[SOLVED] Best options to mount Steam games partition

[nicrobi]

Hi Guys.

I've created a partition on a second SSD drive I have for Steam games which I've called "SteaMint" (my home drive is on a mechanical HDD so I don't want to use that for games).

This is the entry I intend to put into fstab to mount it. I was wondering if you could take a look and let me know if it's OK and if you have any suggestions for <options>. Noatime is all I could think of and should help performance. Also I've chosen to check the partition with a "2" in <pass>. Would you agree with this?

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UUID=27c21b41-c58e-4c77-8207-80556df344b1   /mnt/SteaMint   ext4   noatime   0   2

I've already pointed Steam to the folder and the /mnt/SteaMint path already exists. Anything else you can think of?

Thanks.

Nick

[AndyMH]

This is what I use

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UUID=fb689910-e942-46e1-b03d-e7032e0e36bb	/media/ultrabay	ext4	defaults,nofail	0	2

nofail because it is a removable drive.

[nicrobi]

Thanks Andy. My drive is fixed so I've stuck with what I posted and it seems to be working fine. I don't see the drive in Nemo, but I'm not too bothered about that.

By the way, I realised I put the <type> and <options> the wrong way around in my original post so I've corrected that.

Nick

[AndyMH]

I don't see the drive in Nemo, but I'm not too bothered about that.

It should appear in the devices pane on the left.

[1000]

1. My /etc/fstab

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UUID="my_long_number" /media/Steam64 ext4 defaults 0 0

my_long_number id from blkid command.

Edited
Info:
" Steam64 " folder I created manually.
I named the folder to remember that I will have Steam games there and only compatible with the 64bit system.

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Something else. After edit /etc/fstab
You can try mount partition without reboot computer / laptop

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sudo mount --all

And check if is mounted

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mount

2. And permissions for Steam folder. ( inside new mounted partition )

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$ ls -l
total 20
drwxrwxrwx 3 use_namer user_name  4096 Dec  6 16:29 Steam
drwx------ 2 user_name user_name 16384 Apr 18  2015 lost+found

Permissions must be hereditary.
I used

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chown user_name Steam -R

Perhaps this should be the "1000" user_name. ( for other users and apps )
But I gave the permissions as is my account name and for me working.


3. The " Steam " folder name must be mandatory / obligatory
The Steam application may not accept the other folder name.


4. Example video how add Steam folder to Steam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLBLggVyPCg

Steam Settings --> Downloads --> STEAM LIBRARY FOLDERS

Edit
I see now tab " STEAM LIBRARY FOLDERS " looks now epically


There click " + " to add new partition.


5. Something else.
If you use multiple operating systems,
and if you want to add there too ...

The "Steam" folder will be there, but you will need
- mount partitions with /etc/fstab
- change permissions for the "Steam" folder
- select / add folder "Steam" inside Steam app.

TIP
When partition is new. In GParted app I can add "LABEL".
adding a label makes it easier to find partitions in output of blkid command.

[nicrobi]

Thanks 1000, some great info in there!

Andy, I think it's because I unticked "Show in user interface" when I was messing around previously in Disks. I've sorted it now.

Nick