Re: can't "kill -9" processes on Ultrix/RISC

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From: Mike Iglesias
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 22:26

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In article <JOY8ZMC@gwdu03.gwdg.de> moeller@gwdgv1.gwdg.de writes:
>Maybe someone in this group has seen it before:
>
>On Ultrix/RISC 4.2A we often find processes that 
>can't be killed (by root, "kill -9") - short of a reboot.
>
>Is this expected behaviour under some circumstances?

Yes, especially if the process is stuck in D state waiting for a disk or
NFS server (and the partition is hard mounted).  Annoying, isn't it?


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