nVidia RAID + FreeBSD 6.0

[Vulpes Velox]

On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 16:46:52 +1030
"Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor at gsoft.com.au> wrote:

> I am looking at getting a motherboard based on nForce 3 or 4, and I
> am wondering if the RAID will be usable?
> 
> I don't mind if I have to use the BIOS to setup/rebuild the array,
> but I don't want to buy a system I can't use the RIAD for at all.
> 
> I note from ata-raid.c that there is a meta-data read routine, but
> no write one - I think this means I can use it after it's been
> defined, but not rebuilt or create an array in the first place.

I would also check what the chipset used for it is. Some of the
cheaper chipsets just have problems in general. I get ata command time
outs with the onboard sata adapter on this board here.

The built on one is a SiI 3112.