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Software RAID and bootcamp
I’m sure this isn’t the best forum to ask this on but I know a lot of you guys run a 4+ disk internal software raid in the mac so I figured you would know.
Say I put 5 disks in my mac pro – one for a system drive, and make a 4 drive software raid.
What happens if I want to run bootcamp on a partition of my system drive? Mainly, will windows booting up have a chance to corrupting/killing my raid partition? I don’t even care if it sees it – I wish to use windows for certain windows-only encoding options I want to explore. I just want to make sure my scratch raid will be safe while windows is running.
Anyone dealt with this?
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Hi Vladimir,
Firstly, I don’t know the answer to your question, but …
The version of Boot Camp provided with Mac OS X 10.6 includes a Mac OS X file system read feature. You can disable this feature to ensure that Windows does not see any Mac volumes including your software RAID. That should eliminate concerns about Windows tinkering with your Mac RAID volume. This information has been copied and modified from an Apple support note unrelated to your question.
To disable the Mac OS X file system read feature:
1. Click Start, then Computer.
2. Double-click on the BOOTCAMP (C:) drive.
3. Double-click on the Windows folder.
4. Double-click on the System 32 folder.
5. Double-click on the drivers folder.
6. Locate the file AppleMNT (it is a .sys file) and rename it to something like AppleMNT_keep.
7. Restart Windows
8. Windows should no longer be able to see your Mac volumes.Please be aware that subsequent Boot Camp updates may install another AppleMNT.sys and therefore re-enable the Mac OS X file system read feature. So you might want to keep a record of this procedure in case you have to repeat it in the future.
Regards,
Luke Maslen
Blackmagic Design
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