arrow_back Install Windows Subsystem for Linux on a Non-System Drive

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#1483 Re: Install Windows Subsystem for Linux on a Non-System Drive

Hi Michael,

Did you see the installation logs like the following one?

Installing, this may take a few minutes...
Please create a default UNIX user account. The username does not need to match your Windows username.
For more information visit: https://aka.ms/wslusers
Enter new UNIX username: raymond
Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: password updated successfully
Installation successful!
To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>".
See "man sudo_root" for details.
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person Michael access_time 2 years ago
Re: Install Windows Subsystem for Linux on a Non-System Drive

I have Ubuntu 18.04 installed and have it set as my default with wsl.  I do not have the rootfs after installing it.  What I have is

is the ext4.vhdx what the rootfs actually is?

I appreciate your help and the rest of everything that you posted was great.  I just want to see what I messed up.  XD

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