# Cannot add library folder from second drive **URL:** \ **Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\ **Tags:** server-linux\ **Created:** [February 22, 2025, 2:48am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cannot-add-library-folder-from-second-drive/906504 "2025-02-22T02:48:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rupe120](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/rupe120/32/166716_2.png) [@rupe120](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rupe120)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2025, 2:48am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cannot-add-library-folder-from-second-drive/906504/1 "2025-02-22T02:48:07Z")
Server Version#: 4.22.3 Player Version#: N/A I have 2 physical drives, an OS drive and a Data drive. I can see the Data drive listed when I go to add my library, but the file browser in the library selection doesn’t show anything from the contents of the drive. Thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![Sdrego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Sdrego](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Sdrego)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2025, 3:37am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cannot-add-library-folder-from-second-drive/906504/2 "2025-02-22T03:37:09Z")
Same here, only I’m using OSX. I have an external drive connected via USB. OSX Finder can see it (and the files on it) just fine … but when I go to Manage Libraries/add library - it doesn’t show up as an option. ---
**Author:** ![pshanew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/pshanew/32/160555_2.png) [@pshanew](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pshanew)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2025, 3:41am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cannot-add-library-folder-from-second-drive/906504/3 "2025-02-22T03:41:32Z")
It’s almost certainly permissions. Are you using a static mount for the drive, or are you letting the OS mount the drive for you under /media? If the latter, you’ll need to create a static mount and set ownership and permissions correctly. This how-to entry should help you with that: > [@Linux Tips](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-tips/276247/2): > > Using other hard drives (Windows or Linux) with PMS This How-To is written to help with Internal and External drives. It also is written to demonstrate how to cope with NTFS and EXT4 formatted drives. By logical extension, any format supported by Linux can be handled using the technique shown here. In all cases, the goal is to give user plex permission to read your media files which Linux doesn’t allow by default due to its strict security model. We will walk through the steps needed … ---
**Author:** ![pshanew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/pshanew/32/160555_2.png) [@pshanew](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pshanew)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2025, 3:42am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cannot-add-library-folder-from-second-drive/906504/4 "2025-02-22T03:42:15Z")
It would be best for you to create your own thread and tag it with ‘server-mac’ in order to get assistance. But as an initial suggestion, head into macOS System Settings → Privacy & Security → Files & Folders and ensure Plex Media Server has permission to access Removable Volumes. ---
**Author:** ![rupe120](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/rupe120/32/166716_2.png) [@rupe120](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rupe120)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2025, 3:56am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cannot-add-library-folder-from-second-drive/906504/5 "2025-02-22T03:56:35Z")
Thank you. Yes it is just showing up under media. I will let you know if I have any questions. ---
**Author:** ![rupe120](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/rupe120/32/166716_2.png) [@rupe120](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rupe120)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 4:06am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cannot-add-library-folder-from-second-drive/906504/6 "2025-02-26T04:06:53Z")
Thank you. I was able to connect to a static mount. ---
**Author:** ![pshanew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/pshanew/32/160555_2.png) [@pshanew](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pshanew)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 4:18am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cannot-add-library-folder-from-second-drive/906504/7 "2025-02-26T04:18:17Z")
You’re welcome, glad you got it working. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 4:19am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cannot-add-library-folder-from-second-drive/906504/8 "2025-05-27T04:19:09Z")
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