How do I mount a LVM partition using WSL2

Question

Hi

I tried following the instructions on mounting Linux partitions using WSL2. This works for regularly partitioned disks.

What I cannot seem to work out is how to mount an unencrypted LVM partition using wsl2.

If I log into WSL, and activate the volume group, I can mount it manually and access the contents. However, from the Windows explorer, I browsed to this folder and it appeared empty.

Answer 1

Hello,

in order to do the following steps

there are some Prerequisites

You will need to be on Windows 11 Build 22000 or later, or be running the Microsoft Store version of WSL.

Identify the disk - To list the available disks in Windows, run:

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GET-CimInstance -query "SELECT * from Win32_DiskDrive"

The disks paths are available under the 'DeviceID' columns. Usually under the \.\PHYSICALDRIVE* format.

Mount the disk - Using PowerShell, you can mount the disk using the Disk path discovered above, run:

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wsl --mount <DiskPath>

Mount the selected partitions

Once you have identified the partitions you want to mount, run this command on each partition:

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wsl --mount <DiskPath> --partition <PartitionNumber> --type <Filesystem>

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl2-mount-disk

And see if it helps,

Thank you

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