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From: johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu
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Subject: Re: Minor Hard Disk Question...
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Date: 28 May 91 21:19:26 GMT
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In article <1991May28.141229.22787@mmm.serc.3m.com>, pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby) writes...
  Basically, you back up the whole drive.  Then boot from the System Tools
  disk. Start HD Setup and select the target drive.  Go into Custom
  Partitioning.  You will see the current partition and a small bit of
  gray at the top (bottom?) of the partition map.  Select the main
  partition and DELETE it [NOTE: This is FATAL to all data on the
  disk--think for a second before you do it].
  Now add a partition that covers the WHOLE drive.  Quit HD Setup,
  reboot, and start restoring.

If one clicks Partition -> Custom -> Details, you'll see that the 
grey area is titled "Apple Free".  The size is about 900 K on a 
40 meg drive.  

My question:  does anyone know what is the purpose of setting aside
this space?  Is there any reason why one would NOT want to create     
a larger than default partition?

Bill (johnston@minnie.me.udel.edu)