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Basically. I have steam installed but I want to install games onto a flash drive since I don't have enough space on the SSD.

When I try to add library folder on the flash drive I get this message "New steam library folder must be on a filesystem mounted with execute permissions"

If I try to install the game straight to the folder I get the same message.

Please could someone give me a tutorial or tell me how to fix it so I can complete the task. Step by step would be nice!

Phill McFerran
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As suggested in the comments:

Find out what is the name of your drive:

sudo fdisk -l

This lists all partitions, there you have to find yours (just look for the size in the first line, this usually helps most)

Then execute

sudo mount -t vfat -o rw,auto,user,exec,fmask=0022,dmask=0000 /dev/DRIVE /mountpoint

where DRIVE is substituted by what you found out above and mountpoint, for example, is /media/$USER/steamDrive.

If you want to always mount this drive on boot see this; which also might be a good idea to read for understanding.

muru
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