> 
> >boot netbsd
> non-secure file, will not load
> Command failed: Operation not permitted

I had that problem last night also.  I noticed that the kernel was owned
by a user other than root and was rw-rw-r--

I changed it to be owned by root and chmod 660 and it was then happy.

Hope this helps,

Damian
damian@ccc.bu.aust.com