Just got my "new" Tonidoplug2 from newit.co.uk ...

hurricane · **Joined:** Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:34 am **Posts:** 1

But ...

_ the seal on the box was opened already, (smells refurbished)

_ the protective plastic on the Tonidoplug2 is loosely set (does not help the above feeling)

So I logged using ssh and ...

_ the machine has log files from the 5th March which says, among other things, that somebody from France, (a client of orange.fr) connected to it. The connection was not even closed properly.

_ there are 22 "bad erasebloc" messages on the boot :

Jul 23 19:54:01 TonidoPlug2 kernel: Scanning device for bad blocks
Jul 23 19:54:01 TonidoPlug2 kernel: Bad eraseblock 150 at 0x0000012c0000
Jul 23 19:54:01 TonidoPlug2 kernel: Bad eraseblock 158 at 0x0000013c0000
Jul 23 19:54:01 TonidoPlug2 kernel: Bad eraseblock 207 at 0x0000019e0000
Jul 23 19:54:01 TonidoPlug2 kernel: Bad eraseblock 1484 at 0x00000b980000
Jul 23 19:54:01 TonidoPlug2 kernel: Bad eraseblock 1488 at 0x00000ba00000
Jul 23 19:54:01 TonidoPlug2 kernel: Bad eraseblock 1490 at 0x00000ba40000
Jul 23 19:54:01 TonidoPlug2 kernel: Bad eraseblock 1494 at 0x00000bac0000
Jul 23 19:54:01 TonidoPlug2 kernel: Bad eraseblock 1506 at 0x00000bc40000
Jul 23 19:54:01 TonidoPlug2 kernel: Bad eraseblock 1528 at 0x00000bf00000
Jul 23 19:54:01 TonidoPlug2 kernel: Bad eraseblock 1532 at 0x00000bf80000
Jul 23 19:54:01 TonidoPlug2 kernel: Bad eraseblock 1548 at 0x00000c180000
Jul 23 19:54:01 TonidoPlug2 kernel: Bad eraseblock 1550 at 0x00000c1c0000
Jul 23 19:54:01 TonidoPlug2 kernel: Bad eraseblock 1570 at 0x00000c440000
Jul 23 19:54:01 TonidoPlug2 kernel: Bad eraseblock 1572 at 0x00000c480000
Jul 23 19:54:01 TonidoPlug2 kernel: Bad eraseblock 1582 at 0x00000c5c0000
Jul 23 19:54:01 TonidoPlug2 kernel: Bad eraseblock 1592 at 0x00000c700000
Jul 23 19:54:01 TonidoPlug2 kernel: Bad eraseblock 1604 at 0x00000c880000
Jul 23 19:54:01 TonidoPlug2 kernel: Bad eraseblock 1606 at 0x00000c8c0000
Jul 23 19:54:01 TonidoPlug2 kernel: Bad eraseblock 1608 at 0x00000c900000
Jul 23 19:54:01 TonidoPlug2 kernel: Bad eraseblock 1620 at 0x00000ca80000
Jul 23 19:54:01 TonidoPlug2 kernel: Bad eraseblock 2080 at 0x000010400000
Jul 23 19:54:01 TonidoPlug2 kernel: Bad eraseblock 3592 at 0x00001c100000

Code:

Mar  5 10:03:57 TonidoPlug2 kernel: UBI: attaching mtd3 to ubi0
Mar  5 10:03:57 TonidoPlug2 kernel: UBI: physical eraseblock size:   131072 bytes (128 KiB)
Mar  5 10:03:57 TonidoPlug2 kernel: UBI: logical eraseblock size:    129024 bytes
Mar  5 10:03:57 TonidoPlug2 kernel: UBI: smallest flash I/O unit:    2048
Mar  5 10:03:57 TonidoPlug2 kernel: UBI: sub-page size:              512
Mar  5 10:03:57 TonidoPlug2 kernel: UBI: VID header offset:          512 (aligned 512)
Mar  5 10:03:57 TonidoPlug2 kernel: UBI: data offset:                2048
Mar  5 10:03:57 TonidoPlug2 kernel: UBI: attached mtd3 to ubi0
Mar  5 10:03:57 TonidoPlug2 kernel: UBI: MTD device name:            "rootfs"
Mar  5 10:03:57 TonidoPlug2 kernel: UBI: MTD device size:            504 MiB
Mar  5 10:03:57 TonidoPlug2 kernel: UBI: number of good PEBs:        4010
Mar  5 10:03:57 TonidoPlug2 kernel: UBI: number of bad PEBs:         22
Mar  5 10:03:57 TonidoPlug2 kernel: UBI: max. allowed volumes:       128
Mar  5 10:03:57 TonidoPlug2 kernel: UBI: wear-leveling threshold:    4096
Mar  5 10:03:57 TonidoPlug2 kernel: UBI: number of internal volumes: 1
Mar  5 10:03:57 TonidoPlug2 kernel: UBI: number of user volumes:     1
Mar  5 10:03:57 TonidoPlug2 kernel: UBI: available PEBs:             65
Mar  5 10:03:57 TonidoPlug2 kernel: UBI: total number of reserved PEBs: 3945
Mar  5 10:03:57 TonidoPlug2 kernel: UBI: number of PEBs reserved for bad PEB handling: 40
Mar  5 10:03:57 TonidoPlug2 kernel: UBI: max/mean erase counter: 2/1
Mar  5 10:03:57 TonidoPlug2 kernel: UBI: image sequence number: 0

22 bad eraseblock / 40 reserved for
This smells "end-of-life" and I've got it one hour ago ...

And given the policy : "Please note that if you alter the TonidoPlug device software in anyway, you will void the warranty of the device."

How can I know that the device has not been altered in any way ? a.k.a I got a device void of warranty ... ?

Feedback/Advice ?

Tuxedo · **Joined:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:30 pm **Posts:** 1349

When the internal disk is manufactured, it contains certain number of bad blocks. These bad blocks will be marked when the UBIFS file system is created on the flash disk. The initial count will be in 20s. It won't grow after that. Normally it will be a block or two in a 2-3 year time frame. This is completely normal, so do not worry about this.

Quote:

And given the policy : "Please note that if you alter the TonidoPlug device software in anyway, you will void the warranty of the device."

This means that, if you install any debian package in the internal flash then we cannot support the plug anymore. Having said that, you can always boot your plug from a USB device and install the packages you want.

Just got my "new" Tonidoplug2 from newit.co.uk ...

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