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From: Beech Rintoul <akbeech@anchoragerescue.org>
To: "Terrelle Shaw" <hshaw@xytek.org>,
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Subject: Re: can't install new kernel
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 07:50:17 -0800
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On Wednesday 01 August 2001 03:51 pm, Terrelle Shaw wrote:
> I installed a bad kernel ( missed the correct CPU class). Now I want to
> install the new one I just compiled I get this error:
> farslayer# make install
> chflags noschg /kernel
> chflags: /kernel: Operation not permitted
> *** Error code 1 (ignored)
> mv /kernel /kernel.old
> mv: rename /kernel to /kernel.old: Operation not permitted
> *** Error code 1
>
> Doing a : chflags noschg /kernel
> weilds this:
> chflags: /kernel: Operation not permitted
>
> Even doing a: rm /kernel gives:
> rm /kernel
> override r-xr-xr-x  root/wheel schg for /kernel? y
> rm: /kernel: Operation not permitted
>
> How do i get this kernel installed? ( yes i'm a newbie)
>
>
> Terrelle Shaw
> hshaw@xytek.org
>
You have your kernel securelevel set too high.
Put the following in /etc/rc.conf and reboot:

kern_securelevel_enable="YES"    # kernel security level (see init(8)),
kern_securelevel="-1"            # range: -1..3 ; `-1' is the most insecure

Beech

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