Steam doesn't recognize my second storage device.

[Cherii]

Hello, I've been using the Mint operating system for 2 days. Today, when I tried to download a game via Steam, it didn't ask me which disk to install. I tried to add it from the settings but I couldn't get any results no matter how hard I tried.

[mikeflan]

Hello and welcome to the forum.

Today, when I tried to download a game via Steam, it didn't ask me which disk to install.

I think you are saying your other disk is not mounted. If so, open the "Disks" program, highlight the drive on the left, click the button with gears on it and select Edit Mount Options, turn off User Session Defaults, and check an X in "Mount at system startup", and OK. Then highlight the partition on the right side that you want mounted and hit the play button:
https://www.mflan.com/temp/mint/disks.png

Does that help?

[1000]

It may be more complicated for a novice user.

1. Partitions are usually not automatically mounted by default.
Unless you configure the system.
( like Disks app above or /etc/fstab file )
UUID is from blkid command.

2. Other partitions usually do not allow writing data by default.
( I use for example sudo chmod -R 755 Folder )
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Fstab
( some things in link above are no longer valid )
Example for NTFS in /etc/fstab ( X=is UUID from blkid )

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UUID=X /mnt/games ntfs-3g defaults,noatime,exec,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 1

3. The partition where you want add games,
must be added to Steam Library in side Steam settings.

All for safety.

Edited
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0149sTnyXY
Possible additional problems ( I'm not sure, what I am writing is correct)
- The Disks app can mount partitions with random numbers, maybe the above method fixes it.
I don't know, because I use fstab file which is more complicated.
- Steam long ago required you to add a folder named Steam when adding to " Steam Library ".
So you're actually adding a folder with a specific name, not a partition.
The cool thing is that it shows the partitions and how much free space is there.

Only information.
About a month ago an update came to one of my games.
The installer was downloaded first to the system partition and then to the Steam folder on another partition.
The problem is that size similar to game size = big.
So, you need to pay attention to such problems
and report them to the appropriate places.
Or be prepared for it.