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yes, the 'reverse' process mentioned by chalesV seems to be very close. currently, the variety of mx file managers generate a symlink to the user default folders on the hard drive, which is the opposite of what i need to setup. (e.g.,, i need a symlink pointing AWAY from /user/home/lin/documents ...

thanks for the replies. given this is unfeasible, i guess one somewhat of a consolation would be a handy mx tool to move a given user home elsewhere (another partition or usb). but it seems a lot of mx users also would like such a feature for a long time, so not unique. i will try to submit that ...

despite being fairly experienced with mx, i have been unable to figure out how to setup a single username account that will utilize a usb drive as home for multiple LTS mx versions (mx21, mx23) on multiple computers. for example, when i logout out of the mx default startup user to lin, then i would ...

thx for the reply, but unsure what you want me to try. there is no selection for different grub screens upon boot, but the one and only grub screen shows all installed linux options EXCEPT the latest kernel installed. maybe info below helps : there are 2 .efi files, located in : /media/SYSTEM/EFI ...

thx all. the quick sys info tool does not seem to detail all partitions, but all been set to automount via the checkbox on disks tool. am also attaching the boot repair log file. below is info when selecting mx23 boot from 'B' partition (which formerly housed windows for dual boot configured with ...

sorry, for the delay, i was waiting for a new kernel and then hit the mxlinux.org captcha problem for weeks. (the latter which i was able to work through on the default firefox by using incognito mode here) although the solution offered worked once, i would mark this solution as fail. new linux ...

have several partitions on a single HDD laptop ; partition 'A' : mx19, via windows dual boot install selection, and then windows was removed. partition 'B' : mx23 , installed from usb after windows was removed took some guessing, but mx23 would not show for boot until one time i booted into mx19 and ...