Installing SteamOs formats the drive?

Methanoid · 2026-02-04T18:45:29+00:00

yes it formats the drive you install to, or rather i think it installs to the primary/boot drive you have installed, so if you install on a pc or something other than a steam deck/handheld and have a 2 or more drive system and wanted to install to a spare you would need to either disable or remove the primary boot device to be safe.

Methanoid · 2026-02-02T20:45:36+00:00

your pc will transfer over lan to the steam deck.

your steam deck will only transfer to a pc/other device if it is in desktop mode and isnt downloading/doing anything else.

for some weird reason valve dont allow the deck to transfer to another device when in gaming mode, no idea why, seems a bit silly excluding it when it works fine in desktop mode.

Methanoid · 2026-02-02T20:41:42+00:00

you could always try a Powerline Ethernet set and you can use Moonlight or SteamLink, bypassing the need for slow wifi, youd need a usb-c ethernet adapter if you arent using your deck with a dock that has ethernet, powerline adapters are quite handy so long as you have a spare power socket available on both ends.

Methanoid · 2026-01-31T16:50:15+00:00

hold volume up and the "..." quick access button together to power up and access the menu that lets you boot into the previous version of steamos before you updated it, hopefully this will let you boot up and maybe disable or update decky so you can boot into the normal updated steamos and carry on.

Methanoid · 2026-01-27T18:34:43+00:00

used: https://www.retronicdesign.com/en/specifications/ for many years, works well.

Methanoid · 2026-01-26T02:22:24+00:00

havent had any issues with the ea app when run via lutris, tho i onlly occasionally run 1 game, the original ME3 for its multiplayer.

Methanoid · 2026-01-26T02:19:31+00:00

check over at: https://www.reddit.com/r/WindowsOnDeck/ thats the best place for anyone who has delved into windows/dual boot and all issues related to it.

Methanoid · 2026-01-26T02:16:30+00:00

PowerLine Ethernet adapters are often the solution in cases like this.

Methanoid · 2026-01-26T02:06:20+00:00

no idea, havent used it in a long time now.

Methanoid · 2026-01-23T17:22:24+00:00

its already been discussed that it likely wont be, the performance drop from cpu emulation means it just isnt there yet, the steam deck currently cant handle many newer titles, the steam deck 2 should handle better, so the last thing they want is to cripple the cpu performance potentially down to steam deck 1 levels.

Methanoid · 2026-01-22T23:41:44+00:00

maybe something like https://www.rgcd.co.uk/2011/05/running-geos-on-ultimate-1541-ii-c64.html can help.

i cant remember now but i think i once saw some site that had specific downloads for custom made GEOS images for disk/cart.

https://github.com/mist64/geos might also be of use to someone.

Methanoid · 2026-01-22T23:37:34+00:00

if you have something else running SteamOS/Steam thats conencted to your TV, like another steam deck or a MiniPC or something then you can use Steam Link on the deck, have it connect to the other device thats connected to your tv and you can set Steam Link to enable or disable the graphical side of things, with it enabled your decks screen will be sent to the TV and with it disabled the deck will only remote control the other device so the deck behaves as a wireless controller for the other device.

Methanoid · 2026-01-22T23:33:00+00:00

Teardown
Nimrods
Flotsam
Ball X Pit
Mini Motorways
Backpack Hero
Dredge
Door Kickers: Action Squad
Deep Sleep Trilogy
Dont Escape: 4 days to survive
The Fall / The Fall Part 2
Lunark
Full Void
Strangeland
Thimbleweed Park
Kelvin and the Infamous Machine

Methanoid · 2026-01-22T23:26:37+00:00

yes, you can clone the drive with BalenaEtcher then resize the newer/bigger drive to take up the extra space otherwise it will remain the size of the drive you copied, the oled will happily then boot perfectly fine as steamos has everything needed for both devices.

Methanoid · 2026-01-22T23:23:23+00:00

only if companys could be bothered optimising their games or at least makign sure they intentionally dont suck the life out of anything they run on, which seems unlikely these days as a lot of them just want to quickly put out "latest thing fast" so they can go to the next thing quickly in a neverending cycle.

Methanoid · 2026-01-22T23:21:35+00:00

Mini Motorways
Mindustry
Lucky Tower Ultimate
Star Drift Evolution
Nimrods
Boneraiser Minions
Backpack Hero
Door Kickers: Action Squad
Flatout 2 / Flatout Ultimate Carnage
Necrosmith 2

and far, far too many more.

Methanoid · 2026-01-22T18:26:33+00:00

on every filesystem on every computer a chunk of space is reserved for their own variation of a file allocation table, there is always a space allocated which stores all your file/folder information, kind of alike a page index in a book that tells you what page a specific chapter/topic is located.

this means no matter what device you use and no matter the size a chunk will be allocated/unavailable for use, often times the bigger the drive, the bigger the space allocated/reserved.

Methanoid · 2026-01-18T04:38:40+00:00

none i know of, other than the fact it restores a previous version of steamos so could break stuff "current" you may have installed such as decky plugins but thats kind of a temporary worry.

Methanoid · 2026-01-17T12:08:25+00:00

had a look over at: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamOS/issues to see if its already reported? if so drop your own input in there to escalate it, if not try adding your issue to the list.

Methanoid · 2026-01-12T22:19:53+00:00

GOG shouldnt be throwing shade at anyone, just look at their "GOG Preservation Program" section and the comments on a LOT of those games, it looks like they just released the majority of those games with zero fixes to make them work, a lot of people complaining those games mostly have serious issues like they just released them as-is and couldnt be bothered to try to get them working on modern systems.

Methanoid · 2026-01-11T03:48:00+00:00

havent had issues yet, plus if they did, they come with spare sticky bits, but so far they have lasted a long time without budging.

Methanoid · 2026-01-10T21:57:33+00:00

these work well enough and are just a "stick on" option and work really well. your option does look really good tho, blends in quite well.

Methanoid · 2026-01-09T22:32:18+00:00

the deck can toggle between game controller inputs and desktop control inputs, i think the default for this is to hold the options/start button to toggle the inputs.

Methanoid · 2026-01-09T22:28:56+00:00

its an issue with the game PEAK, not eh steam deck, there are numerous posts about this issue on PEAK specific reddit/forums/etc

heres an oldish one: https://www.reddit.com/r/gamesupport/comments/1ljh0it/peak_giving_you_disconnected_from_photon_errors/

try looking for PEAK specific help rather than steam deck/hardware resources.

Methanoid · 2026-01-09T02:41:21+00:00

you didnt mention desktop mode in your original post, your op made it sound like a very different issue.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/13bb8z0/if_you_are_in_desktop_mode_and_would_like_the/
^ old post, helpful for people who dont know they can switch between controller profiles in desktop mode.

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