On Sat 16 Oct 2021 at 09:28:30 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > 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 :)
In this thread, on Sat 16 Oct 2021 at 12:39:25 (+0000), Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > 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. On Fri 06 Jan 2017 at 11:56:01 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > > IIRC the partitioning phase of installer does not allow specifying a > label for the swap partition. > > [ … ] > > I rarely install Jessie more than twice a day ;) > Although I may have installed Squeeze 5 times in one day. https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/01/msg00217.html > > > > > *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*! If you want to see a blow-by-blow example of the partitioner, you could revisit this post from a while back. IIRC the thread exercises most of the wrinkles that could occur if the user interface is misunderstood. https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/02/msg00153.html It's difficult to envisage a time when each and every d-i screen would be documented at this sort of level. I've no idea what the "limits" are of which you speak. Cheers, David.
