1. Clean Install: Install to a standalone drive (separate from your SSDs), then use Disk Util to create or format your two SSD raid 0 and make sure it is formatted JHFS+. Then clone the single drive to the raid 0 volume and it will work.
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1. Clean Install: Install to a standalone drive (separate from your SSDs), then use Disk Util to create or format your two SSDs RAID 0 and make sure it is formatted Journaled HFS+. Then clone the single drive to the RAID 0 volume and it will work.
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I had tried this method using APFS on the raid and it fails to boot. So the issue is APFS *can't* boot from raid.
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I had tried this method using APFS on the RAID and it fails to boot. So the issue is APFS *can't* boot from RAID.
2. You can try upgrading to High Sierra, but without converting the file system to APFS. (I have not tried this myself).
Download High Sierra, but do not install it, then from the command line run:
/Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/startosinstall --converttoapfs NO --volume /DestinationDriveName
1. Clean Install: Install to a standalone drive (separate from your SSDs), then use Disk Util to create or format your two SSD raid 0 and make sure it is formatted JHFS+. Then clone the single drive to the raid 0 volume and it will work.
I had tried this method using APFS on the raid and it fails to boot. So the issue is APFS *can't* boot from raid.
2. You can try upgrading to High Sierra, but without converting the file system to APFS. (I have not tried this myself).
Download High Sierra, but do not install it, then from the command line run:
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sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/startosinstall --converttoapfs NO
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/Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/startosinstall --converttoapfs NO --volume /DestinationDriveName
1. Clean Install: Install to a standalone drive (separate from your SSDs), then use Disk Util to create or format your two SSD raid 0 and make sure it is formatted JHFS+. Then clone the single drive to the raid 0 volume and it will work.
I had tried this method using APFS on the raid and it fails to boot. So the issue is APFS *can't* boot from raid.
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2. You can try updating but without converting the file system to APFS. (I have not tried this myself).
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2. You can try upgrading to High Sierra, but without converting the file system to APFS. (I have not tried this myself).
Download High Sierra, but do not install it, then from the command line run:
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/startosinstall --converttoapfs NO
The issue is APFS specific. So your options are:
1. Clean Install: Install to a standalone drive (separate from your SSDs), then use Disk Util to create or format your two SSD raid 0 and make sure it is formatted JHFS+. Then clone the single drive to the raid 0 volume and it will work.
I had tried this method using APFS on the raid and it fails to boot. So the issue is APFS *can't* boot from raid.
2. You can try updating but without converting the file system to APFS. (I have not tried this myself).
Download High Sierra, but do not install it, then from the command line run:
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/startosinstall --converttoapfs NO