Boot up from other node's boot disk

Hi,at the moment I got problem to boot up one of two nodes-cluster, because its boot disk seems to be damaged. Is it possible to boot up from other node's boot disk? If yes,how to do it? If not,are there any ideas,beside replacing the damaged boot disk? Because the machines are in testbed, I think my compay doesn't want spend much money to replace the disk in this short time =)
The version is SOLARIS 8 and SUN Cluster 3.0.

Hi,
Sorry to disappoint you but you cannot in Sun Cluster have one node boot from the boot disk of the other node. Do you have a backup of the boot disk?
Your best option is to replace it I guess
Kristien

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