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Allow Installation on External ext4 partition #7819

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triple-vee opened this issue Dec 11, 2021 · 1 comment
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Allow Installation on External ext4 partition #7819

triple-vee opened this issue Dec 11, 2021 · 1 comment
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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Default install of WSL2 creates a large ext4.vhdx file on my main Windows partition. I know how to export and import it to an external drive which helps...
https://superuser.com/questions/1550622/move-wsl2-file-system-to-another-drive

But it would be ideal if you could choose the drive and location for ext4.vhdx during installation, And if you allow this, why not allow mounting an actual ext4 partition. It's awkward to have an external NTFS D:\ drive to hold a virtual drive (ext4.vhdx) when I'd rather have that external drive be an ext4 partition.

Describe the solution you'd like
During installation, allow extra target locations. A folder location on an external drive. An actual ext4 partition on an external drive.

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What I've done is have my WSL2 system on the ext4.vhdx virtual drive located on an external NTFS drive (D:). But I have the bulk of my Linux data on a 2nd external drive partition that's formatted as ext4. WSL2 has the ability to mount a physical ext4 partition...
https://www.scott-low.com/using-wsl-to-create-an-ext4-partition-for-teslacam/

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WSLUser commented Dec 14, 2021

It's a platform issue and would need to be addressed by the team responsible for maintaining the MS Store deployment (we've been waiting years, so expect it will never happen). There are several work-arounds which all revolve around custom importing.

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