Upgrade from v3.0 to v3.0a Remount the disk read/write (remount w). Make sure to rename or backup files that you have made changes to (rc.local or similar) and is included in this upgrade. Copy the patch to /tmp and in the /tmp directory do: tar Uzxpf /tmp/patch.30-30a.tar.gz Adjust config files, restart daemons and remount the disk read-only (remount r). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Added or changed files (included in the tar file): -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 May 5 10:55 ./etc/.version -r-x------ 1 root root 2400 Jun 29 14:23 ./etc/rc.d/rc.S* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7930 May 16 13:04 ./etc/services -rw------- 1 root root 63433 May 5 10:49 ./etc/snort/vision-lib ---x------ 1 root root 64817 Jun 30 10:15 ./sbin/IP-login* -r-x------ 1 root root 413 Jun 29 13:45 ./sbin/backup.total* ---x--x--x 1 root root 103954 May 8 16:07 ./usr/bin/nice* ---s--x--- 1 root www 19150 Jun 30 10:16 ./usr/local/www/cgi-bin/IP-login-cgi* ---x------ 1 root root 429109 May 9 10:31 ./usr/sbin/wu.ftpd* Stuff that has been removed or must be changed by hand: Edit /etc/motd to change the version number. Run lilo to make sure the system will be bootable.