Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation
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.
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