UPGRADING FROM SLACKWARE: First read the file README.RIGHT.NOW. Then: 2.x: This version of Slackware used a different boot up scripts from the later versions. For your convenience the bootscripts from slackware 3.0 (that should work) are included in the slackware/ directory. You'll have to install them yourself. 3.x: You shouldn't have to upgrade the boot scripts. You should just re-install the following binaries into /sbin: halt init shutdown runlevel killall5 reboot should be a symbolic link to halt pidof should be a symbolic link to killall5