Mounting a USB drive to a VM

tdukes

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Oct 25, 2026
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Hello,

One other post-install issue. I have a USB drive with a backup I would like to restore some settings on the Debian 13 VM I created. I was able to get it into the Harware section as a USB port, but I think it needs to me mounted. It doesn't show like /sd3, only as host=2-1.5.1. I doubt I did this correctly. Not sure how to mount it.

Thanks
 
What does lsblk show inside the VM.
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Thanks, I don't have copy and paste working yet. The server has 4 - 4TB HDDs RAID 10 and the external USB HD is also 4TB. I don't think it's list as I only see one 3.6TB drive as sb2.

This is getting to be too much and I stayed up past 2AM. I'm just going to scrub this and install Debian 13.

Really appreciate your help!