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Thanks for the above but i like to leave my machine running all day but prefer the screen to lock for security reasons when i leave it.
Any other thoughts please??

Snapshot created on: 20220115_1229 System: Kernel: 5.10.0-14-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.10.0-14-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.16.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21...

TY all & sorry for the ignorance of my very belated reply.

Difficult seaken64 as i want to install to part of a drive

I am installing MX21.
However, when i got to the partitioning part i saw this the attached.
This looks as if the installer wants to format my data in drives "mdat" & "save".

LOL
Thanks again.
Stay safe

Thanks agnivo007 ... your post empowered me to just go for it.
Rather than softlinks i decided to "byte" (pun on dig solution intended) the bullet & put the paths i wanted in fstab.

And it worked fine.
Thanks again.

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