I'm using KDE Plasma on Fedora, but I'm facing an issue where Steam doesn't automatically recognize my 1TB SSD after booting. I formatted the SSD and set it to mount at startup using Fedora's 'Device Auto-mount' tool, but it still doesn't show up in Steam until I manually point it to the drive. I noticed this drive has a unique identifier path like `/run/media/fizzy/212ca694-c625-4ca8-8fed-d66c46fec524/`, which I don't remember dealing with while using Windows. I've read online about using fstab or various GUI tools, but I'm not sure how to proceed. Any advice?
3 Answers
To ensure your drive automatically mounts on startup, you can try using the KDE Partition Manager. Here’s a [guide that walks you through the process](https://linuxbsdos.com/2025/03/31/add-automount-hard-disk-linux-using-kde-partition-manager/). It should help you set everything up properly for Steam to recognize the SSD after booting. Good luck!
Just a heads up, Steam itself doesn’t auto-mount drives; you need to do some setup. Even with auto-mount, you still need to manually add the drive in Steam's settings. It's a bit annoying, but that's how it goes!
Remember, just mounting the drive isn't enough; Steam needs access to the right folder too. Make sure to create a folder on the SSD and adjust the permissions with 'sudo chown' to your normal user. This way, Steam can read and write to it without issues.
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