I'm having a similar problem where gparted hangs but I don't think is because of missing floppy drive.
If I start gparted from the terminal here's what I get:
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libparted : 1.7.1
automounting disabled
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Unable to open /dev/scd0 read-write (Read-only file system). /dev/scd0 has been opened read-only.
Unable to open /dev/scd0 - unrecognised disk label.
I'm having a similar problem where gparted hangs but I don't think is because of missing floppy drive.
If I start gparted from the terminal here's what I get:
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libparted : 1.7.1
automounting disabled
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Unable to open /dev/scd0 read-write (Read-only file system). /dev/scd0 has been opened read-only.
Unable to open /dev/scd0 - unrecognised disk label.