hi. so, i'm going completely crazy and i was wondering if someone might point me in a direction i haven't tried yet. yesterday afternoon: mt -f /dev/nst0 erase no response. wait a bit. ps tells me it's dead. kill 22107 kill -9 22107 kill -KILL 22107 nothing. ps fauwx, then killed all process associated with it. still, this damn process will not go away. maybe i'm being stupid, and i hope i am, but is there anything left to do before rebooting? anyway, any help would be greatly appreciate as i'd just as soon not bring down this machine.. thanks nick ------------------------------------------ unix. nick thompson npt at visi.com ------------------------------------------