[SOLVED] Moving Minecraft directory to a new M.2 drive

makem · 11-17-2021, 08:23 AM

I have installed a new Crucial P5 Plus CT1000P5PSSD8 1TB (PCIe 4.0, 3D NAND, NVMe, M.2 SSD)

I would like to move minecraft from my /home directory to a new one on the M.2

I have tried using ln -s symlink.

Microsoft still insist I must reinstall the whole program back on the /home directory ignoring the link.

Edit: No need to move the .minecraft directory. Just make a new directory on the new drive eg. /games/minecraft. Move the current 'saves' directory into /games/minecraft. Start the launcher and select Installations. Choose the installation you want to change and select 'Edit' (via the three dots ...). Change the default game directory path to the path to the /games/minicraft on the new drive. Save the change and start the game.

abejarano · 11-17-2021, 07:58 PM

You didn't say what your distro is. Anyway if you're installing minecraft in Wine, Wine should take care of all that. Also if you have a Debian distro like Ubuntu, Mint, others, here is a link https://linuxhint.com/install_minecraft_linux/.

makem · 11-18-2021, 05:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by abejarano

You didn't say what your distro is. Anyway if you're installing minecraft in Wine, Wine should take care of all that. Also if you have a Debian distro like Ubuntu, Mint, others, here is a link https://linuxhint.com/install_minecraft_linux/.

Ubuntu 21.04 and I am not installing in Wine. I don't have Wine installed as there is no need for an additional virtual machine.