Nothings installs successfully

[nbt384]

Hows it going.

For the last couple of days, everytime I try to install something it either says:

"Error: wget: server returned error: HPTTP/1.1 416 Requested Range Not Satisfiable on leafpad.tcz"

or

"Error: mount: cannot setup loop device: No such file or directory"

I've tried changing mirrors, it doesn't help.

Any tips?

Thanks in advance.

[Juanito]

How are you trying to download the extension - using the appbrowser or downloading directly with wget or browser and http/ftp?

[althalus]

When I get that first error (request range not satisfiable) I'm usually trying to download an extension I've already got.

[Juanito]

When I get that first error (request range not satisfiable) I'm usually trying to download an extension I've already got.

OK, but again 

How are you trying to download the extension - using the appbrowser or downloading directly with wget or browser and http/ftp?

[gerald_clark]

Are you possibly running aout of loop devices?
http://www.tinycorelinux.com/faq.html#loops

[Guy]

Installation of extensions also fails if the owner and group of the /tce/optional directory is not tc:staff.

If you are using version 2.9 it should be correct. But check.

If you are using an earlier version, and you created the optional directory as root, expect installation of extensions to fail. If you change it to tc:staff it will work. Another option is to delete or rename the optional directory, then install extensions. A new one will be created with the correct owner and group.

[nbt384]

I'm hitting install - not ondemand.

I'm also using microcore, if that's of any significance.

"Are you possibly running aout of loop devices?"
I have no idea - I don't know what they are.

"If you are using version 2.9 it should be correct."
I wasn't aware that this was out - I can't find it under downloads. Is this the same as microcore-current.iso? Did you mean 2.8 (which is what I am using)?

"If you change it to tc:staff it will work"

How do I do this?

[althalus]

I'm hitting install - not ondemand.

I'm also using microcore, if that's of any significance.

"Are you possibly running aout of loop devices?"
I have no idea - I don't know what they are.

Each running extension consumes 1 loop device. By default, limit on loop devices is 96 (Running off memory here - could be wrong). At some point, you'll want to add max_loop=255 to your list of boot codes.

"If you are using version 2.9 it should be correct."
I wasn't aware that this was out - I can't find it under downloads. Is this the same as microcore-current.iso? Did you mean 2.8 (which is what I am using)?

Not final release, but there are numerous release candidates. I'm running 2.9rc4 right now, and it's just as stable (for me) as 2.8.

"If you change it to tc:staff it will work"

How do I do this?

sudo chown -R tc:staff /mnt/sda1/tc
(assuming TC is installed on sda1)