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From: conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: can't move /kernel
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 09:06:51 -0600
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In article <32FF806E.41C67EA6@zxcv-pc.jumpnet.com>,
	Curt Finch <curt@zxcv-pc.jumpnet.com> writes:
> why can't i do this?  i booted off of kernel.new
> 
> 
> # mv kernel kernel.old
> mv: rename kernel to kernel.old: Operation not permitted

Your kernel is most likely "locked".  See man chflags.

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Conrad Sabatier		http://www.neosoft.com/~conrads