> su# disk/mkfs -a -s / <{echo +} > arch
> processing /fd/7
> mkfs: /fd/7:1: can't open //dev/consctl: '//dev/consctl' permission denied
> mkfs: /fd/7:1: can't open //dev/kprint: '//dev/kprint' device or
> object already in use
>
> I guess it wasn't the brightest idea, because the arch file grew much
> bigger than all my files put together on the old drive.
>
> Should I mount the new drive to /n/kfs and not use the -a option? I
> was a little confused about these references to kfs while my
> filesystem is fossil.
you're not the first person to make this mistake, so i should
have remembered this problem. sorry.
you need to mount both new and old afresh in /n/ and copy
using your destination as /n/new and source as /n/old. using
/ as your source doesn't work because you have many things other
than the file server intended mounted. for example, your first
error messages are because #c is mounted on /dev.
- erik
