Re: [cobalt-users] .pkg retention

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"Phil Beynon"  discoursed to us this message.
> Thanks all,
> I thought that the answer was going to be yes, but I'm pretty new to this
> stuff and like to be sure!
> I had loaded most of the bigger .pkgs from the cobalt site for system /
> security etc and installed them locally that was all, I figure these
always
> reside on the cobalt site ready for use so there should be no need to
retain
> copies.
> Any other packages I keep offline and on CDROM in case I should need them
> later.
>
> Regards,
>
> Phil
I would not assume that the packages will "always reside on the cobalt
site."  Through the years I have seen *many* unexpected things happen.  Just
think, the modem standard used by almost every modem today was created by a
company that no longer exists.

Be smart and archive it all on a cdrom.

Bill