mounting ext4 from an NTFS drive
Wed, 05 Jun 2024, 09:19:00 PM
Had to whip up a quick easy solution to access my linux drive from windows to get some files across. This is what I came up with.
This is mostly ripped from this microsoft article but i figured i’d keep it here for when i inevitably have to do this again.
/* Mount NVME from path (GET-CimInstance -query) */
wsl --mount \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1
wsl
/* Find the partition number (i.e sda1 = 1) */
lsblk
exit
/* Remount the drive with the correct partition */
wsl --mount \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1 --partition 1 --type ext4
wsl
/* Find mount point within wsl (in my case, /dev/sdd2 */
df
/* Mount drive within wsl */
sudo mkdir /mnt/debian
sudo mount -t ext4 /dev/sdd2 /mnt/debian
With this completed, you’ll be able to natively access an ext4 partition using the WSL file explorer integration and zoom all your files across at good speeds.
