Extensions server problem?

[thane]

This morning around 1 AM Pacific time I attempted to do an extensions upgrade. The process was very slow and I ended up aborting it. This left my USB stick missing MPlayer, getflash, and several gtk2 extensions. When I tried manually downloading these a single extension would download and then the download would halt with a wget or http error. Eventually I was able to complete downloading and now it looks like everything works on my box.

Just wondering if anyone else had similar problems. Probably a mistake to interrupt an extensions upgrade, but possibly it was running slow because of the server glitches. Hopefully these were temporary.

[Guy]

Others have had similar problems.

I think the server is very busy sometimes.

You can use another mirror.

To download extensions from a different mirror. Open the Control Panel. Click "Select Mirror." Type in a different mirror. Click "OK."

Another option is to edit /opt/.tcrc using a Root Text Editor. Use the same format as the existing.

Extensions may be downloaded from various internet sites. Examples include:

The official Tiny Core host

North Carolina, U.S.A.

ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/

Some other mirrors are:

Greece

http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/tinycorelinux/

ftp://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/tinycorelinux/

Netherlands

http://ftp.nluug.nl/os/Linux/distr/tinycorelinux/

http://ftp.vim.org/os/Linux/distr/tinycorelinux/

Be aware, when something is added or updated on the official site, there may be some time before it appears on the other mirrors.

[thane]

Thanks Guy.

Tried update extensions again last night. The process completed quickly with no updates or additional extensions needed.