Upgrade from v4.0beta9 to v4.0 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.40beta9-40.tar.gz Adjust config files, restart daemons and remount the disk read-only (remount r). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Added or changed files (included in the tar file): -r-------- 1 root root 173 Feb 7 13:18 ./.bash_profile ---x--x--x 1 root root 19720 Feb 16 13:24 ./bin/sort* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Feb 16 13:26 ./etc/.version -r-x------ 1 root root 4592 Feb 7 09:09 ./etc/rc.d/rc.interfaces* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 966 Feb 16 13:21 ./etc/ssh/ssh_config -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 543 Feb 16 13:23 ./sbin/toproute* Stuff that has been removed or must be changed by hand: Edit /etc/motd to change the version number.