Process Can't be KILL -9

[YLTan]

Hi
I tried to used pfs_mount to mount a CD. I go all of it right. Then I exit out from root and relogin back into oracle users. When I cd to /cdrom the whole terminal hung. I tried a lsof but that hung to. I tried a pfs_umount at root but that hung as well. Now I have several lsof and one pfs_umount which does not respond to kill -9 . Short of rebooting, is there any other way I can restore the situation.

My pfs_fstab is;
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0 /cdrom pfs-rrip xlat=unix 0

My pfs_mtab is;
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0 /cdrom pfs-rrip xlat=unix,Port=741

Hope someone can help.

regards

[Michael Tully · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Sorry but I think you'll need to re-boot. Once a process can't be teminated then the only way to actually terminate it is to reboot. Unfortunately 'pfs' and 'NFS' processes are notorious for this type of situation.

Good luck
Michael

[TrustNo1]

Hello,
One thing we have found out about pfs_mount is, DO NOT exit the session you start the daemons with, until you are COMPLETLY finished!
Once you finish installing the software, return to the original session, window and perform the "pfs_umount".
Then if you wish, you can kill the daemons you started.
(next reboot will take care of this too)
List them by performing a "ps", then kill them from the highest process ID on down.
~jdk