nvraid setup

[jason henson]

Lucas Holt wrote:

> I recently purchased a msi motherboard with an nforce 2 chipset.  It 
> has nvraid support.  Is it possible to use it in freebsd?  If so, can 
> it be used as a boot volume?
>
> I've attempted a boot with a 5.3 release cd and found that it detects 
> the two drives individually.  i'm trying to do raid 0 across 2 SATA 
> disks.
>
> My goal is to setup a home file/print server.  I'd even consider using 
> software raid if i can't get the nvraid to work.  Is it possible to 
> create a bootable software raid setup in freebsd?
>
> I do have an old 10 gig drive i could through in for a root partition 
> in a pinch but i'd like to stick to the new sata disks if possible.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Please CC me as i'm not on the list.
>
> Lucas Holt
> Luke at FoolishGames.com
> ________________________________________________________

IIRC, there is no support fo the nvraid.  You would just use vinum.  It 
is in the base system, check man vinum or the handbook.