Marc Haber <mh+debian-b...@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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