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On Sat, 27 Apr 1996, Kim Culhan wrote:

> 
> Trying to install a new kernel I find it is impossible to change the
> name or rm the present kernel file.
> 
> I can't cp the new kernel to /, can't rm the present one, can't mv
> the present kernel file, the error returned is:
> Operation not permitted
> 
> It is not possible to change the file mode to make it writeable by root.
> 
> Any help on this one is greatly appreciated.

Did you try

	make install

to install it? This will rename the old kernel and copy the new one to /

Frank