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Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation

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On 10/16/2021 08:13 AM, Brian wrote:
> On Sat 16 Oct 2021 at 07:42:39 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> 
>> On 10/16/2021 07:19 AM, 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 :)
>>>>
>>>> *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.
>>>
>>
>>   Not a 10/10 as it was the d-i menu that prompted the question ;{
> 
> You're a hard man! :)

WHO? ME? *ROFL*
It may have been hardware rather than software, but >30 years in the 
trenches of tech support (including QA/QC and field inspection) can be 
termed "educational" ;}

> 
>> Is there documentation for the details of that sub-menu?
> 
> Not that I have seen. The Installation Guide would be the first place
> to look for it.

Having written documentation on occasion, I  approve of reading same.
By three references to placing /var/mail on its own partition 
https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ hints what I want can be 
safe. But it gives no limits. That's *DANGEROUS*!

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Disk partitioning phase of installation Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-10-16 12:50 +0200
  Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com> - 2021-10-16 13:10 +0200
  Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation Linux-Fan <Ma_Sys.ma@web.de> - 2021-10-16 13:10 +0200
    Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-10-16 13:30 +0200
      Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-10-16 14:20 +0200
        Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-10-16 14:40 +0200
        Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-10-16 14:50 +0200
          Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-10-16 15:20 +0200
            Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-10-16 16:30 +0200
              Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-10-16 17:20 +0200
                Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-10-16 19:50 +0200
                Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-10-18 18:20 +0200
                Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-10-19 16:10 +0200
      Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2021-10-16 17:20 +0200
      Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation Tom Dial <tddial@comcast.net> - 2021-10-16 22:40 +0200

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