Multiple harddisks in one pc

Michael Baeuerle wrote in news:d5uin5-hd1.ln1@micha.freeshell.org
> "Markus R. Keßler" wrote:
> > Michael Baeuerle wrote:
> > >
> > > [...]
> > > Shutdown the OS and switch off the power supply before you
> > > switch to another disk, this avoids current spikes on the supply lines
> > > that may otherwise crash your maschine.
> >
> > Yes, therefore I'm just looking for switches capable of switching
> > both, the 5V and the 12V supply.
> >
> > Well, though I have no clue how huge the power consumption could be, I
> > assume that there won't be much more than 2..3 Ampère on each wire?
>
> Depends on the disk, look at the manual.

Yeah, why do it the easy way if you can do it the difficult way.
Obviously no point in looking at the drive label.

> If you can't find one for your
> disk model look for a similar Seagate disk (Seagate have detailed
> current specifications in their manuals for older SCSI disks).
>
>
> Micha

>>This is what things like VMWare, VirtualBox and Xen are for! If you have a
>>relatively recent processor with virtualization extensions built in then you can
>>probably run all the o/s'es you want as virtual machines.

>thanks for your hint. In the lab in our company we're using VMWare,
>but on my own servers I prefer to have the chance to do a _real_
>reboot and so on. This is why I also don't like solutions like lilo or
>grub - the machines should restart properly the chosen os without user
>interaction when the right os once has been selected.

Huh? You can have the best of both worlds:
GRUB has a timeout for the default YOU CHOOSE
so it'll boot WHAT you want,
THE WAY you want
from any disk or partition
if no action is taken.
No need to use multiple disks
and boot only the BIOS default
(active partition of the primary master disk or SCSI disk #0).

Jeff Jonas wrote in news:g877rp$pg$1@panix5.panix.com
> > > This is what things like VMWare, VirtualBox and Xen are for! If you have a
> > > relatively recent processor with virtualization extensions built in then you can
> > > probably run all the o/s'es you want as virtual machines.
>
> > thanks for your hint. In the lab in our company we're using VMWare,
> > but on my own servers I prefer to have the chance to do a _real_
> > reboot and so on. This is why I also don't like solutions like lilo or
> > grub - the machines should restart properly the chosen os without user
> > interaction when the right os once has been selected.
>
> Huh? You can have the best of both worlds:
> GRUB has a timeout for the default YOU CHOOSE
> so it'll boot WHAT you want,
> THE WAY you want
> from any disk or partition
> if no action is taken.
> No need to use multiple disks
> and boot only the BIOS default

> (active partition of the primary master disk

Nonsense.

> or SCSI disk #0).

More nonsense.

Squeeze wrote:
> Jeff Jonas wrote in news:g877rp$pg$1@panix5.panix.com
>>>> This is what things like VMWare, VirtualBox and Xen are for! If you have a
>>>> relatively recent processor with virtualization extensions built in then you can
>>>> probably run all the o/s'es you want as virtual machines.
>>> thanks for your hint. In the lab in our company we're using VMWare,
>>> but on my own servers I prefer to have the chance to do a _real_
>>> reboot and so on. This is why I also don't like solutions like lilo or
>>> grub - the machines should restart properly the chosen os without user
>>> interaction when the right os once has been selected.
>> Huh? You can have the best of both worlds:
>> GRUB has a timeout for the default YOU CHOOSE
>> so it'll boot WHAT you want,
>> THE WAY you want
>> from any disk or partition
>> if no action is taken.
>> No need to use multiple disks
>> and boot only the BIOS default
>
>> (active partition of the primary master disk
>
> Nonsense.

Wow. Real helpful there, ****nert.
>
>> or SCSI disk #0).
>
> More nonsense.

Another 100 points for ****nert's ego!

A stupid little troll cowering behind the nym of Jack Bauer,
desperately trying to pose as Rod Speed,
wrote in news:g934im$j18$1@news.parasun.com

nothing really worth repeating.

Squeeze wrote:
> A stupid little troll cowering behind the nym of Jack Bauer,
> desperately trying to pose as Rod Speed,
> wrote in news:g934im$j18$1@news.parasun.com
>
> nothing really worth repeating.
>
>
Wrong again, ****nert! I don't pose as anyone. One thing is clear: YOU
are desparately trying to look smarter than everyone else and failing at it!

pathetic lard ****!