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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ou.edu!leto.ou.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!news-xfer.netaxs.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.bc.net!torn!news1.bellglobal.com!sympatico.ca!not-for-mail From: gbuchanan@localhost.on.sympatico.ca (Gardner Buchanan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: can't move /kernel Date: 11 Feb 1997 00:17:53 GMT Organization: Sympatico Lines: 21 Message-ID: <5dodrh$8q9$1@news1.sympatico.ca> References: <32FF806E.41C67EA6@zxcv-pc.jumpnet.com> Reply-To: gbuchanan@sympatico.ca NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp1881.on.sympatico.ca X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.3 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35454 In article <32FF806E.41C67EA6@zxcv-pc.jumpnet.com>, Curt Finch <curt@zxcv-pc.jumpnet.com> writes: >why can't i do this? i booted off of kernel.new > > ># mv kernel kernel.old >mv: rename kernel to kernel.old: Operation not permitted The kernel has the "system immutable" flag set. Look at chflags(1,2), ls -lo and look at the "install" target of the Makefile. BTW, the "right" way to install your spiffy new kernel *is* with "make install". good luck, ============================================ Gardner Buchanan <gbuchanan@sympatico.ca> Ottawa, ON