Understanding Filesystem Args in the Auto-Mounting Secondary Drives Guide
I'm following the Auto-Mounting Secondary Drives guide and it gives out filesystem args. Are these recommended args or just options? I'm using BTRFS for my Games partition.
Also, am I allowed to mount this at
/home/jayden/Games?Universal Blue
Auto-Mounting Secondary Drives
WARNING! Attention: You may lose data on the drive(s) or result in an unbootable system if configured improperly. Note: MicroSD cards automatically mount without any manual intervention required on Bazzite. Important: Do not use the NTFS, exFAT, or FAT32 filesystems for game library storage. Follow this guide at your own discretion and ...
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huh weird. I had to reinstall the os for something else and when i tried again, it worked
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afaik it safe to mount anywhere but it is the convention to use /var/mnt or /var/media
the most important args are nofail,rw,exec
defaults -> default mounting option
compress-force=zstd:3 -> use compression level 3
noatime -> dont record access time
lazytime -> write record in memory
commit=120 -> commit interval
space_cache=v2 -> caching mechanism
nofail -> prevent not booting if fail to mount
users -> allow user to mount/unmount, imply noexec
exec -> overried noexec so steam can use it as library
i recommend to use the default provided there
defaults,compress-force=zstd:3,noatime,lazytime,commit=120,space_cache=v2,nofail,user,exec
i think there are some missing argument
Thanks! Yeah it looks like the one you posted uses
user,noexec whereas the one in the guide doesn't.uh change that to exec
mistyped
Use /var/mnt/Drivename for a permanent drive
Don't mount in any other folder
is it bad? i thought is just convention :thonk:
and I can change this anytime if i see any problems?
yes
:dkthumbsup:
Also, can/should I change the "Identify As" option?
identify by?
the guide says it
Oh whoops. I was looking at the GNOME Disks part
the guide says to choose "take ownership". Should I select recursive mode? I'm assuming yes?
its an empty partition so it wont really do much, right?
I tried mounting it using /var/mnt/games and i cannot see it there for some reason
i thought it was because i didnt type in
sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo mount -a but that wasnt the case
Maybe it is the args i typed in?try
cat /etc/fstab and post the result hereSolution
huh weird. I had to reinstall the os for something else and when i tried again, it worked
Should I add
x-gvfs-show?
but i suppose that i just could bookmark it as wellin gnome probably? i use kde and i dont have it
Oh, my bad. Yeah, it's gnome. AFAIK, it allows gnome files to see the drive in the "more drives" menu