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| author | Christian Cleberg <[email protected]> | 2025-11-11 20:56:22 -0600 |
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| committer | Christian Cleberg <[email protected]> | 2025-11-11 20:56:22 -0600 |
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fix grammar in 2020 posts
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diff --git a/content/blog/2020-01-26-steam-on-ntfs.org b/content/blog/2020-01-26-steam-on-ntfs.org index 1778562..58451b7 100644 --- a/content/blog/2020-01-26-steam-on-ntfs.org +++ b/content/blog/2020-01-26-steam-on-ntfs.org @@ -9,13 +9,14 @@ If you want to see how to install Steam on Linux, see my other post: [[../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. - -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 +This may happen if you're storing your games on an NT File System +(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 solid state drive (SSD) or hard disk drive +(HDD). + +To fix this problem, you'll need to try two things. First, you'll need to +install the =ntfs-3g= package, which allows for better interoperability with Linux. #+begin_src sh @@ -38,9 +39,9 @@ For example: mkdir /mnt/steam_library #+end_src -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. +To automatically mount drives upon system boot, you will need to collect five +items. The universally unique identifier (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 @@ -50,8 +51,8 @@ drive and copy the UUID over to the =/etc/fstab= file. sudo blkid | grep UUID= #+end_src -Next, you'll need your =uid= and =gid=. To find these, run the following -command: +Next, you'll need your user identified (=uid=) and group identifier (=gid=). To +find these, run the following command: #+begin_src sh id -u && id -g @@ -71,13 +72,13 @@ Each drive you want to mount on boot should have its own line in the UUID=B64E53824E5339F7 /mnt/steam_library ntfs-3g uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0 #+end_src -Now all you need to do is unmount your drive and re-mount it. You can unmount -the drive by doing this (be sure to use the correct drive name here): - #+begin_src sh sudo umount /dev/sdxX #+end_src +Now all you need to do is unmount your drive and re-mount it. You can unmount +the drive by doing this (be sure to use the correct drive name here): + You can re-mount all your drives by executing the following: #+begin_src sh @@ -85,5 +86,5 @@ sudo mount -a #+end_src If you don't know what your drive name is, or you're nervous about unmounting -and re-mounting, simply reboot your computer, and it will be done for you -automatically. +and re-mounting, simply reboot your computer, and the system will mount the +drive for you automatically. |
