[Wolves] defrag

[Mo Awkati]

Thanks David I'll try what you suggested

Mo



--- David Goodwin <david at codepoets.co.uk> wrote: > 
> > Hi David
> >
> > There is more choice from what you say but I am
> not familiar with the
> > terms yet except ext2 which I know now because I
> just had a go at
> > formating a floppy using KDE (using the live cd).
> How do I "KILL" a still
> > busy floppy? because after I completed the
> formatting the floppy drive
> > just stayed busy and everytime I tried to access
> it I got not accessible
> > or error messages. I know I need to use the 'kill'
> command but  I am not
> > sure how, does this sound right
> >
> > /bin/kill -a     //then I am not sure what else to
> add after the -a ???
> >
> >
> 
> Try something like :
> 
> lsof | grep floppy
> 
> or
> 
> lsof | grep fd0
> 
> that should list any processes accessing the floppy
> disk. From the pid
> given you can then attempt to kill them. (man lsof
> may give more help than
> me).
> 
> Firstly try a normal "kill" e.g.
> 
> kill 543
> 
> if that fails to kill it off after a few seconds,
> try a
> 
> kill -9 543
> 
> (543 == pid)
> 
> if that doesn't work then something is blocking
> it.... and the only way to
> stop it is probably a reboot, if you can't figure
> out what's going on.
> 
> floppys are probably best formatted with msdos/fat,
> so you can use them on
> any computer.
> 
> ext3 is like ext2, but has journalling - this allows
> for quicker recovery
> after a crash etc...
> 
> 
> David.
> 
> 
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> 
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