diff --git a/appendixa/file-down.xml b/appendixa/file-down.xml
index 0e4f1834e..104022faf 100644
--- a/appendixa/file-down.xml
+++ b/appendixa/file-down.xml
@@ -2,5 +2,8 @@
 <title>Official Download Location</title>
 
 <literallayout>File (&file-version;): 
-<ulink url="ftp://ftp.gw.com/mirrors/pub/unix/file/"/></literallayout>
+<ulink url="ftp://ftp.gw.com/mirrors/pub/unix/file/"/>
+
+Alternate Download Location:
+<ulink url="ftp://gaosu.rave.org/pub/linux/lfs/"/></literallayout>
 </sect2>
diff --git a/chapter04/chapter04.xml b/chapter04/chapter04.xml
index 3944f63dd..d23d21999 100644
--- a/chapter04/chapter04.xml
+++ b/chapter04/chapter04.xml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Ed (&ed-version;) - &ed-size;:
 Expect (&expect-version;) - &expect-size;:
 <ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/expect/"/>
 
-File (&file-version;) - &file-size;:
+File (&file-version;) - &file-size;: (*) See Note Below
 <ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/file/"/>
 
 Findutils (&findutils-version;) - &findutils-size;:
@@ -239,6 +239,11 @@ Zlib (&zlib-version;) - &zlib-size;:
 Total size of these packages: &all-size-mb;
 </literallayout>
 
+<note><para>File (&file-version;) may not be available by the time you read
+this. The master download location is known to remove old versions when new
+ones are released. Please refer to the corresponding section in
+<xref linkend="appendixa"/> for an alternate download location.</para></note>
+
 </sect1>
 
 
diff --git a/index.xml b/index.xml
index 86c3fbe18..7868c33ff 100644
--- a/index.xml
+++ b/index.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 				"/usr/share/docbook/docbookx.dtd" [
 
 
-<!ENTITY version "CVS-20031028">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "October 28th, 2003">
+<!ENTITY version "CVS-20031030">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "October 30th, 2003">
 <!ENTITY milestone "5.0">
 <!ENTITY nbsp " ">