[SOLVED] I can't create any directory

[lumox]

Hi, I am new to Proxmox.

I installed Proxmox VE 6.2.4 on an old PC of mine.

It seems that I can't create any directories to put ISO and VM on them.

This is my situation in DISKS I installed proxmox on sdb:



This is What I get when I tried to create a new directory (one for ISO in SDC and one for VM on SDA):





What is the issue? Could you please help me to figure this out? Thanks

 

[Dominic]

If you want to use "Create: Directory" you have to completely wipe the disk first.

For example, if you would like to use this function for /dev/sdc you would first run (Make sure you have working backups of important data and double check that you entered the right letters!) something like

umount /dev/sdc1
wipefs -a /dev/sdc
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc bs=1M count=200

Then the disk should appear with Usage "no" in the GUI and be available for the "Create: Directory" dialog.

 

[lumox]

If you want to use "Create: Directory" you have to completely wipe the disk first.

For example, if you would like to use this function for /dev/sdc you would first run (Make sure you have working backups of important data and double check that you entered the right letters!) something like

umount /dev/sdc1
wipefs -a /dev/sdc
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc bs=1M count=200

Then the disk should appear with Usage "no" in the GUI and be available for the "Create: Directory" dialog.

Thanks

 

[Dominic]

If you have a minute it would be great if you could mark the thread as solved by editing the prefix of your top post. This way other users know what to expect.

 

[lumox]

If you have a minute it would be great if you could mark the thread as solved by editing the prefix of your top post. This way other users know what to expect.

Ok, I did it, even though I fixed my problem a bit differently.

 

[dauntlessone]

Thank you @Dominic for the quick writeup! Been looking for the past 2 days trying to find a quick way to get this done and all I could find was how to make it a LVM instead. Thank you again.