"Error mounting /dev/sda1: wrong fstype: ntfs" after 3.6 stable update

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"Error mounting /dev/sda1: wrong fstype: ntfs" after 3.6 stable update #1686

Open divide100 opened 4 weeks ago

divide100 commented 4 weeks ago

Your system information

Steam client version: 1726683985
SteamOS version: 3.6.15
Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] no
Opted into SteamOS beta?: [Yes/No] no
Have you checked for updates in Settings > System?: [Yes/No] yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Describe what you expected should happen and what did happen.

External dives that had worked with previous release 3.5 will no longer mount. Currently getting "Error mounting /dev/sda1: wrong fstype: ntfs"

Steps for reproducing this issue:

Start desktop mode
Try to mount drive
Get error messages

deathblade201243 commented 4 weeks ago

as somebody who had this issue before on previous Beta versions I know that if you are using "SteamOS BTRFS" it will cause this issue. I had been using it to mount my btrfs formatted MicroSD but it messes with a lot of other mount options as well. I just added my MicroSD to Fstab instead and removed "SteamOS BTRFS". once it was removed my NTFS drives would mount again. this of course could just be a whole different issue entirely.

divide100 commented 4 weeks ago

I'm guessing that's a 3rd party application for mounting btrfs formatted drives? I haven't installed that

bertogg commented 4 weeks ago

SteamOS 3.6 will only automount ext4 filesystems
You can mount ntfs or other formats manually from desktop mode or the command line.
Even if you mount an ntfs drive that doesn't mean that Steam will read your game library from there, but you can still use the drive with other apps and games.
There are third-party tools that modify the system in order to add support for more filesystem types. If you have one of those chances are that the SteamOS 3.6 upgrade broke something.

divide100 commented 3 weeks ago

Replying to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamOS/issues/1686#issuecomment-2440072399

Thanks for your reply, but what you're describing isn't really related to the issue I'm having. I discovered that after the 3.6 update, my NTFS formatted drives were corrupted. I was able to fix them through chkdsk in windows, but it seems to keep happening

bertogg commented 2 weeks ago

I see, from your original description ("wrong fstype: ntfs") it sounds like they were not being mounted because of the filesystem format.

How does it keep happening? You format them again and after a few days they are suddenly corrupted? Do you remove the sd card sometimes or is it always inserted?