The home folders (for things like Documents, Music, Pictures, etc) are not picky at all. I have them on my external data drive, and is a very simple process, following on from @Spyder:
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So the easiest way to automatically mount the drive is when the system starts. Use Disks (under Accessories) to create the fstab entry for you.
- Click the cogs for that partition and choose “Edit Mount Options”.
- Uncheck “Automatic Mount Options” and choose “Mount at startup” and any other things you may like (like a display name “Data Drive”)
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Now it’s best to check you have the right mount point, or your symbolic links won’t work on next reboot. For instance, mine is
/media/Data. You could reboot the system at this point to be sure it’s mounting. -
Open your home folder, delete the old folder.
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Open your Data drive, create a symbolic link and middle-click drag it over, renaming it.
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Repeat for each folder you’re looking to replace. Works for the hidden
.files too.
The only possible side effect is that the default “bookmarks” in the File Manager disappear, but you could re-bookmark them if you desire.
It may be a good idea to edit this file if you change the folder names:
/home/<USERNAME>/.config/user-dirs.dirs