diff -urN qtparted-0.4.5.orig/src/qp_devlist.cpp qtparted-0.4.5/src/qp_devlist.cpp

--- qtparted-0.4.5.orig/src/qp_devlist.cpp	2005-08-10 14:05:37 +0300

+++ qtparted-0.4.5/src/qp_devlist.cpp	2006-11-15 19:48:51 +0200

@@ -260,10 +260,7 @@

 			device->setShortname(dev->path);

 		PedDiskType *disktype = ped_disk_probe(dev);

-		if (disktype)

-			device->setPartitionTable(true);

-		else

-			device->setPartitionTable(false);

+		device->setPartitionTable((disktype && strncmp(disktype->name, "loop", 4)) ? true : false);

 		/*---get if the device is busy---*/

 		device->setIsBusy(ped_device_is_busy(dev));