[cobalt-users] Re: RAQ 3 /home/packages/ - Simple Question

[Bruce Timberlake <bruce.timberlake@xxxxxxx>]

Render-Vue wrote:
> 
> Just going through the server and doing some cleaning up - in the
> home/packages directory I have a substantial amount of pkg's, rpm's
> & tar.Z from the previous owners.
> 
> RAQ3 All-Security files
> RAQ3 All-System files
> RAQ3 en-Update
> 3 Different webalizer files
> chkrootkit
> along with other bits & pieces
> 
> Is it safe to delete these files as they are all taking up over 150Mb disk
> space?

Yes. /home/packages is an alternative to specifying a URL or browsing on
your local hard drive for a source of PKGs to install on the RaQ. If
there are any files in /home/packages, they will show up in a dropdown
list on the Maintenance->Install Software screen.  Removing anything
will do nothing besides make them unavailable to install from that
location.

Sometimes if the RaQ or your management workstation has a spotty
internet connection, it's safest to FTP a PKG to the RaQ and have it
install the PKG off itself, rather than trusting the PKG will be intact
if installing from a URL or from your local machine.

-- 
Bruce Timberlake
Technology Engineer
Sun Cobalt Server Appliances
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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