The zombies are left by a bug in the device driver. Using external methods to get rid of it is just a kludge (though I must admit, a useful kludge for those without kernel sources). -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 4251) UUCP: seismo!umcp-cs!chris CSNet: chris at umcp-cs ARPA: chris at maryland