Last seen: Apr 28, 2026
@dgbarar Good end result, but I am not sure why. thanks!
@llh Again, a lot of coding for no real result. No, drives are not totally consistent.
Its not worth it. There are hybrid drives, which do not have a standard way to identify. Plus every drive is different, we would have to test dozens. ...
@wfiveash I passed this on to engineering. This is not a high priority, but it may be an easy addition. No promises, but it will be looked at.
@thfritzmann PLease attach a new support file. is the volume mounted?
@thfritzmann Validating is the right step, if it mounts without the new drive. After complete, (make sure your backups are up to date), then do i...
@rrw137 SoftRAID was never installed then. (at least the tool) This was a first time running of the app? Are you logged in as an admin?you may ...
What if you run this line in the terminal.app?sudo softraidtool uninstall (enter your password) restart and can you launch SoftRAID?
@thfritzmann Sure attach a support file. If the volume cannot mount, it canot rebuild. We designed this to prevent damage to data in a serious di...
@wfiveash Unlikely, that text has not changed in 30 years, since SoftRAID 2.0 We add things to logging, but there is no need to change what is log...
That is too long. 1. Is the volume mounted? Rebuilds require a mounted (healthy) volume 2.Is there a progress bar on the volume tile? Does it have...
@b_frank Sorry, no there is no way, except if the events are still in the SoftRAID log. Certify leaves the disks zeroed out, no partition map, no ...
@wfiveash Why not try this, create a 200GB volume (for speed).Validate. Look in the log to get the validate message you need.validate, pull the plu...
@funkygecko BTW: Screen shorts are not necessary if you are sending a support file. It has everything I need to see. the panics you are getti...
@wfiveash The good news is this is a feature being added. The command, you probably know, is sudo softraidtool volume myvolume validate Is th...

