Possible to boot B&W G3 from mirrored RAID??

Hi all,
I've tried to get my B&W, running server 10.3.9, to boot from a mirrored RAID (RAID 1). So far, I can successfully create the RAID, run the software installer, and choose the RAID with Startup Disk, but upon restart, it doesn't recognize a valid system (flashing system folder/question mark).
There's a tech article that states the B&W G3 won't boot from a striped RAID (RAID 0), but I've not been able to find anything definitive regarding mirrored RAID. Does anyone know for sure (or know where I can find documentation)?
TIA,
Brad
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Thanks for the info. I had no problem either creating the RAID (successfully in both Disk Utility and Terminal), installing the OS, or selecting the RAID pair as the startup disk. I'm doing this with ATA disks.
Once done, though, the system won't boot from the RAID pair. I know that the B&W open firmware won't allow startup from striped RAID (technical article http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58258 applies), but don't know if this applies to mirrored RAID as well.
Has anyone out there successfully booted a B&W G3 from a RAID 1 configuration?

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