[ale] GParted & unallocated space

[Chris Fowler]

On Tue, 2010-09-28 at 08:16 -0400, Tom Freeman wrote:
> One idiot's opinion here. Most people don't just blow the "restore" 
> partition away for a combination of reasons: lazy (me!! 8-(), lack of 
> needed tech skills, and the personal knowledge that there is a 95% 
> chance of losing the backup copy of the restore partition within two
> months.
> 
> Of course, I could be really wrong also. 

There is no reason to blow away the restore partition.  It is small,
GRUB can boot it, and it is your backup in case you lose your DVDs.