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    [–] phanto@lemmy.ca 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I once tried to install my Steam Library in Linux to an NTFS partition so I wouldn't have to install things twice on a dual boot system. Protip: don't do that.

    [–] PopMyCop@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

    chkdsk -f (or r or whatever the third option is), reboot twice, but do it multiple times because steam on linux asks you to reinstall the games in the exact same spot and you accidentally do it because you're not paying close attention due to the mild panic windows threw at you?

    [–] phanto@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

    https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/wiki/Using-a-NTFS-disk-with-Linux-and-Windows

    There is a guide here that says you can do it, but my experience was that I installed the games in Windows on my D drive, mounted the drive in Linux (Mint, I think), and when I tried to play them The system locked up. Rebooting into windows, Steam said the game files were corrupt and I had to reinstall them. I've always just kept two separate game libraries on any dual boot systems ever since.

    [–] PopMyCop@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 9 months ago

    Interesting. I was able to use the files perfectly fine from linux, but windows threw a tantrum when I tried to boot and removed everything linux had touched.

    [–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

    Oo! That's definitely a gotcha. Good tip!

    I once heard that the trick to this is you need to let Steam "update" every game before you switch OSs. If it doesn't get to finish this, it will bork. That's also highly impractical I feel though.

    So yeah on my dual boot Linux is for making things and doesn't see my main Steam library. Win10 is just for games. :p

    EDIT: Win11 or 12 won't be a problem because I'm confining them to a VM for only the most stubborn situations, and doing everything including gaming with Linux. :D