Re: killing dormant/dead processes

1999-09-24 Thread Peter Palfrader aka Weasel
On Thu, Sep 23, 1999 at 06:55:09PM -0700, Seth R Arnold wrote: > :) But, does anyone know a way to umount / and so forth before powering off? I would assume this is not pssible since at least one process always uses / or a directory below. If you look at your /etc/init.d/umountfs script, you can

Re: killing dormant/dead processes

1999-09-24 Thread Seth R Arnold
debian-user@lists.debian.org > cc:(bcc: Zane Drysdale/Diagnostic labs/64) > Subject: Re: killing dormant/dead processes > > > > > Can you init 1 or init 0? > > On Thu, Sep 23, 1999 at 03:26:17PM +1300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi > > > > I a

Re: killing dormant/dead processes

1999-09-23 Thread Peter Palfrader aka Weasel
On Fri, Sep 24, 1999 at 08:27:57AM +1300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I used the power off switch... > risky, but it worked. Compile 'Kernel Hacking' into your kernel. Now you can use Alt-SysRQ-S to sync your disk and Alt-SysRQ-U to mount everything read only. This way it's more likely to avoid

Re: killing dormant/dead processes

1999-09-23 Thread zdrysdal
labs/64) Subject: Re: killing dormant/dead processes Can you init 1 or init 0? On Thu, Sep 23, 1999 at 03:26:17PM +1300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > > I am trying to shutdown a server and it says it is already shutting down... > i discovered a shutdown process but it seems to

Re: killing dormant/dead processes

1999-09-23 Thread Seth R Arnold
Can you init 1 or init 0? On Thu, Sep 23, 1999 at 03:26:17PM +1300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > > I am trying to shutdown a server and it says it is already shutting down... > i discovered a shutdown process but it seems to be dead and i cannot kill > it off with kill -9. > > ie > > 993