To apply this patch, download it to your local system (the /tmp directory, perhaps?) and insert a formatted 3B2 floppy into the floppy drive. Then run these commands depending on whether you took the compressed version or not: For the compressed version: # cd /tmp # uncompress y2k3b2.Z # dd if=/tmp/y2k3b2 of=/dev/rdiskette bs=9b For the uncompressed version: # cd /tmp # dd if=/tmp/y2k3b2.bin of=/dev/rdiskette bs=9b Label the floppy "3B2 Y2K patch" and use sysadm installpkg to install it. This does not require a reboot.