[linux-help] Re: floppy problem

["Zitzelsperger, Peter (Peter)" <peter.zitzelsperger@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I tried to copy a small file (~95k) to a blank floppy using 
> mcopy.  Got 
> a segmentation fault.  Tried again and the terminal gave me a blank 
> line.  Cntl-C had no effect.  Couldn't get my terminal back.
> 
> Opened another terminal and tried "cp file-name  /mnt/floppy/" then 
> "umount /mnt/floppy"    Got back "device busy"
> 
> Looked in ps -aux and the mcopy command is there with pid 12310 and 
> status D.  It can't be killed with kill 12310.  
> 
> Status D means uninterruptible sleep according to the man page.
> 
> The line that shows up with "ps -aux" is this:
> bruce    12310  0.0  0.0  1612  552 ?        D    10:38   0:00 mcopy 
> gcc /mnt/floppy/
> 
> Short of restarting kde, is there any way to kill an uninterruptible 
> sleeping process?  Or perhaps restarting kde won't kill it?
Using 'kill -s <signal>' could do. Use the most cruel signal, 9 
(or SIGKILL) [see man 7 signal] or say short:

kill -9 12310


cheers, Peter.
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