If you have your /home files on a separate partition, the manual installer gives you the option of NOT formatting that partition, picking it for the /home partition. Then only - typically - the root / partition and swap are formatted which takes only seconds.
Is there something I missed in your question? Regards, David On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 7:53 PM Jude DaShiell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2021 18:51:47 > From: Linux for blind general discussion <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Skipping disk erase on Debian text-based installation > > Hi all, > > > I wonder if we can avoid disk erase process during debian text-based > installation? > > This process can take hours and it can be skipped on GUI based > installation. > Unfortunately it is not accessible :) > > > Regards > > -- > Edhoari Setiyoso > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > >
