#My d drive is classified as a device in file manager. Is this normal?

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trail hull
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yes

latent jetty
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By the way, i was trying to install an epic games store title with lutris and for some reason it didn't recognize my d drive. What can i do for wine to recognize it?

trail hull
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idk

trail hull
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check in Disks app.what is the filesystem type for that drive/partition?

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an option is make a folder in your Home folder, (no spaces in name) and then setup fstab to mount that drive there at startup

latent jetty
latent jetty
trail hull
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it just means put the device into read-ready mode. u manually mount by clicking on the device in file manager,

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or by clicking the triangular black play button in Disks app, with the correct drive and partition selected

latent jetty
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Ok

trail hull
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the video above teaches how to automount to a folder from startup

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and then u can use Disks app to "hide from user interface" the volume u dont want to show in the Devices list in file manager. (after setting up like in video)

latent jetty
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And does it take up space of the c drive if i mount the d drive there?

trail hull
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pretty much yes.

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no it uses its own space/sectors

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it just integrates into the filetree. u can point your music app theree to read music files, or a game to read save files

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it's good that it is ext4. Linux should handle it easily and properly.

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the only "tweak" i have once heard is that if Steam can't read or write to it, the drive's "owner" can be set to the 'nobody' user.

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the above is an example where Owner (kevin) can read and write that file/folder. Any devices or services or friends that kevin put into his kevin "group" can only read, not modify or delete. The third and final thing that just says "Access" is any other user or program. And as you can see that is set read-only.

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this window affects only the file or folder. (if you pick the very topmost folder of the drive (aka root of drive) then you have option to tick a "Apply to all subfolders within this"

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however to change the owner of a volume or drive, use the Disks app, gears icon.

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it has a thing that says "take ownership"

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WINE should see other "drives" (actually partitions, or maybe actual disks) IF THEY ARE MOUNTED.

latent jetty
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OK

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I think when i used wine it could have not been mounted

latent jetty
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@trail hull i followed the tutorial and it didnt work

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and error appeared saying line 15 in the fstab text file (where i put the uuid of my drive) was ignored for some reason

trail hull
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show a pic of the Disks app, with the exact drive or volume highlighted

latent jetty
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oh wait ik what i did wrong

trail hull
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and also a pic of MAXIMIZED notepad window of the fstab

latent jetty
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In the video the guy put no spaces between the uuid and the equal sign
I did

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I think that might have made it be ignored

trail hull
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just watch the spaces, the file types, the spelling case...

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umm.. check ur other fstab entries that were default created.

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i think it is supposed to be UUID=

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and that's why i also said the folder u make as ur mountpoint, don't name it with any spaces in it. (for simplicity)

latent jetty
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Wait
I corrected the spacing in the fstab file but it still ios being ignored

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What can i do?

trail hull
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u did a save and reboot?

latent jetty
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I didnt reboot the system yet
Can that fix it?

trail hull
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he makes the mistake of saying to press Ctrl+(zero) in the video.. it's supposed to be Ctrl-O (letter O) to save in nano

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reopen the fstab file, and make sure your changes saved correctly. if they did, then close and reboot

latent jetty
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its looking like this

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The label of the drive is "jogos" btw

trail hull
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dont put a space after equal sign

latent jetty
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Ohhh

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I didnt notice that

trail hull
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should look similar to the other entries

latent jetty
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Ok, done
I will test it rn

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I worked

trail hull
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neat.

latent jetty
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Thanks

trail hull
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now u should see in Disks app, all things run by the Mint system have a star symbol in them

latent jetty
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Ok

trail hull
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now just check owner of the top level folder of that game drive

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for example, if its name is "pedroca" go to that folder, then right click, Properties: Permissions

latent jetty
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Its says im the owner

trail hull
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good.

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does it have read-write perm for "others" (the third field)

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if not, then set that

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and tick the "apply to all subfolders"

trail hull
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sorry, the 4th field.. where the arrow points in this pic

latent jetty
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Wait

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Its in portuguese but it lists acess to folder and access to file
Access to folder is set to nothing (nenhum)
Access to file isn't set to anything

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What do i set these to
Bc i couldnt find the option to set them to others

trail hull
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click the dropdown arrows on both

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should show more

latent jetty
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Access to folder (1st option) lists:
Only list files
Access files
Create and delete files
Nothing

Access to file (2nd option) lists:
Nothing
Read-only
Read and write

trail hull
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put both to read and write, then click apply to subfolders too

latent jetty
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I can only put read and write on the 2nd option
The closest thing to that on the 1st option is create and delete files, do i put it to that?

trail hull
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yes

latent jetty
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Everytime i click to apply these perms to all subfolders the 2nd option turns into "---"

trail hull
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ok leave it

latent jetty
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OK

trail hull
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should prob work now

latent jetty
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OK

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So if i reset my pc it will be mounted automatically, right?

trail hull
trail hull
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or if u didn't then reboot

latent jetty
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I will reboot and see if it mounts automatically

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It worked!

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Thanks