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Disk Utility may not be able to verify or repair permissions on a software RAID set

Posted in Apple Mac OS

Products Affected

Disk Utility, Lion Server

Symptoms

When Lion is installed on a software RAID set, Disk Utility may not be able to verify or repair volume permissions. The process appears to start but immediately stops.

Resolution

Use the command line tool diskutil to verify and/or repair permissions on a software RAID volume. Note: