Floppies can't be partitioned anyhow, and some people have
misconfigured bios that thinks there is a floppy when there
actually isn't, and trying to scan it causes hanging.
---
NEWS | 3 +++
libparted/arch/linux.c | 1 +
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d85667a..7bcee96 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ GNU parted NEWS -*-
outline -*-
informs kernel about new partitions on partitionable MD RAID devices.
** Changes in behavior
+ Floppy drives will no longer be scanned on linux, as they can not be
+ partitioned anyhow, and some users have misconfigured bios that claims
+ to have a floppy when they don't, and scanning gets hung up.
parted: mkpart command has changed semantics with regard to specifying end
of the partition. If the end is specified using MiB, GiB, etc. unit, parted
diff --git a/libparted/arch/linux.c b/libparted/arch/linux.c
index 6693cd7..07fc97c 100644
--- a/libparted/arch/linux.c
+++ b/libparted/arch/linux.c
@@ -2125,6 +2125,7 @@ _skip_entry (const char *name)
{ "dm-", sizeof ("dm-") - 1 },
{ "loop", sizeof ("loop") - 1 },
{ "ram", sizeof ("ram") - 1 },
+ { "fd", sizeof ("fd") - 1 },
{ 0, 0 },
};
--
1.7.5.4
