How to format & auto-mount drives in Bazzite
Moving from Windows to Bazzite and need to set up your game storage drives? In this comprehensive guide, I'll show you how to format drives with Linux-native filesystems and configure them to auto-mount on boot.
Whether you're setting up a fresh Bazzite installation or just want to optimize your existing storage configuration, this guide will help you get your drives working properly for gaming on Linux.
Note: For a secondary HDD used for gaming, EXT4 is generally preferred. Btrfs uses "Copy-on-Write," which causes heavy file fragmentation on mechanical platters over time, potentially slowing down game load times.
For SSD/NVMe drives, Btrfs is the better pick; its modern features (like transparent compression) shine on flash storage without the seek-time penalties of an HDD.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:18 Formatting a Drive
01:47 Making an EXT4 Partition
02:19 Making a BTRFS Partition
02:53 EXT4 vs BTRFS
03:36 Auto-Mounting Drives
04:04 Auto-mounting EXT4 partitions
05:26 Auto-mounting BTRFS partitions
05:54 Auto-mounting NTFS partitions
06:52 Testing Auto-Mount After Reboot
07:26 Adding Storage Drives in Steam
08:25 Changing Default Location in Lutris
08:58 Changing Default Game Location in Heroic
09:45 Conclusion