1) get the binary sets and checksum files from your FTP mirror, e. g. $ ftp ftp://ftp.de.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0/i386/binary/sets/ ftp> mget * 2) verify checksums 3) backup your kernel # cp /netbsd /netbsd.old 4) extract kernel, e. g. # tar xpzf kern-GENERIC.tgz -C / 5) reboot the new kernel 6) extract desired sets (except for etc.tgz!), e. g. # for i in base.tgz comp.tgz games.tgz man.tgz misc.tgz \ text.tgz xbase.tgz xcomp.tgz xetc.tgz xfont.tgz xserver.tgz; \ do tar xpfz $i -C /; done 7) update /etc files # mkdir /tmp/temproot # tar xpfz etc.tgz -C /tmp/temproot # etcupdate -a -b /tmp/temproot 8) reboot