[Summary]Multiple Solaris verions on one server (SPARC)

From: Jason Wood <borris_8_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed May 16 2001 - 13:24:46 EDT
Original Question:
Does anyone know if you can boot different versions of Solaris on the one
server? [plus a description of how I did it on a HP]

Answer:
General consensus is yes. Very easy with two different disks, just set
auto-boot to false and choose which one you want. To make things simpler you
can also set a devalias to make it easier, ie boot sol26, boot sol7. This can
also be done using partitions with only a little more difficulty.

Justin Stringfellow from Sun also had this to add:
Actually I'd reccomend anyone with a critical machine would be well advised to 
have an alternate OS handy in case they need to run a restore from backup...


Thanks all for the info. I got 10 responses within about 20mins.


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Received on Wed May 16 18:24:46 2001

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