> > Anything I can do to resolve this?
> 
> most likely, the disk driver missed posting completion for a given
> buffer (for whatever reason; driver goofup, missed interrupt, etc.).
> 
> You're not going to be able to get rid of those processes until you
> reboot.
> 
> What kind of machine was this on?  Noname?  The 'ncr' SCSI driver is
> known to be bug-ridden, and filled with timing problems, but that's
> not much consolation for you.  8-)

Noname. dmesg same as I've posted you previously. I've been hitting on it
pretty hard lately and this is the first time there's been a problem.

fsck on reboot fixed the slices with no obvious loss. 8-).

> 
> 
> chris
> 


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