Re: killing D processes
Pere Camps wrote:
> Hi!
>
> How do I kill this processes?
Reboot the machine.
> root 844 4.0 0.0 0 0 ? DW 14:46 0:24 (quotacheck)
> root 1041 0.0 0.3 744 344 ? D 14:51 0:00 umount /xtd/
> root 1119 0.1 0.5 868 500 ? D 14:53 0:00 repquota -a
>
> I've tried with kill -9 pid but nothing happened. Is there
> anything I can do without having to reboot?
Please refer to the documentation of top and ps. 'D' as status means
non-interruptible. This is used when opening a file for writing, mounting
or umounting filesystems etc. You can't interrupt or terminate a program
in such a state.
'D' mainly occurs if you run into severe disk problems - or removed
a disk without telling the system. In case of severe disk problems
a reboot combined with a filesystem check would be a good idea.
Regards,
Joey
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