To apply the patches, cd into the appropriate kernel source directory and do: patch -p1 < patch-file lockup-2.0.30.diff: Please apply this patch to your 2.0.30 kernel to get rid of the ncpfs lockups. See ../BUGS for the symptoms. Patches for other kernels to support new features must be downloaded separately because of kernel changes have no relations to ncpfs changes. Kernel patches should be available on same place as this package or at ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/linux/ncpfs/latest.