From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 28 15: 1:12 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailhost01.reflexnet.net (mailhost01.reflexnet.net [64.6.192.82]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6281637B402 for ; Sun, 28 Jan 2001 15:00:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflexcom.com ([216.196.73.168]) by mailhost01.reflexnet.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.197.19); Sun, 28 Jan 2001 14:59:04 -0800 Received: (from cjc@localhost) by rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflexcom.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f0SN17191372; Sun, 28 Jan 2001 15:01:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjc) Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 15:01:07 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" 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> Reply-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu References: <20010128234634.A18929@xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <20010128234634.A18929@xs4all.nl>; from rene@xs4all.nl on Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 11:46:34PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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= 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message