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04-26-2011, 07:06 PM	#1
ZAMO Member Registered: Mar 2007 Distribution: Redhat &CentOS Posts: 598 Rep:	Kill the process in " D" state Is there anyway to kill the process under " D" state ? Googled , but not succeded . Any help is appreciated . Thanks

04-26-2011, 08:34 PM	#2
AlucardZero Senior Member Registered: May 2006 Location: USA Distribution: Debian Posts: 4,824 Rep:	Yes, fix whatever I/O device the processes are waiting on. If you can't do that, then reboot.

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