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Proton Doesn't Access External Drives

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ValveSoftware/Proton#4413 · opened 2020-11-22 by IogaMaster · updated 2020-11-23 · 6 comments · github
IIogaMaster 2020-11-22 github

Proton Doesn't Access External Drives

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2020-11-22 github

Hello @Ioga-Master, you're going to need to be more clear than that. What exactly are you trying to do and with what Proton version?

IIogaMaster 2020-11-22 github

I'm trying to install a windows only game on an external drive. But The Latest Proton won't start them, the only way is to modify the fstab file but its to finicky.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2020-11-22 github

What game are you testing, and what filesystem are you using with the secondary drive? Please add PROTON_LOG=1 %command% to the game's launch options and attach the generated $HOME/steam-$APPID.log to this issue report as a file. (Proton logs compress well if needed.)

IIogaMaster 2020-11-22 github

Any windows game on an external drive, I have tried to log and it doesn't generate a file. file system is exFAT

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2020-11-22 github

Sounds like you've encountered #3835. Your problem is with Proton interacting with exFAT, not external drives in general. Please retest with a native linux filesystem.

IIogaMaster 2020-11-23 github

I reformatted the drive to Ext4 and it worked. Thanks for your help.

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