Mike, what about the downgrade question? I would think he should just leave extra RAM and big hard drives in place. On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Mike Cook <mikecook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > For better or worse we have been putting everything in the root partition. > We don't use LVM or encryption. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Germano > Sent: Feb 16, 2011 12:27 PM > To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: Donation questions > > Should '/' and '/home' be separate partitions or are those space > requirements only if we're running on multiple hard drives? (We can't use > the Guided partitioner in setup if we want to have them on their own > partition.) Also harddrive related, we aren't using LVM or encrypting home > directories, are we? > > Tony > > ------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:13:35 -0500 > From: mikecook@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: Donation questions > > I don't have any problem with you picking up some parts to complete these > systems. > The recommended (by me, we have no official spec) minimum specs are: > # 1 GHz x86 processor > # 512MB of system memory (RAM) > # 15 GB of disk space (5 for OS files; 10 for /home directory) > <snip></snip> > > ** This list is PUBLICLY archived. ** PLEASE don't post personal or > sensitive information unless you wish for it to be in the public domain. > Email addresses are removed from the archive but other items included in the > body of the email will be shown. To visit the main website for Free Geek > Michiana go to http://www.freegeekmichiana.org To post to the list send > email to frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx The archive is available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/frgeek-michiana/ You may unsubscribe or > change your list settings by going to the list website at > //www.freelists.org/webpage/frgeek-michiana