How to Set Up Linux Gaming on an NTFS Drive
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Despite popular belief, you can run games off an NTFS drive - as long as you've set it up properly and are willing to take a risk.

Hey folks, I just finished writing a guide for setting up NTFS drives for Linux gaming. There’s been some misinformation and questions on whether it’s feasible, but if you set it up right you should be fine.

Hopefully this can help others avoid the pain I’ve gone through to make it work without issues!

  • rtxn@lemmy.worldEnglish
    46·
    2 days ago

    Very important! When mounting an NTFS filesystem that is also used by Windows, always specify the windows_names option, both in /etc/fstab and when using mount.ntfs.

    Windows is not fully compliant with the NTFS specs, which is a bloody genius move on Microsoft’s part. NTFS allows file names and paths to contain characters that are illegal in Windows, like the : character. If you create a file with such a name, it will make the volume unmountable. Ask me how I know. The windows_names option prevents that.

    • popcar2@programming.devOPEnglish
      20·
      2 days ago

      This is good info, thanks! I’ll add it to the fstab entry in a bit.

      Edit: I’ve tested it for a bit and made sure the symlinks still work with non-Windows characters. Added it to the guide :)