Re: nvraid setup

2005-04-07 Thread 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
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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.
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nvraid setup

2005-04-06 Thread Lucas Holt
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
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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