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Proton can't work without symlinks. And symlinks aren't supported in FAT32

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ValveSoftware/Proton#2439 · opened 2019-03-21 by Encritary · updated 2019-03-30 · 4 comments · github
EEncritary 2019-03-21 github

Hello! I'm using my HDD with FAT32 partition for Steam library. But, as I understand, Proton tries to symlink some files into Wine prefix. However, FAT32 doesn't support symlinks. That's why Proton doesn't work for me.

My idea: check if symlinks are applicable. If not, use copy.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2019-03-21 github

Related: #1402

Llucifertdark 2019-03-21 github

You don't need a fat32 partition for windows games in Linux, use ext4 or whatever your flavour of Linux uses by default & everything will work as it should.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2019-03-22 github

Hello @Encritary, thanks for finding the root cause of your issue. I've heard from a Proton dev that we are not going to support FAT32 due to the lack of support for symlinks and the max file size of 4GB. Please use a linux native filesystem for the best experience.

Jjvschiavo 2019-03-30 github

@kisak-valve What are the file system formats supported by Proton?

This information should be easily accessible since it may lead to a lot of confusion.

Nothing extracted yet.