KVM/QEMU Not allowing me to use External 2TB HDD as a place to store VM's on

Not a direct reply to your question, but the post below contains information on how to statically mount external drives. :arrow_down:

/run is for dynamically/automatically mounted stuff, and its permissions are applied on-the-fly by the system at mount time. That is neither reliable nor optimal, as you’ve discovered. :wink: