I'm trying to add a second SSD as a storage drive for Steam, but I'm hitting a wall. I initially had it formatted as NTFS from Windows, but that didn't work, so I switched to Btrfs. Still, Steam won't recognize it. I've scoured the internet for solutions, but nothing has worked so far. Any ideas on what I should do?
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How did you install Steam? If you got it through Flatpak, you'll need to hard mount the SSD and possibly use Flatseal to give it access. If you went native, that might simplify things! Let me know how it goes with Flatseal!
When asking for help, it’s super useful to mention your Linux distribution, any relevant hardware details, and error messages you might be facing. This can really help others in troubleshooting!
If you’re using a native Linux filesystem, you need to mount your drive correctly; for example, mount it to a folder like `/home/bob/steamstorage`. Don’t forget to change the ownership with `sudo chown bob:bob steamstorage` so Steam can use it. Ensure you set up your `/etc/fstab` entry for auto-mounting at boot. If it's NTFS, make sure to mount it with the right options to allow ownership; sandboxing issues can occur with Flatpak or Snap versions, so keep that in mind!
Thanks, that worked for me! 🙂
Hey, what permissions did you set on the drive? Sometimes that can be the root of the issue.
I’m trying Flatseal now, fingers crossed!