Auto detection of Linux software RAID devices was lost in GParted
0.3.8. This was because device scanning by the libparted device
call ped_device_probe_all() was replaced with custom code within
GParted to scan /proc/partitions for devices.
The reason the libparted call was replaced was due to a long
scanning problem with ped_device_probe_all(), a non-existent
physical floppy device, and a BIOS setting indicating a floppy
drive existed. See bug #351753:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=351753
When used with parted-2.0, GParted would display a warning
message indicating "kernel unable to re-read partition table" on
every device scan for each device with at least one partition
mounted. Device scans occur when GParted starts up, immediately
after a series of actions are applied, and upon manually invoked
device refreshes. This, I believe, is excessive notification to
the user and would be annoying.
Improve the feedback to the user when creating or pasting a
partition on a device with no partition table found.
Prior to this enhancement if a user tried to create or paste a
partition onto a device with no partition table found, GParted
would present the user with a Create Partition Table dialog.
When creating a new partition this could cause confusion for
users who were trying to format the disk. The user could
mistakenly believe the choice of an MS-DOS file system was being
presented.
Similarly on a paste operation it could be confusing to be
presented with a dialog to create a partition table without any
explanation of why a partition table was suddenly required in the
midst of the paste operation.
Neither the new partition creation, nor the partition paste
actions were performed after the Create Partition Table dialog
was displayed.
Removed the "-a" flag from the dosfsck command that is used to
determine the number of used sectors in FAT16 and FAT32 file systems.
Related to GParted bug #569921
In order to find a match between the device paths in mount files and
partitions as found by libparted, the mount device must be a real path
and not a symbolic link.
Closes GParted bug #582687
Curtis Gedak