[Bug 155047] Re: gparted hangs "Scanning all Devices" forever (because of /dev/fd0)

[Phillip Susi]

If you do not have a floppy drive, then you must not configure your bios
to think that you do.

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Title:
  gparted hangs "Scanning all Devices" forever (because of /dev/fd0)

Status in GParted:
  Fix Released
Status in gparted package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
     In my system, starting gparted all I get is the app window saying
  "Scanning all devices" for ever (== at least half an hour... that's as
  far as my patience goes :))

  If a floppy drive is activated in the computer BIOS, but not available
  physically, gparted enters an infinite loop while scanning devices.

  WORKAROUNDS:
  a) disable your floppy drive in the computer BIOS
  b) start gparted with the device you want to work on, e.g. "gparted /dev/sda"
  c) NOT RECOMMENDED/UNTESTED: move away /dev/fd0 before starting gparted

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