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From: kmself@ix.netcom.com Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 16:06:44 -0800 To: svlug@svlug.org Subject: Re: [svlug] tape device is busy --KdquIMZPjGJQvRdI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable on Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 10:24:11AM -0800, Mike O'Neill (mikeo@redhillstudio= s.com) wrote: > I seemed to have successfully hung my tape device. When trying to access > it, I get the "device is busy" warning. There is a "mt" process that I > cannot get to go away. Short of rebooting, is there any other way to cle= ar > this? -m What's: $ fuser -v /dev/<tape device> say? It's possible to get drivers hung, one of the few reasons to boot a GNU/Linux box. How have you tried to "get to go away" this mt process? kill -9, perhaps? ===