Adding USB drive to proxmox

Step 1 - Find Drive

Click shell at top left

fdisk -l

to list drives attached, USB drives should be listed towards the bottom

 

Step 2 - Make Mount Point

mkdir <math to mount point>

 

Step 3 - Mount drive to folder

mount /dev/<drive name> /<mount point path>

note: for ntfs drive

mount -t ntfs /dev/sdb1 /mnt/USB_Data

Step 4 - Add directory to proxmox

Datacenter -> Storage -> Add -> Directory

Give the drive a name and enter mount path