Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation

2021-10-19 Thread Brian
On Mon 18 Oct 2021 at 11:07:05 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Sat 16 Oct 2021 at 18:47:25 (+0100), Brian wrote: > > On Sat 16 Oct 2021 at 10:12:34 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > > [Lots of snipping] > > > > > If you want to see a blow-by-blow example of the partitioner, you > > > could revisit

Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation

2021-10-18 Thread David Wright
On Sat 16 Oct 2021 at 18:47:25 (+0100), Brian wrote: > On Sat 16 Oct 2021 at 10:12:34 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > [Lots of snipping] > > > 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

Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation

2021-10-16 Thread Tom Dial
gt; 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

Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation

2021-10-16 Thread Brian
On Sat 16 Oct 2021 at 10:12:34 -0500, David Wright wrote: [Lots of snipping] > 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.

Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation

2021-10-16 Thread David Wright
gt; > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 cor

Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation

2021-10-16 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 06:27:49AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > 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? Yes, because when you specify what filesystem or ot

Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation

2021-10-16 Thread Richard Owlett
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

Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation

2021-10-16 Thread Brian
> > ├── Notebooks > > > > > └── Pictures > > > > > > > > > > My questions: > > > > > 1. Can I have /home/richard/Downloads be on its own partition? > > > > > > > > Yes. The only thing to consider is that

Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation

2021-10-16 Thread Richard Owlett
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

Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation

2021-10-16 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
tions: > > > > 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 questi

Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation

2021-10-16 Thread Brian
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. > > Rephras

Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation

2021-10-16 Thread Richard Owlett
? 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 m

Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation

2021-10-16 Thread Linux-Fan
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 bed on its own partition? Yes. The only thing to consider is that

Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation

2021-10-16 Thread piorunz
On 16/10/2021 11:39, Richard Owlett wrote: 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 bed on its own partition? Of course. Create a p

Disk partitioning phase of installation

2021-10-16 Thread Richard Owlett
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 bed on its own partition? 2. How could I have found the answer? TIA