When I try to install Mojave, I get an error message saying that "This volume is not a supported Core Storage configuration". I had to replace the hard drive on my iMac with an SSD drive. How do I upgrade to Mohave? Is Apple aware of this issue, which many others seems to also be having?
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014), iOS 12.0.1, 1 TB solid sate SATA drive
The installer functions (unexpectedly) if finds a Container without any volumes (need to create a feature request for Apple engineers 😉 ).
Run (assuming disk2 is the Container)
diskutil apfs addVolume disk2 apfs "Macintosh HD" -reserve 500g
I forced it to close, then restarted with Option-Command-R, then restored from TM.
I downloaded a fresh copy of Mojave just in case the earlier copy was corrupted. It still gave me the old 'volume not a supported Core Storage configuration' message. I just don't know what the issue is.
Here is the cs list.
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
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+-- Logical Volume Group CCE9A787-2495-4378-B4FC-01DF512A44B8
=========================================================
Name: Macintosh HD
Status: Online
Size: 1120065544192 B (1.1 TB)
Free Space: 106496 B (106.5 KB)
|
+-< Physical Volume 77BE29FF-943F-4587-8C66-7FF45B87CE2B
| ----------------------------------------------------
| Index: 0
| Disk: disk0s2
| Status: Online
| Size: 120854634496 B (120.9 GB)
|
+-< Physical Volume AE671ED9-FB9E-470F-9BB1-DEA66896C82A
| ----------------------------------------------------
| Index: 1
| Disk: disk1s2
| Status: Online
| Size: 999210909696 B (999.2 GB)
|
+-> Logical Volume Family 21463DA6-ACDD-4AE9-B891-9F7096528BD9
----------------------------------------------------------
Encryption Type: None
|
+-> Logical Volume 4D3AAC7D-EB5E-438C-BE35-8F6668F1BB7B
---------------------------------------------------
Disk: disk2
Status: Online
Size (Total): 1119444664320 B (1.1 TB)
Revertible: No
LV Name: Macintosh HD
Volume Name: Macintosh HD
Content Hint: Apple_HFS
LVG Type: Sparse
We know there are issues with the CS conversion, so that is not a worthwhile option to pursue.
We should go back to APFS, but this time we can add standard volumes, including Recovery, PreBoot and VM in addition to Macintosh HD and test installation.
Very underwhelmed by the rush to get APFS Fusion out of door, and leaving gaping holes in functionality.
dialabrain wrote:
FWIW, as I tried explaining on the first page, the Mojave installer does not "like" Samsung EVO drives.
I have Mojave running on single-disk Macs with EVOs without any issues. The issue is the Mojave installer, which is confused with two SSDs.
Interesting, as I mentioned previously others have posted they couldn't get Mojave to install on their EVOs and I don't believe they had two. Also others had trouble if they had a third-party replacement drive other than EVOs.
I can only go by what I've read. What I can't remember is if the problems were limited to Mojave but also occurred with High Sierra.
Just a thought.
dialabrain wrote:
Interesting, as I mentioned previously others have posted they couldn't get Mojave to install on their EVOs and I don't believe they had two. Also others had trouble if they had a third-party replacement drive other than EVOs.
I can only go by what I've read. What I can't remember is if the problems were limited to Mojave but also occurred with High Sierra.
Just a thought.
Good to know. If someone had issues with single-disk EVOs, perhaps I can take a look and see if their issues can be resolved. I have MBPs (13-in and 15-in) with 2.5-in SATA drives where EVOs replaced old Apple HDDs.
I suppose it could be specific models assuming they have them, with differing firmware. This is beyond my experience. I've never had to replace an internal drive. The most I've had to do is re-fuse a Fusion drive 6 years ago. 😎
Notice the lines which say
"Erasing disk2s2..."
"Initialized /dev/rdisk2s2 as a 931 GB..."
This means your second command should be
diskutil eraseDisk jhfs+ HDD disk2 (not disk1)
Reboots can and do renumber disks.
Also, this means that the APFS commands also need to use disk2, not disk1.
