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; there really has to be a > > better way of handling this! > > > > 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. > > Like the 'Cancel' button? > > Mraw, > KiBi.
Yes, there's a cancel button, but that might take me back to the partitioning process and then I'd have to start again perhaps - or does it just cancel the wiping stage? It's not clear, and I'm a little reticent to try, having been sitting here for so long already. (It's currently at 87% ;-) It seems to me (as a naïve user who's not looked into the installer process in detail) that before embarking on a disc wipe, it would be good to offer a choice: "Do you wish to wipe the disc before installing Debian? This has the advantage that ..., but it could take about NNN hours. Yes/No". Then either call blockdev-wipe or skip that step, depending upon the user's choice. Julian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130831235056.ga7...@d-and-j.net
