Proper method of adding a container to an apfs volume - SoftRAID Volumes https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-volumes/proper-method-of-adding-a-container-to-an-apfs-volume/ SoftRAID Discussion Board en-US Sun, 26 Apr 2026 21:41:45 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: Proper method of adding a container to an apfs volume https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-volumes/proper-method-of-adding-a-container-to-an-apfs-volume/#post-5844 Fri, 11 Dec 2020 19:44:40 +0000 I should of mentioned I am running the latest v5 beta.

Thanks for the info, I will blow away what I did via disk utility.

]]> SoftRAID Volumes ol'curmudgeon https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-volumes/proper-method-of-adding-a-container-to-an-apfs-volume/#post-5844 RE: Proper method of adding a container to an apfs volume https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-volumes/proper-method-of-adding-a-container-to-an-apfs-volume/#post-5842 Fri, 11 Dec 2020 19:01:37 +0000 We do not support this and I do not think Disk Utility supports SoftRAID APFS volumes correctly. (to create a volume inside a container)

Best is just create 2 "hard" volumes for now. This is one of the features that will be supported in a 6.0 when we do the UI changes. You are ahead of the curve for now.

]]> SoftRAID Volumes SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-volumes/proper-method-of-adding-a-container-to-an-apfs-volume/#post-5842 Proper method of adding a container to an apfs volume https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-volumes/proper-method-of-adding-a-container-to-an-apfs-volume/#post-5840 Fri, 11 Dec 2020 18:27:00 +0000 I just created a RAID 5 apfs volume and it creates a volume "covering" the whole volume.

To add another volume, (I want both to adjust their sizes as necessary). I went into the disk utility

and created the new volume under the container.

I could not figure out a way to do this via softRAID.

So far everything seems to be working just fine. The only "issue" is that in softRAID only the first volume shows up.

If there is a better way, please let me know!

Thanks!

Newbie Tom

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