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WSL --mount will not mount a microSD card
Version
22000.527
WSL Version
- [X] WSL 2
- [ ] WSL 1
Kernel Version
5.10.16.3
Distro Version
Ubuntu 20.04
Other Software
No response
Repro Steps
Surface Go 1 (Yes I'm aware it doesn't officially support Windows 11)
Insert an unpartitioned microSD card Run GET-CimInstance -query "SELECT * from Win32_DiskDrive" wsl --mount \.\PHYSICALDRIVE1
Screenshot https://i.imgur.com/TqfUBoZ.png
Expected Behavior
SD card gets mounted into WSL2
Actual Behavior
The system cannot find the drive specified
Diagnostic Logs
No response
wsl --mount feature does not support removable media, use USP/IP instead.
If you are looking for guidance on how to connect a USB device (flash drive, SD card reader, etc), see Connect USB devices. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl2-mount-disk https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/WSL/commit/ea7499d84f3493590300495f003f84ffc36ffff0
I did try that before leaving this report. That does not work either. The SD card just doesn't show up in the list. And not sure if it matters, but it isn't a USB SD card reader, but a PCIe one
https://i.imgur.com/XuYNZJk.png
I have the same issue on my laptop. SD card reader is not in the USB device list, and I can't mount it.
This is due to the fact, that there are simply no USB storage drivers in the WSL Kernel.
You can use usbipd for connectiong any USB devices to WSL and they will also show up under lsusb, however due to the missing drivers in the kernel, no devices will be listed under lsblk.
I'm now trying to compile my own kernel according to the usbipd docs, but it's probably faster to just flash ubuntu over your windows machine at this point.
I have really no idea why those drivers are not simply compiled into the default kernel.
See also many other issues like https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/8408
I am still running into this issue for the Broadcom SD Card reader built into my old Acer laptop.
wsl --mount \.\PHYSICALDRIVE2 reports no drive found.
device appears as SCSI Disk Drive in Device Manager
usbipd wsl list does not list the SD Card.
I am still running into this issue for the Broadcom SD Card reader built into my old Acer laptop.
wsl --mount \.\PHYSICALDRIVE2reports no drive found. device appears as SCSI Disk Drive in Device Managerusbipd wsl listdoes not list the SD Card.
i'm in the same boat now, did you ever find a fix?
Same issue. I need the feature to access an SD card for a Raspberry Pi and modify some files, but it's not working :(
The only working solution is to recompile the WSL kernel (5.15.153.1 currently). It's less painful than you think. The full instructions are here: https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/access-linux-ext4-partitions-in-windows
In addition to the instructions above, in order to read Steam Deck SD Cards, you must also enable casefolding support which requires UTF-8 character handling Under "File Systems -> UTF-8 normalization and casefolding support".
I hope Microsoft adds USB storage support to newer kernels.
This may be the same issue, I've got more detail in my issue: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/12153
Until this limitation (maybe Hyper-V related?) is resolved, check out some possible workarounds here.
same issue. windows 10, wsl, raspberry pi formatted sd car on USB-C adapter.
I don't there are solutions but they're hacky outside of buying the right reader- I don't think recompiling the kernel is necessary.
Some usb adapters treat the sdcard as a drvfs filesystem (mass storage vs removable media). That would solve the problem I believe. My lexar sd/microsd reader treats them as drives and not removable media.
I know people hate to hear this but WSL1 may provide better access to drives that are identified as removable media. WSL1 uses api calls to the fs which makes it a lot more compatible w/o hyper-v because there's no additional virtualization layer. You'll see a lot of posts of people downgrading to WSL1.
Odd but I really like wsl2.
Don't lose hope, I wrote an tutorial and it is not complex, just take 10 minutes without any sideeffects. see here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/wsl2-sd-card-support-fix-guide-bowen-han-34x3c/
The only working solution is to recompile the WSL kernel (5.15.153.1 currently). It's less painful than you think. The full instructions are here: https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/access-linux-ext4-partitions-in-windows
In addition to the instructions above, in order to read Steam Deck SD Cards, you must also enable casefolding support which requires UTF-8 character handling Under "File Systems -> UTF-8 normalization and casefolding support".
I hope Microsoft adds USB storage support to newer kernels.
thanks~~but it not works for hardisk like nvme T-T
The only working solution is to recompile the WSL kernel (5.15.153.1 currently). It's less painful than you think. The full instructions are here: https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/access-linux-ext4-partitions-in-windows
In addition to the instructions above, in order to read Steam Deck SD Cards, you must also enable casefolding support which requires UTF-8 character handling Under "File Systems -> UTF-8 normalization and casefolding support".
I hope Microsoft adds USB storage support to newer kernels.
wow, what an insane thing you have to do to access the steam deck sd card on Windows. MS really dropped the ball here.
