Assume hibernation file 'hiberfil.sys' is always on the boot volume?

Assume hibernation file 'hiberfil.sys' is always on the boot volume? Is is safe to assume that the hiberfil.sys is always located on the boot volume i.e. %SYSTEMDRIVE%? Or can it be relocated to another volume, or disk?
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Guest [Entry]

"This is what this thread, ""Move hibernate file to a different drive"", says:

You can't relocate the HIBERFIL.SYS
file to any partition other than the
boot partition. This is because it's
needed very early in to boot process
to resume from hiberation and the boot
loader (NTLDR) code, needing to be
compact and optimized, doesn't have
the ability to load the HIBERFIL.SYS
from an arbitrary location."

Guest [Entry]

It must be located always on the same drive where Windows reside, ala %systemdrive% (which is not necessary the boot volume).