On Sat 16 Oct 2021 at 06:27:49 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/16/2021 06:01 AM, Linux-Fan wrote: > > Richard Owlett writes: > > > > > I routinely place /home on its own partition. > > > Its structure resembles: > > > /home/richard > > > ├── Desktop > > > ├── Documents > > > ├── Downloads > > > ├── Notebooks > > > └── Pictures > > > > > > My questions: > > > 1. Can I have /home/richard/Downloads be on its own partition? > > > > Yes. The only thing to consider is that they are mounted in correct > > order i.e. first /home/richard then /home/richard/Downloads. > > I think my question was misunderstood. > Perhaps I should have repeated "Disk partitioning phase of installation" in > the body of my message. > > Rephrasing my question: > > Can I, during the manual disk partitioning phase, specify that > /home/richard/Downloads be on its own partition *AND* the rest of > /home/richard/ be on its own partition?
A moun point can be *manually* specified for any partition. > > Alternatively, you could mount them at independent times by using a > > mountpoint outside of /home/richard (e.g. /media/richards_downloads) and > > having `Downloads` as a symbolic link pointing to the mountpoint of > > choice (`ln -s /media/richards_downloads Downloads`). > > > > > 2. How could I have found the answer? > > > > By trying it out :) > > *BAD* answer. > Obviously I was asking how could I have found the appropriate documentation. 0/10? I reckon my answer deserves 10/10 :). Look at what d-i offers in its partitioning menu. -- Brian.
