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Bug#721360: debian-installer: warn that blockdev-wipe can be very slow



Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> (2013-09-01):
> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 08:22:29PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote:
> > control: severity -1 wishlist
> > control: tags -1 +confirmed
> 
> Oh, gosh, I didn't realise *how* slow: it's taken about 36 *hours*
> (!!!) to wipe the 750GB disc.
> 
> That is not really going to endear Debian to people trying it for the
> first time or even not for the first time; there really has to be a
> better way of handling this!
> 
> I don't want to play bug-severity games, but I'd rate this higher than
> wishlist, as 36 hours to even begin the installation is unreasonable.

Like the 'Cancel' button?
| partman-crypto (23) unstable; urgency=low
| ...
|   * Make erase cancellable. Closes: #381898, #400034
| ...
|  -- Max Vozeler <xam@debian.org>  Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:01:43 +0100

Mraw,
KiBi.

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