Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 21 Dec 1996 01:26:17 -0400 (AST) | From | William Burrow <> | Subject | Re: How do I kill a process that is locked to a resource |
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On Fri, 20 Dec 1996, Nathan Bryant wrote:
> Hacking the kernel to "really kill" something is not the solution. An > unkillable process indicates an error somewhere else.
The error could indeed be in the kernel, as you went on to point out for your SCSI problem.
This unkillable process/unusable device deadlock does occur for floppy drives and externally powered devices (eg Zip drives). In the latter case, the power supply to the Zip drive could accidentally be yanked out. If the user does not notice this, then a process that accesses the drive will cause the deadlock. A reboot will be necessary.
In the case of the floppy drive, if one does the DOS-ish thing of popping out a diskette and putting another in while the first is still mounted, then one not only gets the deadlock when accessing the floppy again, but also an Oops.
-- William Burrow -- Fredericton Area Network, New Brunswick, Canada Copyright 1996 William Burrow Canada's federal regulator says it may regulate content on the Internet to provide for more Canadian content. (Ottawa Citizen 15 Nov 96 D15)
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