>I had, unfortunately, an opportunity to try to use badsect(8) the
>other day. Unfortunately, it didn't work, giving me an error that
>I now cannot remember (it was 3 a.m. at the time :-)) but indicating
>that it couldn't write to that device (I believe it was `device
>busy', come to think of it).

> [ ... ]

>And should I fix this and submit a PR?

	I've done this already, however, I am completely unable, using
the www.netbsd.org website, to locate my PR in the bugs database. I also
have not seen a change go in, and have not received notification
concerning it, other than the automatic reply (which I seem to have 
removed).

Cheers,
Phil
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Phillip F Knaack
Database Programmer, Information Development for Extension Audiences (IDEA)
Iowa State University Extension