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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So I reloaded my 12 yr old laptop dual boot with win10 and Linux.

Win 10 no problems also installed World of Warcraft and copied over the mod folders from my main PC.

Linux- 2 distros failed to install, a third wouldn't create a usb bootable iso. Finally got Bazzite with Gnome to install and started to play around. Used the built "lutris"? to instal battlenet and then installed wow using the defaults. YaY! it seemed to work fine!

But... Trying copy over my mods from a FAT32 usb stick (linux reconginze the stick fine, but gives no indication that its a USB stick?)... COPY/PASTE doesn't work! wth. You have to use "Copy..to" ok learning curve on my part.

Now the real issue, using the defaults it installed WoW in "Os install" folder under games, took me a minute to find no problem. "Destination read only" WTF.... How do I get around this and why would Linux install a game in a read only directory???

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

But you did read, right? Linux allows you to kill itself without batting an eye...

How did you start Lutris? Did it asked you for your password?

What are the actual permissions of your wow directory? Who is the owner?

What is the Data Partition you've mentioned and how does it differ from other partitions Bazzit created? (What is this OS install?)

Also can you just run battle.net from Lutris and thus run wow?

Uuuh wait... Did you actually install Bazzite onto your system or are you in the live session?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I actaully installed it.

AFAIK You can't "run" battlenet though lutris, it needs installed for mods at least.

The "data" partition turned to actually be a windows partition, there isn't any indication that isn't paart of Linux that I could.

I was able to create a "games" folder under my user's "home" folder and install battlenet (and Wow) there, So I hoping I can then copy my mods over.

To be continued...

thanks for your help

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You can write to any folder in /var and /etc (/home is actually a symlink to /var/home).

Bazzite is atomic, and you can't just install whatever you want wherever you want like a traditional distro. It sounds like you're making directories in your home folder, so you should be fine to set everything up there, as long as Lutris knows that's where the wine prefix is and your game knows where to find the mods.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

That makes sense, I was able to get the mods installed!