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Date:      Thu, 23 Jan 97 17:39:39 +0100
From:      garyj@frt.dec.com
To:        stanb@netcom.com (Stan Brown)
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to replace curretn (bad) kernel with old (good) one? 
Message-ID:  <9701231639.AA05195@cssmuc.frt.dec.com>
In-Reply-To: Message from stanb@netcom.com (Stan Brown)  of Thu, 23 Jan 97  10:58:27 EST.

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stanb@netcom.com writes:
> 	I realize that this sounds simple, but I haven't managed to do it.
> 
> 	Here is to situation. I have a new kernel that won;t boot. I have the
> 	old (working) kernel in kernel.working.
> 
> 	I can boot by typing kernel.working at the boot prompt. Once I do that
> 	i want to put the old working kernel back in place as /kernel.
> 	Everything I try fails(cp mv chmod). /kernel -s mode 555, why can't I
> 	chmod it and overwrite it with the good kernel? 
> 
> 	How do I acomplish this?
> 
> 

"chflags noschg /kernel" as root.

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