one server, 2 hard disks, 2 different systems...is it possible? how?

[Antonio Alano]

dear guys,

i need some help. i have one server unit with 2 hard disks. i need this two hard disks to become independent. that means each hard disk has defferent information. is it possible that each hard disk is bootable? can i boot on one server at a time? if this is possible, please guide me through the process. your support is highly appreciated.

thanks.

Cheers!

kind regards,

Antonio

[Torsten.]

I think I don't fully understand the question.

You have 1 server with 2 (internal) HDD?

You want to install an OS on each and want to boot either the first or the second?

It's possible.

[Kenan Erdey]

Hi,

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=95175

Kenan.

[Antonio Alano]

hi thorsten,

you are right. can u give me a procedure to do this?

thanks.

[Steven Schweda]

> [...] one server unit [...]

This is not a very complete description of
the computer you're using. What is it?

> is it possible that each hard disk is
> bootable?

Depending on the system, probably yes.

> can i boot on one server at a time?

Huh? Do you mean, "Can I boot from one disk
at a time?"? On most simple systems, the
question would be, "How could you possibly
boot from more than one disk at a time?".

On my zx2000 (IA64) system, for example, I
have two SCSI disks:

[...]
Scsi(Pun0,Lun0) FUJITSU MAN3367MP HPF1 ( 80 MBytes/sec)
Scsi(Pun1,Lun0) SEAGATE ST373405LW 0003 ( 80 MBytes/sec)
[...]

VMS (V8.3-1H1) is installed on one disk, and
HP-UX (11.31) is installed on the other. At
start-up, you can get a menu like this:

EFI Boot Manager ver 1.10 [14.61] Firmware ver 2.31 [4411]

Please select a boot option

OpenVMS on DKA100: PKA0.1
HP-UX Primary Boot: 0/3/1/0.0x0.0x0
EFI Shell [Built-in]
network boot
cdrom
Boot Option Maintenance Menu
System Configuration Menu
[...]


Just use the arrow keys on the console to
select the disk/OS you want, and hit Return
(or Enter). (Or wait a little while, and
you'll get the first one.) If you have more
disks, you can run more different operating
systems (or different versions of the same
OS).

Of course, knowing practically nothing about
your "one server unit", it's hard to say much
with certainty about what you can or can't
do with it.

[Antonio Alano]

hi steven,

thanks for the info...i will do this.

kind regards,

antonio