existing encrypted partitions selected for overwriting by default

Chuck Anderson cra at WPI.EDU
Wed Nov 5 23:54:54 UTC 2008


Testing an new install on a laptop where I have an existing encrypted 
PV partition, I noticed that Anaconda offers up, checked by default, 
existing encrypted Physical Volumes to use when creating a new VG.  
This is very bad because unless the user is careful to uncheck the 
partitions backing encrypted PV's, they will end up overwriting their 
data without knowing it.

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