[Bug 1698630] Re: Gparted Start scans whole system, even i want format usb device

[Curtis Gedak]

GParted already supports scanning only the devices you pass to it.  This
is most easily done from a terminal window.

For example if you wish to scan only /dev/sdf, you can use the
following:

sudo gparted /dev/sdf

See the GParted Manual [1] for more information.

[1] http://gparted.org/display-doc.php?name=help-manual#gparted-run-
from-cmd-line

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Title:
  Gparted Start scans whole system, even i want format usb device

Status in gparted package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  GParted 0.25.0
  Linux Mint 18.1 x64 MATE (based on Ubuntu 16.04)

  When i start it, it scanns my whole system, even if i want to format an usb device.
  Thats senseless.
  I don't want, that GParted starts scanning my whole slow HDD if i only want to resize my external HDD or USB device.
  As example, i want to resize one partition first, then execute the task and then gparted scans my internal HDD again, while I only want to make changes at my external hdd.

  Or when I start GParted.
  It should only start scanning a HDD if I CHOOSE IT.
  Not everything while it starts.

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