Comment 161 for bug 438136

adMcb [2010-06-08 15:07 -0000]:
> Ok. We all know that the bug is affecting us, but what is the solution
> for this?

It got fixed in 10.04, and for 9.10 (karmic) the fix is in
karmic-proposed, waiting to be tested. Please see the updated
description for how to test it.

> I already repaired my disk with HDD Regenerator, and only 10
> sectors showed me that same bad completely repaired, and Ubuntu 4.10
> Netbook keeps telling me I have 29 000 for bad blocks

The patch only changes the threshold at which it starts notifying you
(which was very low and incorrect previously). 29.000 bad blocks
does sound like something you should start being concerned about,
though. Apparently your HDD still has enough spare blocks to cope, but
you should watch out whether this number increases over time. If it
rapidly does, consider getting a new HDD before you get serious data
loss.