I decided it was time to test my skills with bad144 after I started
getting errors of the following kind:

Mar 28 13:43:30 babylon5 /netbsd: wd0e:  uncorrectable data error
reading fsbn 6517424 of 6517424-6517439 (wd0 bn 7130288; cn 7073 tn 11
sn 11), retrying
Mar 28 13:43:30 babylon5 /netbsd: wd0e:  uncorrectable data error
reading fsbn 6517426 of 6517424-6517439 (wd0 bn 7130290; cn 7073 tn 11
sn 13), retrying

after `bad144 wd0 11 7130288` `bad144 wd0` gave me:
bad block information at sector 7539777 in :
cartridge serial number: 11(10)
sn=7130288, cn=7073, tn=11, sn=11

but after `bad144 -a wd0 13 7130290` `bad144 wd0` gives me:
bad block information at sector 7539777 in :
cartridge serial number: 11(10)
sn=13, cn=0, tn=0, sn=13
sn=7130288, cn=7073, tn=11, sn=11
sn=7130290, cn=7073, tn=11, sn=13

Seems like I got an extra bad block somewhere in the bootblock. Does
this matter? What am I doing wrong, if anything? Or is anything I'm doing
here doing any good to solve the my problem described at beginning of
the mail.

NetBSD 1.3K (BABYLON5) #29: Sun Mar 28 13:06:03 EEST 1999
    pooka@babylon5:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/BABYLON5
cpu0: family 5 model 2 step c
cpu0: Intel Pentium (P54C) (586-class)
real mem  = 66715648
avail mem = 59486208
using 2048 buffers containing 3440640 bytes of memory
mainbus0 (root)
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1
pci0: i/o enabled, memory enabled
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0
pchb0: Intel 82439HX System Controller (TXC) (rev. 0x03)
pcib0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0
pcib0: Intel 82371SB PCI-to-ISA Bridge (PIIX3) (rev. 0x01)
pciide0 at pci0 dev 7 function 1: Intel 82371SB IDE Interface (PIIX3)
pciide0: bus-master DMA support present
pciide0: primary channel wired to compatibility mode
wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <QUANTUM FIREBALL_TM3840A>
wd0: drive supports 16-sector pio transfers, lba addressing
wd0: 3681MB, 7480 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 7539840 sectors
wd0: 32-bits data port
wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2
pciide0: primary channel interrupting at irq 14
pciide0: secondary channel wired to compatibility mode
atapibus0 at pciide0 channel 1
cd0 at atapibus0 drive 0: <IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM, , M4C6> type 5 cdrom removable
cd0: 32-bits data port
cd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 1, Ultra-DMA mode 2
wd1 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 1: <WDC AC33100H>
wd1: drive supports 16-sector pio transfers, lba addressing
wd1: 3020MB, 6136 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 6185088 sectors
wd1: 32-bits data port
wd1: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2
pciide0: secondary channel interrupting at irq 15
wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2 (using DMA data transfers)
cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 0, DMA mode 1 (using DMA data transfers)
wd1(pciide0:1:1): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2 (using DMA data transfers)
Matrox MGA Millennium 2064W ("Storm") (VGA display, revision 0x01) at pci0 dev 11 function 0 not configured
isa0 at pcib0
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns16550a, working fifo
com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3: ns16550a, working fifo
lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378-0x37b irq 7
sb0 at isa0 port 0x220-0x237 irq 5 drq 1 drq2 5: dsp v4.12
audio0 at sb0: full duplex
opl0 at sb0: model OPL3
midi0 at opl0: <SB Yamaha OPL3>
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
midi1 at pcppi0: <PC speaker>
spkr0 at pcppi0
sysbeep0 at pcppi0
npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0-0xff: using exception 16
vt0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x6f irq 1
vt0: generic, 80 col, color, 8 scr, mf2-kbd, [R3.32]
vt0: console
fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2
fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB, 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
apm0 at mainbus0: Power Management spec V1.1
apm0: A/C state: on
apm0: battery charge state: no battery
biomask c040 netmask c040 ttymask c0c2
matchbiosdisks: no BIOS_GEOM info
boot device: wd0
root on wd0a dumps on wd0b
root file system type: ffs

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