How to kill processes in state "uninterruptible sleep"

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From: Josef Fuerst
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 12:17

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On RedHat 6.2 on IBM Netfinity 5100 with 20/40GB DDS4 DAT device we
frequently have processes accessing the DAT ending in a state of
"uninterruptible sleep". The only solution up to now was a server
reboot.

My questions:
1. How can we avoid a status of "uninterruptible sleep"? On our system,
it occurs mainly due to not enough space on the cartridge, but also when
reading with tar. 
2. How can I kill such a process without rebooting?

Thank you,
Josef Fuerst

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From: Josef Fuerst <fuerst@edv2.boku.ac.at>
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Subject: How to kill processes in state "uninterruptible sleep"
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