On Sun, 2013-09-01 at 01:31 +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > 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 I have to wonder why this is so slow. We should be able to write about 100 MB/s sequentially to a recent HD, so 750 GB would take about 2 hours and not 36 hours. Is encryption really that expensive, and if so can we fix this by adding accelerated crypto drivers to d-i (such as aesni_intel)? Ben. -- Ben Hutchings The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere. - Anne Morrow Lindberg
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