Marc Haber <mh+debian-boot@zugschlus.de> writes: > On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 07:52:12PM +0000, josesanchez2782 wrote: >> Hello, I would like to suggest a new option in the Debian GUI installer. Currently, when you enable full disk encryption with LUKS, it automatically overwrites all the bits in the drive in the secure delete step before enabling LUKS and installing Debian. > > That option does already exist. It is however not obvious. And I always > forget to set it, too. I was under the impression that one could simply cancel the erase, and continue with the install. Actually, looking at the relevant templates, it is even supposed to tell you that: https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/partman-crypto/-/blob/master/debian/partman-crypto.templates?ref_type=heads#L222 "... This step may be skipped by cancelling this action, albeit ..." so if that's not showing up on the screen for you, please report a bug. Also, since Stretch (Debian 9) we've had a preseed variable for the purpose: partman-auto-crypto/erase_disks which can be set to 'false' to skip this step, as you can see here: https://preseed.debian.net/debian-preseed/stretch/amd64-main-full.txt (look for "erase_disks") HTH Cheers, Phil. -- Philip Hands -- https://hands.com/~phil
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