[Kget] [Bug 245623] New: Download initialization to slow media may lock the whole system

[squan at web.de]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=245623

           Summary: Download initialization to slow media may lock the
                    whole system
           Product: kget
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Unlisted Binaries
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kget at kde.org
        ReportedBy: squan at web.de


Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.4.4) 
OS:                Linux

I tried to download a DVD ISO to a USB connected flash drive with FAT32 file
system.
The result was that my system was unusable with heavy IO load without any
download progress until I killed kget.

Could it be that before downloading kget tries to reserve a file of sufficient
space on the target media?
And could it be that this is impractical for direct download of hug files to a
USB connected device?





Reproducible: Didn't try

Steps to Reproduce:
1) Connect USB flash device
2) Download e.g.
http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/opensuse/distribution/11.3/iso/openSUSE-11.3-DVD-i586.iso
directly to the device

Actual Results:  
System under heavy IO load for several minutes

Expected Results:  
Download starts immediately

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