On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 01:19:05PM +0100, Brian wrote: > 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 :) > >
Richard: You have the Dell machine - you could always use this for trying things out. There does come a time at which there is too much documentation to find in general terms. Trying a text mode install three or four times with different options and stepping through the questions you are asked would also be a good and useful experiment sometime. > > *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. >
