When I go to Disk Utility, I can see the volume with info.

I can repair it. Verify Disk and Repair Disk (RhS)

which I did with no result , but the permissions sections are greyed out.

You cannot repair permissions on drives other than the boot drive. Repair Permissions relies on the receipts (in the Receipts folder) from all the installed packages in order to know what the privileges should be.

Have fun,
Shay
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