[SOLVED] Some issue with my external usb drive

[lumox]

Since I wanted to use my external HD usb drive to backup a couple of VMs, I plugged it on my Proxmox machine and I ran:

fdisk -l

.....

Disk /dev/sdd: 465.8 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
Disk model: Transcend       
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xef90b860

Device     Boot Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type
/dev/sdd1        2048 976769023 976766976 465.8G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

then:

mkdir /media/external

mount -t ntfs /dev/sdd1 /media/external


I can see now my new usb disk in pve->disks. It's the last one (sdd):


then I go to datacenter->storage and try to add a folder:


But I got this error message:




if I run:

root@pve:/media/external# ls

The directory is there

'$RECYCLE.BIN' BACKPROX FOTOs 'System Volume Information' FILES

What is the problem then?

Thanks

 

[lumox]

I installed the ntfs-3g packet. I thought that I would fix the issue. I then mounted the HD again:

root@pve:/# mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdd1 /media/external

But when in datacenter->storage I tried to create a Directory, I got this message this time:

illegal path for directory storage: /media/external (500)

What is wrong with it now?
Thanks

ps: fixed it! the directory path has to be: /media/external/