possible the OWC Thunderbolt 4 hub or our respective Thunderbay mini enclosures could be the source of the problem?

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Make intentional errors —
Otherwise the Great Spirit
realizes you have fulfilled
your purpose on earth.

— Navajo saying

 
Posted : 20/12/2020 4:22 pm
(@joemikeb)
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@softraid-support

One, hopefully final correction, I was wrong about my neighbor's enclosure. Both of us have OWC Thunderbay mini enclosures with Thunderbolt 2 connectors and and both of us are using Apple TB3 to TB2 adaptors. 

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Make intentional errors —
Otherwise the Great Spirit
realizes you have fulfilled
your purpose on earth.

— Navajo saying

 
Posted : 20/12/2020 4:37 pm
(@necammy)
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@softraid-support

I too am having this problem on a new Intel iMac running Big Sur (OS 11.1) and SoftRaid v6.0.1b46.  I cannot get my ThunderRaid to mount. The "disk identifier:" is -. The driver doesn't load. From Terminal, after running "sudo kextload -v 6 /Library/Extensions/SoftRAID.kext" : 

Kext user-space log filter changed from 0xff2 to 0xfff.

Kext kernel-space log filter changed from 0xff2 to 0xfff.

Kext library architecture set to x86_64.

Executing: /usr/bin/kmutil load -p /Library/Extensions/SoftRAID.kext

Error Domain=KMErrorDomain Code=31 "Error occurred while building a collection:

1: One or more binaries has an error which prevented linking.See other errors.

2: Could not use 'com.softraid.driver.SoftRAID' because: Failed to bind '__ZN18IOMemoryDescriptor16setPreparationIDEv' in 'com.softraid.driver.SoftRAID' (at offset 0x2b456 in __TEXT, __text) as could not find a kext which exports this symbol

com.softraid.driver.SoftRAID specific:

1: Failed to bind '__ZN18IOMemoryDescriptor16setPreparationIDEv' in 'com.softraid.driver.SoftRAID' (at offset 0x2b456 in __TEXT, __text) as could not find a kext which exports this symbol

" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Error occurred while building a collection:

1: One or more binaries has an error which prevented linking.See other errors.

2: Could not use 'com.softraid.driver.SoftRAID' because: Failed to bind '__ZN18IOMemoryDescriptor16setPreparationIDEv' in 'com.softraid.driver.SoftRAID' (at offset 0x2b456 in __TEXT, __text) as could not find a kext which exports this symbol

com.softraid.driver.SoftRAID specific:

1: Failed to bind '__ZN18IOMemoryDescriptor16setPreparationIDEv' in 'com.softraid.driver.SoftRAID' (at offset 0x2b456 in __TEXT, __text) as could not find a kext which exports this symbol

}

SoftRaid Screenshot

 I have uninstalled and reinstalled the driver, rebooted, etc. I still can't get the RAID to mount.

 
Posted : 20/12/2020 5:33 pm
(@kaijujoe66)
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@mushbuddygoose I migrated from an intel Mac mini that had softraid on it to an M1 Mac mini.  I was getting crashes and lockups.  Ultimately I had to redo the migration to be just the users and data files and no apps or other settings from the intel Mac to the M1 Mac..  Then once the M1 happy version of Softraid came out, I was able to install that and it operated properly.

 
Posted : 20/12/2020 6:07 pm
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@adamcatalyst

 

Something else I need to investigate! thanks!

 
Posted : 20/12/2020 8:33 pm
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@joemikeb

Try doing a clean install. Here is how to do it:

run Disk Utility

Create a new volume on/inside your startup volume (not a partition). (instructions available if you don't know how)

Boot into internet recovery and install Big Sur into the volume. I am not sure of the steps on M1, they are somewhat different.

Then try installing SoftRAID. Lets not do anything else on this system until this is fixed .

 
Posted : 20/12/2020 8:42 pm
(@softraid-support)
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@pruthe

 

Got it and will try to figure this out. Give us some time.

 
Posted : 20/12/2020 8:45 pm
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(@joemikeb)
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@softraid-support

The steps on the M1 are easier than on Intel Macs, from a powered down condition, press and hold the power button until it says the boot options are loading.

I just completed creating a new boot volume and did not migrate any applications or data so it is a clean install, booted back to the Recovery options and disabled the protections, rebooted and installed softRAID 6.0.1 b46, installed the drivers, rebooted, and the array still refuses to mount. 

______________

Make intentional errors —
Otherwise the Great Spirit
realizes you have fulfilled
your purpose on earth.

— Navajo saying

 
Posted : 21/12/2020 11:18 am
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@joemikeb

On a clean install, that is surprising, not what I saw in testing. Can you attach a SoftRAID Tech support file?

 
Posted : 21/12/2020 4:21 pm
(@mountainman)
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Can confirm that latest beta (b47) fixes M1 Mac kernel panics with RAID 1+0.  Successfully mounted and using Thunderbay 4 TB2 configured RAID 1+0.

 
Posted : 22/12/2020 1:04 pm
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