Your missing my point... downloading several files in parallel off of the same server IS SLOWER because you introduce a TREMENDOUS overhead of bouncing the read/write head all over the place.
Hmm. It seems like experience of someone running OS from the swap. Buying more RAM, can reduce hard disk activity.
Doesn't Smart download in parallel (both when updating the repositories and when downloading RPMs)? It sure seems like it does on my computer... and I certainly do not have any problems with a read write head bouncing all over the place. I download multiple files at the same time with BitTorrent... no problems. I download multiple files at the same time via my web browser... no problems. I thought the whole point of a multitasking OS was to do things in parallel... not serially.... including downloads. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org