From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jul 14 19:27:56 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f267.law10.hotmail.com [64.4.14.142]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1112037B401 for ; Sat, 14 Jul 2001 19:27:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from oldtlhingan@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 14 Jul 2001 19:27:53 -0700 Received: from 24.186.19.146 by lw10fd.law10.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sun, 15 Jul 2001 02:27:53 GMT X-Originating-IP: [24.186.19.146] From: "Noone Here" To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: cant chflags noschg /kernel in any mode Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 21:27:53 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 15 Jul 2001 02:27:53.0315 (UTC) FILETIME=[C0136B30:01C10CD5] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG i boot to single user mode, but i cant do anything to my kernel. as root i dont seem to have permission to write or move it. i tried to chmod 755 it, but cant. ls -lo shows /kernel permissions r-xr-xr-x and schg. i boot normally,become super user, try chflags noschg /kernel, i get operation noy permitted. i boot and login as root, same thing. i boot to single user mode, same thing. i try to chmod, i get "read-only file system" message. i raise securelevel from single user -1 to 0 and still get same messages. im trying to install MYKERNEL, but make installkernel KERNEL=MYKERNEL fails because it cant remove this immutable bit and cant mv /kernel -> /kernel.old. i did a make buildworld, and a make buildkernel KERNEL=MYKERNEL that worked without error. what am i missing or doing wrong here? FBSD v.4.3-20010706-STABLE _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message