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List:       ubuntu-users
Subject:    Re: installing steam games on second drive
From:       Petter Adsen <petter () synth ! no>
Date:       2015-07-20 6:18:41
Message-ID: 20150720081841.3e005746 () odin
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On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 15:31:47 -0500
MARK ARTMAN <markartman@outlook.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to install games via Steam onto my second SSD. I have 2 drives. Ubuntu \
> 14.04 (64-bit) and my apps are all installed on one drive. I want to install the \
> steam games on the other drive (both are 128 GB SSD) but steam says the other \
> drive/folder must have execute permissions. I formatted it using gparted and I've \
> tried different file systems like ext4 and NTFS but nothing seems to help. Can \
> anyone point me in the right direction?

If you have an /etc/fstab entry for the filesystem on the second drive,
make sure that the fourth field includes "exec", if you aren't using the
defaults. See "man 5 fstab" for details. Then remount the filesystem or
reboot.

Petter

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