Tiny Core Linux

General TC => General TC Talk => Topic started by: limeblack on October 21, 2015, 03:30:09 PM

Title: Site down onlong with mirrors
Post by: limeblack on October 21, 2015, 03:30:09 PM

I read this and tried this

http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,19021.0.html

but got ftp login: Login authentication failed

I find it funny that the automatic mirrors option built in TC6 doesn't work but it could be a problem on my end.

Title: Re: Site down onlong with mirrors
Post by: curaga on October 21, 2015, 04:12:11 PM

The wget works for me on the latest Core x86. The automatic get-fastest-mirror option tries to get the mirror list from the main server, if you don't already have it, which fails for obvious reasons.

Title: Re: Site down onlong with mirrors
Post by: nitram on October 21, 2015, 05:11:45 PM

Hi limeblack.
If Apps gets hung-up after downloading mirrors.tcz and running Select Fastest Mirror, manually edit /opt/tcemirror.
Example, replace old/down repository in tcemirror with:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/

Title: Re: Site down onlong with mirrors
Post by: limeblack on October 21, 2015, 06:25:38 PM

@nitram Thank you that works
@curaga Is there a way to change this behavior so it doesn't happen again?

Title: Re: Site down onlong with mirrors
Post by: nitram on October 21, 2015, 06:45:22 PM

No problem.

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Is there a way to change this behavior so it doesn't happen again?

Me thinks this is a valid question. I experienced this issue in TC4 and now again in TC6. If a mirror listed in mirrors.tcz is no longer available, Apps appears to hang indefinitely (1/2 progress bar) when checking for fastest mirror. It does not appear to timeout gracefully after a few seconds and move on to test the next repository listed. It bothered me so much that as an inexperienced newbie i re-submitted mirrors.tcz for TC4. After all dead mirrors were removed, Apps successfully check for quickest mirror without issue.

Title: Re: Site down onlong with mirrors
Post by: curaga on October 22, 2015, 05:21:22 AM

There's a 10-second timeout, but it probably wasn't in busybox in TC4.

Title: Re: Site down onlong with mirrors
Post by: nitram on October 22, 2015, 05:54:58 AM

There have been lots of improvements since TC4 for sure. Just ran 'Select Fastest Mirror' in TC6 x86 again, ~ 10 count and it found the fastest despite repo.tinycorelinux.net still being down. So guess all is good. Funny problematic earlier today, maybe a fresh boot fixed.

Title: Re: Site down onlong with mirrors
Post by: nitram on October 25, 2015, 12:22:25 AM

Hi guys, http://repo.tinycorelinux.net/ is unavailable again for some reason.

Title: Re: Site down onlong with mirrors
Post by: curaga on October 25, 2015, 05:05:12 AM

Looks like another hw issue :(