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Further information
Cobalt also offers other information resources.
Discussion Groups Cobalt has made available a number of discussion
groups through which users can share information.
To view the current list of Cobalt discussion groups, type the URL
http://www.cobalt.com/support/resources/usergroups.html . The names
of the discussion groups show up as hypertext links.
To subscribe to or unsubscribe from a discussion group, or to view
previous postings to a group, click on the group name. A new browser
window opens, displaying information about the discussion group.
New discussion groups are added periodically. The current groups
include:
• an announcement list concerning Cobalt products
• an information list for developers working on Cobalt products
• a users list for sharing information between users of Cobalt
products
• a security list for users to address network security issues on Cobalt
products
The Knowledge Base Cobalt offers access to its online database of
common installation and configuration problems and solutions. You can
access the site at http://www.cobalt.com/support/kb/ .
Online technical papers For customers looking for more in-depth
technical information, there are a number of technical papers available
on Cobalt Networks’ web site at http://www.cobalt.com/support/ . The
technical papers cover, among others, such topics as:
• disaster recovery for a RaQ 3 system
• hardware and software information gestalt that tells you about
hardware elements and software features.
• Java support for Java Run-time Environment version 1.2 from Sun
Microsystems (ported to the x86 architecture by the Java-Linux
Porting Team at http://www.blackdown.org/)