Excellent. Please backup Mojave via Time Machine, before you start installing additional software. If you see any issues with Mojave, please post back. We have chosen larger reserve sizes for some of the partitions to avoid issues in the future. Thanks for being persistent.
Do you plan to install Windows? If yes, report any issues you have.
For future readers, can you post the text output of
diskutil list
diskutil apfs list
No, I don't plan to install Windows. The 'diskutil list' and 'diskutil apfs' outputs follow.
diskutil list output:
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *121.3 GB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_APFS Container disk2 121.1 GB disk0s2
/dev/disk1 (internal, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk1
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1
2: Apple_APFS Container disk2 1000.0 GB disk1s2
/dev/disk2 (synthesized):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: APFS Container Scheme - +1.1 TB disk2
Physical Stores disk0s2, disk1s2
1: APFS Volume Macintosh HD 500.0 GB disk2s1
2: APFS Volume Preboot 1.0 GB disk2s2
3: APFS Volume Recovery 1.0 GB disk2s3
4: APFS Volume VM 3.2 GB disk2s4
/dev/disk3 (external, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *2.0 TB disk3
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk3s1
2: Apple_HFS Time Machine 2018 2.0 TB disk3s2
distil apfs output:
APFS Container (1 found)
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+-- Container disk2 350DD7D7-5368-4993-ACD0-99FFEBFD874A
====================================================
APFS Container Reference: disk2 (Fusion)
Size (Capacity Ceiling): 1121118199808 B (1.1 TB)
Capacity In Use By Volumes: 685211680768 B (685.2 GB) (61.1% used)
Capacity Not Allocated: 435906519040 B (435.9 GB) (38.9% free)
|
+-< Physical Store disk0s2 1C4D6D3C-8DE9-4870-8FEF-E1D927560076
| -----------------------------------------------------------
| APFS Physical Store Disk: disk0s2 (Main)
| Size: 121123069952 B (121.1 GB)
|
+-< Physical Store disk1s2 29A8D469-4EDF-44C7-83D5-133CF1BCE03F
| -----------------------------------------------------------
| APFS Physical Store Disk: disk1s2 (Secondary, Designated Aux Use)
| Size: 999995129856 B (1000.0 GB)
|
+-> Volume disk2s1 65F2E715-EDF1-4CBB-8B9A-84E70D7E2D68
| ---------------------------------------------------
| APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk2s1 (No specific role)
| Name: Macintosh HD (Case-insensitive)
| Mount Point: /
| Capacity Consumed: 500000002048 B (500.0 GB)
| Capacity Reserve: 500000002048 B (500.0 GB)
| Capacity Quota: None
| FileVault: No
|
+-> Volume disk2s2 56C1D27C-1C66-451D-AE27-4AF6BDAC5DBB
| ---------------------------------------------------
| APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk2s2 (Preboot)
| Name: Preboot (Case-insensitive)
| Mount Point: Not Mounted
| Capacity Consumed: 1000001536 B (1.0 GB)
| Capacity Reserve: 1000001536 B (1.0 GB)
| Capacity Quota: None
| FileVault: No
|
+-> Volume disk2s3 03A0298D-76C6-494D-A6AD-599B491F99D6
| ---------------------------------------------------
| APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk2s3 (Recovery)
| Name: Recovery (Case-insensitive)
| Mount Point: Not Mounted
| Capacity Consumed: 1000001536 B (1.0 GB)
| Capacity Reserve: 1000001536 B (1.0 GB)
| Capacity Quota: None
| FileVault: No
|
+-> Volume disk2s4 05199358-F4F5-4C39-8473-6EEB2E0225DC
---------------------------------------------------
APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk2s4 (VM)
Name: VM (Case-insensitive)
Mount Point: /private/var/vm
Capacity Consumed: 3221250048 B (3.2 GB)
Capacity Reserve: 1000001536 B (1.0 GB)
Capacity Quota: None
FileVault: No
Here it is. I hope this isn't the end of the road for OS upgrades with this drive.
Phew (worried I was opening a hack-door). Here it is.
Here we are.
I tried installing Mojave direct and then after restoring from TM. Both times I got the message below. Are there any other thoughts please?
Can't upgrade to Mojave on iMac with SSD
