[gentoo-user] Advice about setting up split home directory

["Alan E. Davis" <lngndvs@gmail.com>]

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Thanks to advice on this list I have a reasonably stable system now, and
it's time to get hands dirty.   I have more GB of collected files than I can
fit into my ~/ home directory, so I am planning to link several partitions
to ~/ in an effort to organize this mass.

1.  How could one reasonably link a subdir of a partition as a subdir or
folder of one's ~/, for example, /dev/sdd3/VIDEO (partition on that
partition called VIDEO) as a subdirectory, ~/VIDEO?  I want ~/VIDEO to
behave identically as it would if it were on the same partition as ~/ .  At
least to the greatest extent possible.  I have seen some arcane arrangement
somewhere, but to what extent is that necessary to do?  I would rather avoid
having to mount the entire parition as a subdir, and then have to access,
for example, ~/ARCHIVE/VIDEO.

2.  As an aside, Nautllus (~/amd64 Gnome overlay, version 2.23.5.1) behavior
differs from that in Ubuntu. I have resisted the use of a GUI file manager
for a long time, except for a few tasks, and especially I have avoided
nautilus as a tool for moving files around the system.  The availability of
bookmarks in the sidepane is highly useful, however, and I've gotten used
to it.  Can I remove the display of ~/media/* from the sidepanel?  This has
enabled me to organize my system much more effectively.  Thunar is more to
my taste in this way, but nautilus has other useful features, including it
is integrated with gnome.

Thank you for any advice.  Also thanks to the list for past helpful advice.


Alan

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Alan Davis

"It's never a matter of liking or disliking ..."
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