The reason that it's not allowed is that, last I checked, HAL didn't report filesystems that spanned a disk, rather than a partition. I have, however, made your suggested change.
** Changed in: usb-creator (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Committed -- Python exception when attempting to write to full device https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/325375 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