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Edited instructions to make them clearer.

Anthony Vadala 2018-11-07 14:32:41 -05:00
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Using-a-NTFS-disk-with-Linux-and-Windows.md

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## Create a Mount Point ## 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 $ 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** **User ID**
``` ```
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By default, both should be `1000` 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 ## Editing fstab
Edit your *fstab* file to mount the partition: Edit the *fstab* file to mount the partition:
``` ```
$ sudo nano /etc/fstab $ 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 /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 $ sudo reboot
``` ```
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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. 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: Creating the symlink: