Can't catalog or drop database

I was creating a db for pruning my db2hist files. That another thread. Problem is that the database that I created and lists in the db won't drop as it says from the db2 drop db DOD .....database DOD could not be found. List db directory shows it.
Database 1 entry:
Database alias                       = DMD
Database name                        = DMD
Local database directory             = /db2/P01
Database release level               = d.00
Comment                              =
Directory entry type                 = Indirect
Catalog database partition number    = 0
Alternate server hostname            =
Alternate server port number         =
I tried to catalog it but it doesn't work as the files are no longer there. How can I trick DB2 (or what do I need to do) to resolve this and get rid of this entry?
Thanks,
Len.

Hi Leonard
Could you please try below steps.
db2 "connect to DBSID"
db2 "quiesce database immediate force connections"
db2 "unquiesce database"
db2 "force application all"
db2stop force
db2start
db2 "drop database DBSID"
Thanks
Sadiq

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Edited by: 951932 on Sep 28, 2012 1:49 PM

Hello,
this is what I did, anyway, still failed. thank you very much.
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Variable Size 385876496 bytes
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ERROR at line 1:
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