[NCLUG] Debian wheezy crypto install - skip the 6-hour erase?

[dann frazier]

On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 06:42:39PM -0700, John Gilmore wrote:
> I just had a install fail on me - but AFTER the six hour erase of the
> encrypted hard disk. Is there a way to skip that step the second time
> around?

Supposedly cancel will skip this:
  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=611196

  -dann

> How about skip it the first time through- the hard drive contained
> encrypted data to begin with, so is there really any point to erasing it
> anyway?
> 
> And on a not completely unrelated point - having restarted the install, is
> there a safe way to abort the erasure and continue the install?
> 
> I just really don't want to wait ANOTHER six hours before I can setup the
> LVM (AGAIN!) and try to install packages again. If there is a shortcut,
> maybe I can get the install completed and my home directory restored before
> I go to class tomorrow morning. It'd be nice to have my laptop with me.
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