Bug#721360: debian-installer: warn that blockdev-wipe can be very slow

2013-09-01 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Sun, Sep 01, 2013 at 02:03:09PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Sonntag, 1. September 2013, Julian Gilbey wrote: > > 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. > > you can just cancel it and c

Bug#721360: debian-installer: warn that blockdev-wipe can be very slow

2013-09-01 Thread Holger Levsen
On Sonntag, 1. September 2013, Julian Gilbey wrote: > 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. you can just cancel it and continue. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed messag

Bug#721360: debian-installer: warn that blockdev-wipe can be very slow

2013-08-31 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Sun, Sep 01, 2013 at 02:32:40AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Julian Gilbey (2013-09-01): > > On Sun, Sep 01, 2013 at 01:31:38AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > > > Like the 'Cancel' button? > > I did write more than that, I quoted a changelog entry, which contains > bug references. If you h

Bug#721360: debian-installer: warn that blockdev-wipe can be very slow

2013-08-31 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Ben Hutchings (2013-09-01): > 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 dr

Bug#721360: debian-installer: warn that blockdev-wipe can be very slow

2013-08-31 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2013-09-01 at 01:31 +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Julian Gilbey (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 *hour

Bug#721360: debian-installer: warn that blockdev-wipe can be very slow

2013-08-31 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Julian Gilbey (2013-09-01): > On Sun, Sep 01, 2013 at 01:31:38AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > > Like the 'Cancel' button? I did write more than that, I quoted a changelog entry, which contains bug references. If you had read the whole *four* lines of #381898… > > Mraw, > > KiBi. > > Yes, the

Bug#721360: debian-installer: warn that blockdev-wipe can be very slow

2013-08-31 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Sun, Sep 01, 2013 at 01:31:38AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > > 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; the

Bug#721360: debian-installer: warn that blockdev-wipe can be very slow

2013-08-31 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Julian Gilbey (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 en

Bug#721360: debian-installer: warn that blockdev-wipe can be very slow

2013-08-31 Thread Julian Gilbey
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

Bug#721360: debian-installer: warn that blockdev-wipe can be very slow

2013-08-30 Thread Holger Levsen
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Bug#721360: debian-installer: warn that blockdev-wipe can be very slow

2013-08-30 Thread Julian Gilbey
Package: debian-installer Version: 20130613 I'm setting up a new install, using guided partitioning with LUKS encryption. I have a 750GB hard disk (a somewhat old machine!) and I've twice restarted it thinking that it had hung on the screen which says "Erasing data on SCSI1 ...". I then realised