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diff --git a/content/blog/2020-01-26-steam-on-ntfs.md b/content/blog/2020-01-26-steam-on-ntfs.md index 74d1e71..187aaba 100644 --- a/content/blog/2020-01-26-steam-on-ntfs.md +++ b/content/blog/2020-01-26-steam-on-ntfs.md @@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ Screenshot](https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20200125-the-best-linux-software/steam. If you want to see how to install Steam on Linux, see my other post: [Linux Software](../linux-software/). -Are you having trouble launching games, even though they've installed -correctly? This may happen if you're storing your games on an NTFS-formatted -drive. This shouldn't be an issue if you're storing your games on the same -drive that Steam is on, but some gamers prefer to put Steam on their main drive -and game files on another SSD or HDD. +Are you having trouble launching games, even though they've installed correctly? +This may happen if you're storing your games on an NTFS-formatted drive. This +shouldn't be an issue if you're storing your games on the same drive that Steam +is on, but some gamers prefer to put Steam on their main drive and game files on +another SSD or HDD. To fix this problem, you'll need to try a few things. First, you'll need to install the `ntfs-3g` package, which is meant for better interoperability with @@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ mkdir /mnt/steam_library ``` To automatically mount drives upon system boot, you will need to collect a few -items. The UUID is the identification number connected to whichever drive -you're using to store Steam games. +items. The UUID is the identification number connected to whichever drive you're +using to store Steam games. -Drives are usually labeled similar to `/dev/nvme0n1p1` or `/dev/sda1`, so -you'll need to find the line in the output of the command below that correlates -to your drive and copy the UUID over to the `/etc/fstab` file. +Drives are usually labeled similar to `/dev/nvme0n1p1` or `/dev/sda1`, so you'll +need to find the line in the output of the command below that correlates to your +drive and copy the UUID over to the `/etc/fstab` file. ```sh sudo blkid | grep UUID= @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ sudo nano /etc/fstab Each drive you want to mount on boot should have its own line in the `/etc/fstab` file that looks similar to this: -``` config +```config UUID=B64E53824E5339F7 /mnt/steam_library ntfs-3g uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0 ``` |