SoftRaid 8 Volume will not mount after disk failure - Functionality Issues https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-8-functionality-issues/softraid-8-volume-will-not-mount-after-disk-failure/ SoftRAID Discussion Board en-US Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:15:35 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: SoftRaid 8 Volume will not mount after disk failure https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-8-functionality-issues/softraid-8-volume-will-not-mount-after-disk-failure/#post-21499 Fri, 29 Mar 2024 16:07:25 +0000 @tomicle 

I guess next step is report to Alsoft. Save the kernel panic as a file. (it should be locatable using Console.app, look for diagnostic/spin/crash reports, and other folders that seem to be panic related, I am not sure where this one is saved.) Save a System Report, also. (System Settings/general/about, scroll to bottom, and just save it.) Submit these to Alsoft. It may take a bit and they may want to remote login, but they generally have great support capabilities. I am sure this is one that would interest them in figuring out and finding the cause, in addition to fixing it on your machine.

]]> Functionality Issues SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-8-functionality-issues/softraid-8-volume-will-not-mount-after-disk-failure/#post-21499 RE: SoftRaid 8 Volume will not mount after disk failure https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-8-functionality-issues/softraid-8-volume-will-not-mount-after-disk-failure/#post-21493 Fri, 29 Mar 2024 05:40:24 +0000 Functionality Issues tomicle https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-8-functionality-issues/softraid-8-volume-will-not-mount-after-disk-failure/#post-21493 RE: SoftRaid 8 Volume will not mount after disk failure https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-8-functionality-issues/softraid-8-volume-will-not-mount-after-disk-failure/#post-21492 Fri, 29 Mar 2024 04:31:34 +0000 @tomicle 

That panic is one Apple is aware of, its generally when disks are taking time shutting down, not responding, so that is interesting.

A different system is definitely worth trying.

I did not check for panics in your support file, but yes, it is triggered by:
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.driver.AppleInterruptController(1.0d1)@0xfffffe00260881a0->0xfffffe002608bf5f
dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleARMPlatform(1.0.2)@0xfffffe0025784880->0xfffffe00257d5623
com.apple.driver.AppleARMWatchdogTimer(1.0)@0xfffffe00257d5630->0xfffffe00257da4d7
dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleARMPlatform(1.0.2)@0xfffffe0025784880->0xfffffe00257d5623

what that means, I do not know, but will ask.

]]> Functionality Issues SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-8-functionality-issues/softraid-8-volume-will-not-mount-after-disk-failure/#post-21492 RE: SoftRaid 8 Volume will not mount after disk failure https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-8-functionality-issues/softraid-8-volume-will-not-mount-after-disk-failure/#post-21489 Fri, 29 Mar 2024 00:26:34 +0000 @softraid-support I tried out DiskWarrior a bit more to see if I could get it to work but even after a clean install, I am still getting full system crashes. When I boot back up it gives me an alert the computer restarted because of a problem. The error log starts with:

watchdog timeout: no checkins from watchdogd in 92 seconds (18 total checkins since monitoring last enabled)
Debugger message: panic

The message just being 'panic' made me laugh a little, but overall don't know what it means. Right now my plan is to try installing DiskWarrior on my laptop and plugging the OWC bay into it and seeing if it will run from that. The goal is still definitely to fix the mapping if possible rather than file recovery! I will keep you posted on how the laptop goes. Let me know if there is anything else I can send over to you that might help troubleshoot.

]]> Functionality Issues tomicle https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-8-functionality-issues/softraid-8-volume-will-not-mount-after-disk-failure/#post-21489 RE: SoftRaid 8 Volume will not mount after disk failure https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-8-functionality-issues/softraid-8-volume-will-not-mount-after-disk-failure/#post-21483 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 01:33:18 +0000 @tomicle 

What is selected does not matter, but the extra disk did matter here.

What I see now is it is possible Disk Warrior can rebuild your directory if you have it, or want to buy it and try it. It allows an "in place" repair.

]]> Functionality Issues SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-8-functionality-issues/softraid-8-volume-will-not-mount-after-disk-failure/#post-21483 RE: SoftRaid 8 Volume will not mount after disk failure https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-8-functionality-issues/softraid-8-volume-will-not-mount-after-disk-failure/#post-21482 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 00:41:01 +0000 @softraid-support Sounds good! Didn't know that what I had selected impacted the report. I'm attaching two here, one with the volume highlighted when I hit generate and another with all four drives highlighted. This is back on the original boot volume, not sure if that makes a difference.

I am going to check out diskdrill and R-Studio tonight!

2467 2468]]> Functionality Issues tomicle https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-8-functionality-issues/softraid-8-volume-will-not-mount-after-disk-failure/#post-21482 RE: SoftRaid 8 Volume will not mount after disk failure https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-8-functionality-issues/softraid-8-volume-will-not-mount-after-disk-failure/#post-21469 Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:08:40 +0000 BTW: You can add a support file with all 4, I can take a look.

]]> Functionality Issues SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-8-functionality-issues/softraid-8-volume-will-not-mount-after-disk-failure/#post-21469 RE: SoftRaid 8 Volume will not mount after disk failure https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-8-functionality-issues/softraid-8-volume-will-not-mount-after-disk-failure/#post-21467 Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:03:15 +0000 @tomicle 

Possible it was the drive failing throwing noise onto the Thunderbolt bus, causing damage to the volume directory, I do not know.

Its pretty unusual for "unknown" file system, however. That says the portion of the volume header that identifies the file system was damaged.

]]> Functionality Issues SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-8-functionality-issues/softraid-8-volume-will-not-mount-after-disk-failure/#post-21467 RE: SoftRaid 8 Volume will not mount after disk failure https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-8-functionality-issues/softraid-8-volume-will-not-mount-after-disk-failure/#post-21466 Wed, 27 Mar 2024 13:16:05 +0000 @softraid-support Bummer. Thanks for looking at it! Any idea how this happened or general things to avoid in the future? Or is this a side effect of the drive failing?

 

I’ll report back if I am able to recover anything!

]]> Functionality Issues tomicle https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-8-functionality-issues/softraid-8-volume-will-not-mount-after-disk-failure/#post-21466 RE: SoftRaid 8 Volume will not mount after disk failure https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-8-functionality-issues/softraid-8-volume-will-not-mount-after-disk-failure/#post-21462 Wed, 27 Mar 2024 04:47:19 +0000 The volume directory is very damaged, macOS cannot recognize the file system on it. I can perhaps see why Disk warrior is crashing. try one or two more times. Otherwise you are going to need to "recover" the data using diskdrill (cleverfiles.com) or R-Studio, unfortunately.

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