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I made a guide on how to setup NTFS drives for linux gaming! (popcar.bearblog.dev)

submitted 4 weeks ago by popcar2@programming.dev to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world

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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!

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[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 47 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (3 children)

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.dev 22 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks 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 :)

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 20 points 4 weeks ago

Fucking Windows and its filesystem fuckeries...

[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 14 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Windows is not fully compliant with the NTFS specs

What the fuck? Insane trivia to learn about now.

[–] krnl386@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago

Microsoft’s idea of a standard is a unicorn

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 15 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I always think of NTFS in the same thought as FAT32, and I know that FAT is File Allocation Table, but I never knew what NTFS meant, and so I always just called it the Not Too Fat System.

That's it, I don't have anything useful to add, only this personal little anecdote.

[–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 4 points 3 weeks ago

It stands for New Technology File System from back in the Windows NT days, like NT 3.1 in the early 90s (my brain always thinks of Windows 2000 NT when that was really like NT 5).

I think I prefer your definition.

[–] oshu@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I run linux and play games. NTFS is not required for this.

[–] popcar2@programming.dev 1 points 3 weeks ago

You don't have to use NTFS. In fact, it's not recommended, but the biggest reason you'd want to is if you were dual-booting Windows and wanted to access the same files from both operating systems.