Re: Speed up installation: activate eatmydata-udeb by default and include eatmydata package in /pool
El mar, 6 abr 2021 a las 18:45, Samuel Thibault
(<sthibault@debian.org>) escribió:
>
> Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z, le mar. 06 avril 2021 18:16:49 -0400, a ecrit:
> > What would happen if you were installing Debian to dual-boot
> > with another OS?
>
> That is not a concern, only the partition getting installed is at risk.
Ok. So in case of a power cut, the other partitions remain unaffected.
> > What would happen if you were repartitioning the disk
> > with some other stuff in it? ...
>
> That, however, has to run without eatmydata.
>
> But AIUI the idea is to make only debootstrap and the apt-based install
> use eatmydata.
Hmm, if that's the case, then I do think it is a good idea
to include and activate by default eatmydata. debian-installer must,
however, be selective when using eatmydata; for example, it should
be disabled when using partman, to avoid cases like that presented above.
If it works only when doing the Debian installation per-se, which is
the most slow process, then there is nothing to lose.
Two days ago, I was trying to install Debian on a USB stick.
I think it took around 4 hours. It would be better to install it
a lot faster without having any real added risk.
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