[ale] What is using the disk??

Mon Apr 7 09:05:49 EDT 2003

On Mon, 2003-04-07 at 08:45, Armsby John-G16665 wrote:
> I have redhat 8.0, ext3.  The "write/read" light on the box has been illuminated for days.  I don't hear the usual rattle of a hard drive being read or written to.  How do I find out what process is using the disk?  I tried to umount it but the "device is busy".
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> John
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