Warren, Perhaps the BIOS on the computer is misconfigured to indicate that a floppy disk device is present when the computer does not have a physical floppy disk drive.
See Ubuntu Launchpad Bug #910379 - Gparted does not start and continues to scan devices See also GParted FAQ http://gparted.org/faq.php#faq-11 Would you be able to check the BIOS settings with regards to the floppy drive? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1029149 Title: gparted automatically starts scanning all devices slowly and never completing the task To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gparted/+bug/1029149/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
