On Sun 31 Jul 2022 at 10:01:11 (+0100), Piscium wrote: > On Sat, 30 Jul 2022 at 03:04, David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > > > People with more experience of preseeding might comment on > > whether this suggestion would work. I notice that this option > > is available, which might be what you want: > > It seems like preseeding requires the building of an iso? If so that > is not I was looking for as there is a bit of work to do that that!
If that is so, so be it. I've not seen that, and without your giving a reference, I can't comment. > > ┌──────────┤ Erasing data on SCSI1 (0,0,0), partition #5 (sda) > > ├──────────┐ > > │ > > │ > > │ 100% > > │ > > │ > > │ > > │ The installer is now overwriting SCSI1 (0,0,0), partition #5 (sda) > > │ > > │ with random data to prevent meta-information leaks from the encrypted > > │ > > │ volume. This step may be skipped by cancelling this action, albeit at > > │ > > │ the expense of a slight reduction of the quality of the encryption. > > │ > > │ <Cancel> > > │ > > │ > > │ > > > > └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ > > Interesting. So it seems that in expert mode and/or non-graphical > install there is a message that says that randomising can be > cancelled. I don't recall seeing that in the graphical non-expert > mode. That would be consistent with the notion that non-expert installation might select options that expert installation would have as a default, and also a good reason to preseed it. Cheers, David.
