WSL2 Not all drives mounted in /mnt

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I just encountered, that only C:/ drive is mounted on /mnt/c, but all other drives (D,E,F, ...) are not.

C - internal drive - mounted
D - internal drive - not mounted
E - external drive (USB) - not mounted

I don't know what caused the issue, but after wsl --shutdown everything is mounted back again.

[caleb15]

I ran into the same issue. I have a NTFS volume I mounted as a additional drive after launching WSL2, but it doesn't show up in /mnt/, even after restarting WSL2.

caleb@DESKTOP-AE53KE4:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
Release:        20.04
Codename:       focal
caleb@DESKTOP-AE53KE4:~$ ls /mnt
c  wsl

Doing a full shutdown with wsl --shutdown and relaunching Ubuntu fixed it.

[pxcandeias]

The exact same thing is happening to me. Laptop with two internal drives, C: and D:, the latter is not mounted. Must always perform wsl --shutdown and relaunch Ubuntu again.

I am running Windows 10 Home, version 21H1, compilation 19043.928 with Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.3530.0

[flatline-studios]

Same issue here.

Adding a manual entry to the /etc/fstab file, or using wsl --shutdown && wsl fix the issue, but there shouldn't really be an issue.

Edition	Windows 10 Pro
Version	21H1
Installed on	‎28/‎04/‎2021
OS build	19043.1081
Experience	Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.3530.0

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
Release:        20.04
Codename:       focal

Linux LAPTOP-2 5.4.72-microsoft-standard-WSL2 #1 SMP Wed Oct 28 23:40:43 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I should probably mention that the order of events was:

1. Install WSL2
2. Install Ubuntu-20.04 from the Windows Store
3. Format D:\ drive as NTFS

I don't know if it would have worked, if the second hard drive existed before Ubuntu was installed... Just an idea.

I have the following in my /etc/fstab:

D:      /mnt/d  drvfs   defaults        0       0

Which fixes the problem, but as this is clearly a bug, I thought I'd throw my hat in to the ring, and provide a few more details.

[bradkrane]

I had the same issue it required a wsl --shutdown then relaunch and then all of the new HDD mount points are available.

[moreje]

Hi,
I have a comparable issue...but with another variant ;)
I have a network drive Z: mounted in windows
Locally, I can mount this drive in my wsl2 Ubuntu and access it through /mnt/z (after editing fstab, this is permanent and functionnal)
BUT
if I SSH to this Ubuntu:
Z: is not seen and cannot be mounted in /mnt/z
no problem with C: and /mnt/c
any ideas?

[bitekas]

Same issue, the drive 'i' is empty. Worth mentioning, the drive is a Google Drive endpoint. Maybe it is initialized later than WSL upon the system start? Other drives (including mounted Google Drives) are mounted in WSL fine. wsl --shutdown fixes the issue until next reboot.

[LiamKarlMitchell]

Same issue after running wsl --update I suspect.
Mount does not seem to persist when windows is updated, so I have to keep naming a new volume each restart.

When I did the wsl --shutdown and restarted it, the Ubuntu could not use docker for commands like docker ps as the socket was not created/found even though Ubuntu is enabled under docker desktop WSL integrations.

volumes:
  files-data6:
    driver: local
    driver_opts:
      o: bind
      type: none
      device: /e/Files

[LiamKarlMitchell]

Happened again after an unexpected restart.
Maybe it is a timing issue, if WSL2 launches quickly after startup?

wsl --shutdown

Then clicking yes on docker desktops popup to restart wsl2 backend made it work again.

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Thank you!

[Angelinsky7]

I need to this wsl --shutdown after every startup of window 11.
Is there anyone that have found a solution for this ?

[alejoasotelo]

I have the same problem wsl --shutdown, restart docker and then it work again.

Windows 11
wsl 2.4.11.0
docker 4.37.1

[schakrabortygithub]

I also have the same issue. Any permanent solution other than restarting the system every time?

[LiamKarlMitchell]

Just happened to me again too (2 years later from my last post same machine etc) Had to reboot twice.

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