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Read-only file system unable to fix. #1905

Closed viswacareer1 closed 2 months ago

viswacareer1 commented 5 months ago

Documentation Issue

My Ubuntu distribution has ran into read only file system state, so to resolved the issue I have followed the steps provided at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/disk-space#how-to-repair-a-vhd-mounting-error.

while performing the activity, I am getting the following error message while running .

wsl.exe sudo e2fsck -f /dev/sdd

Error Message:

e2fsck 1.46.5 (30-Dec-2021) /dev/sdd is mounted. e2fsck: Cannot continue, aborting.

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Link to documentation page

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/disk-space#how-to-repair-a-vhd-mounting-error

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craigloewen-msft commented 2 months ago

You need to mount another distro to interact with that VHD. I recommend using wsl --install Debian to quickly install Debian and then that will allow you to interact with it.

Thanks!

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