Symlinking to separate data drive: does method used depend on way LL installed?

[m654321]

Some time ago, goldfinger wrote an excellent tutorial explaining how to symlink the directories in the /home partition (i.e. Documents, Downloads, Music, etc) to a separate data drive: see https://www.freecinema2022.gq/forums/tutor.../#msg39688

The rationale for doing this is that if the OS drive crashes, the personal data files are separate and safe, i.e. no complicated data file recovery needed.

Towards the end of goldfinger's tutorial, he creates symlinks for the directories, using the following format, where /mnt/DATA is the mount point for the separate data drive:

Code:

ln -s /mnt/DATA/Documents  /home/yourusername

I have a question relating to the above command line:  Is this format for creating symlinks the same, whether LL is installed as either "/" only, or installed with separate "/" and "/home" partitions?

Many thanks in advance for your comments ...

[m654321]

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