Method and a memory unit for booting a server

A server comprising at least one exchangeable memory unit which has a non-writable memory, which stores a bootloader and reference installation files, and a writable secondary memory, which is provided for the purpose of storing installation files,

• wherein said bootloader checks a data content of the secondary memory and a data content of a primary memory of said server and loads the data content of said secondary memory into said primary memory in order to boot said server provided that said secondary memory is not empty and said primary memory is either empty or has a different data content from said secondary memory.

A method for booting a server having the following steps:

• a) a data content of a primary memory of the server and of a secondary memory of a memory unit which has been inserted into the server is checked by a bootloader which is stored in a non-writable memory of the memory unit which has been inserted into the server;
• and
• b) the data content of the secondary memory is copied to the primary memory in order to boot the server provided that the secondary memory is not empty and the primary memory is either empty or has a different data content from the secondary memory.