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Date:      Sun, 28 Jan 2001 15:01:07 -0800
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>
To:        rene@xs4all.nl
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: installkernel fails on a 4.2-stable system
Message-ID:  <20010128150107.Z10761@rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflex>
In-Reply-To: <20010128234634.A18929@xs4all.nl>; from rene@xs4all.nl on Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 11:46:34PM %2B0100
References:  <20010128234634.A18929@xs4all.nl>

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On Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 11:46:34PM +0100, rene@xs4all.nl wrote:
> Hi. 
> 
> I've ended my upgrade blues radically by simply using new and larger than
> 'auto' filesystems and installing a 4.2-stable world plus 4.2-stable
> GENERIC kernel. 
> 
> Now, I ofcourse wanna tune my kernel to my hardware, and have adapted
> GENERIC by commenting out the devices and options I won't use.
> 
> Building succeeds using /usr/src:make installkernel KERNEL=<my kernel
> file>, but installing fails with:
> 
> mv: rename /kernel to kernel.old: Operation not permitted
> 
> While I'm running this as root, ofcourse.
> 
> The 3.x system never nagged my about this. And even the 'hybrid'
> 4.x-system that I had for a while didn't. So why does it now? ;-)

Because you have rasied your securelevel somewhere.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu


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