#[SOLVED] Native Steam Games 'Disk Write Error' for select games

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ancient bone
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First note: I am new to linux, like a week or so. But I have used Windows for 25+ years iirc. I installed, at the suggestion of a friend of mine, Arch Linux, Big variation.

I reformatted and installed Linux on my OS-dedicated SSD HDD (500gb), that originally had Windows 10 on it.

My games and other accessories are installed on the 1TB SSD HDD which I left as is, without reformatting since Windows 10. It is mounted.

I set Steam's default game drive to the 1TB drive which still had the games installed and it rebuilt all game files left there from the Windows install to Linux, and I played them just fine, until they had to update. Steam even installed Proton 10 (and later 9 to test if it was a version issue), which I use for some games so they can access Beta variations, or just work properly.

Most games work just fine, but exclusively (so far) Bladur's Gate 3, Helldivers 2, and Mechwarrior 5 all give Disk Write Errors, which blocks updates or straight up game installation.
Note: I did play some Helldivers 2 for a bit before the update hit, then it gave me the aformentioned error.

I even successfully installed Astroneers within Arch Linux and play it just fine, so it seems to be game specific.

I looked up for help for this, and all the issues revolve around Steam Flatpack--I am using Native Steam that came by default with the Arch Linux install, not the Flatpack.

I removed the download folder in steam to force a full refresh of the files, didn't help.

Suffice to say I am stumped and in need of help, as I am sure there are things that have not been installed that I need to? Or a proverbial switch that needs to be flipped?

The screenshot shows only one of them with the error, because I didn't feel like waiting for hours for them to attempt and get the error for each, since it restarts the downloads upon powering up my pc: so only one visibly has it.

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tardy mango
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You're using your windows steam games under linux with the games on a ntfs partition? don't do it. linux don't support ntfs natively

ancient bone
tardy mango
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format the partition, and reinstall all the games from scratch using the steam linux app

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ntfs is not supported by steam under linux i believe

ancient bone
tardy mango
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idk. even if there is you'll be getting into something troublesome. I'll delete everything and format the games partition from scrach and redownload everything.

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i tried pasting the archwiki page for steam but ii can't

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check it out. it may have relevant info

ancient bone
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Okay, thank you so much for the help.

deep terrace
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... solved

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