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                        <title>How do I prevent SoftRAID volumes from mounting at startup?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2016 20:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Wow! This is perfect. This is exactly what I wanted to accomplish. Thank so much!]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Wow! This is perfect. This is exactly what I wanted to accomplish. Thank so much!]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://forums.softraid.com/other-problems/">Other Problems</category>                        <dc:creator>DVman</dc:creator>
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                        <title>How do I prevent SoftRAID volumes from mounting at startup?</title>
                        <link>https://forums.softraid.com/other-problems/how-do-i-prevent-softraid-volumes-from-mounting-at-startup/#post-1410</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2016 19:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Yes it is possible, but requires familiarity using the command line (terminal.app) and some expertise.

 ##### WARNING: This is not for beginners!  #####

OS X allows the user to create a fi...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Yes it is possible, but requires familiarity using the command line (terminal.app) and some expertise.

 ##### WARNING: This is not for beginners!  #####

OS X allows the user to create a file that specifies volumes that should not mount at startup. While we do not officially support this method, it is relatively safe if you follow the steps precisely. You can "undo" this procedure by deleting the file created below.

Here is how you can accomplish this.
1) Run SoftRAID. Inspect the volume tiles to identify the BSD disk number(s) of the volume you want not to mount at startup. 
Lets assume this SoftRAID volume has the bsd identifier of disk6. (If this were a Disk Utility volume, it would be disk6s2 for example)

2) In the terminal.app run this command:
         diskutil info disk6

3) The diskutil command will output detailed technical information about the volume. 
     Search for this line:
          Volume UUID:              95B45F3F-08E1-3B41-959A-3BFE9E721265

4) The number above is the Unique Volume Identifier for your volume, or UUID. You will need this number in the next command, so select the UUID and copy the UUID number. (command-c)

5) type this into terminal to bring up the Pico Editor:
          sudo pico /etc/fstab
          (password)

6) If there is any pre-existing data in this file, ignore it, and enter this line (You can use the -&gt; key to move the cursor)
          UUID=95B45F3F-08E1-3B41-959A-3BFE9E721265  none hfs rw,noauto

7) Now hit control-o, then enter/return. Control-x will quit Pico.
The above command tells OS X that the designated volume is not to be assigned a mount point at startup, it is an hfs volume and do not auto-mount it.

When you restart your machine, this volume will no longer auto-mount. However, if you run SoftRAID, you can select the volume tile in the volumes column and select "mount" (or use command-m)

If you have more than one volume to not auto-mount, specify each volume UUID as a separate line, using the above text.

How to UNDO:
If you need to "undo" this process, just open the Pico editor (as in step 5), and remove the UUID= line that tells OS X not to auto mount that volume.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>How do I prevent SoftRAID volumes from mounting at startup?</title>
                        <link>https://forums.softraid.com/other-problems/how-do-i-prevent-softraid-volumes-from-mounting-at-startup/#post-146</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2016 19:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I have created multiple SoftRAID volumes across my disks. Some of these volumes I do not want to auto-mount at startup, but would like to manually mount them using SoftRAID. 

Is there a way...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I have created multiple SoftRAID volumes across my disks. Some of these volumes I do not want to auto-mount at startup, but would like to manually mount them using SoftRAID. 

Is there a way to accomplish this?]]></content:encoded>
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