Thanks to both responders. The separate data storage partition was set up with /Documents and /Downloads sub-directories. It was mounted in
/etc/fstab in both OS's. Ownership was set with chown. Symlinks were created from the Desktops in each OS to the Documents and Downloads sub-directories after a little experimentation on exactly how to write out the script. It was easiest to link the 2 sub-directories to ~/Desktop, and it all worked. The links show on the Desktop as I had hoped.
I renamed the pre-existing Documents and Downloads sub-directories to specify that they're for temporary use only, but their parent, /home, will continue to contain all the configuration files. There shouldn't be any conflict between the OS's that way. Thanks for the reassurance that this would work!![:)]( "Smile")
/etc/fstab in both OS's. Ownership was set with chown. Symlinks were created from the Desktops in each OS to the Documents and Downloads sub-directories after a little experimentation on exactly how to write out the script. It was easiest to link the 2 sub-directories to ~/Desktop, and it all worked. The links show on the Desktop as I had hoped.
I renamed the pre-existing Documents and Downloads sub-directories to specify that they're for temporary use only, but their parent, /home, will continue to contain all the configuration files. There shouldn't be any conflict between the OS's that way. Thanks for the reassurance that this would work!
Statistics: Posted by Redrock3 — 2024-04-16 00:59