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RE: Howto prevent full disk crypto from wiping entire drive/partition?



> I have open a wishlist bug report [1] describing your issue.  Work still
> needs to be done, though.
> 
> If you feel like giving it a shot, you can probably start by hacking
> autopartition-crypto and adding:
>         echo> $id/skip_erase
> near:
>         echo dm-crypt> $id/crypto_type
> 
> As a side note, I don't see this option be added soon if you don't
> provide us with some patches.  So don't hesitate to give it a try [2].
> 
> [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=476388
> [2] Frans' paper can be helpful:
>     http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/doc/talks/debconf6/paper/

Thank you very much for your guidance. I will certainly look into it. As stated in your bugreport, it is indeed mainly for testing-purposes.

With regards,

T. Nan
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