From 9109e6207a1f5d5ade82d595cdf25f187be33519 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anthony Vadala Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2018 14:32:41 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Edited instructions to make them clearer. --- Using-a-NTFS-disk-with-Linux-and-Windows.md | 20 ++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Using-a-NTFS-disk-with-Linux-and-Windows.md b/Using-a-NTFS-disk-with-Linux-and-Windows.md index df79cfa..e9be73e 100644 --- a/Using-a-NTFS-disk-with-Linux-and-Windows.md +++ b/Using-a-NTFS-disk-with-Linux-and-Windows.md @@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ Tested on Ubuntu 18.10 ## Create a Mount Point -Create a mount point for your game disk: +Create a mount point for the NTFS game disk: ``` $ sudo mkdir /media/gamedisk ``` -Find your User ID and Group ID using the following commands: +Find the User ID, Group ID, and attached disk partition using the following commands: **User ID** ``` @@ -26,17 +26,25 @@ $ id -g By default, both should be `1000` +**Attached Disk Partition** +``` +$ sudo fdisk -l +``` +It should be labeled similar to `/dev/sda2` + +*The trailing letter and number (a2) will depend on how many disks are attached.* + ## Editing fstab -Edit your *fstab* file to mount the partition: +Edit the *fstab* file to mount the partition: ``` $ sudo nano /etc/fstab ``` -At the bottom of the file, add the following line (changing sda1, uid, and gid to match yours): +At the bottom of the file, add the following line (changing sda2, uid, and gid to where needed): ``` /dev/sda2 /media/gamedisk ntfs uid=1000,gid=1000,rw,user,exec,umask=000 0 0 ``` -We need to reboot the computer for the changes to take affect: +Reboot the computer for the changes to take affect: ``` $ sudo reboot ``` @@ -45,7 +53,7 @@ $ sudo reboot Due to the nature of NTFS, creating files/folders with characters Windows cannot read will cause disk errors (leading to games that don't launch), the most common issue is a `;` character in filenames that Proton creates on the NTFS disk. -Fixing this is pretty simple. We are going to create a symlink from the `/compatdata` folder on Linux to your mounted NTFS disk. +Fixing this is pretty simple. Create a symlink from the `/compatdata` folder on Linux to the mounted NTFS disk. Creating the symlink: