Thank you Tommy for raising this issue. A fix has been developed and committed upstream to the GNOME git repository for inclusion in the next upstream release of GParted (0.6.3).
The relevant git commits can be viewed at the following links: Add new method active_partitions_on_device_count http://git.gnome.org/browse/gparted/commit/?id=f7cb37831ad556c8539c819239f53adf5c6a12da Prevent partition table creation if partitions are active http://git.gnome.org/browse/gparted/commit/?id=2d4c4017ca740cd46eb89e1b36f40ed7c8aef1e0 -- gparted allows user to overwrite active mounted partition https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/503125 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs