title: Attach Ext4 Partitions to WSL Instance
tags: linux windows wsl fs
h1:

Here is a quick guide to mount ext4 Linux into WSL.

Open powershell as administrator
```powershell
GET-CimInstance -query "SELECT * from Win32_DiskDrive"
```
this is to get the drive information that you want to mount eg. \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE4

To find the right physical drive, it can help to use e.g.
```powershell
get-partition 4
```
for e.g. physical drive 4. You should see an Unknown partition type, which is likely
to be Linux.

```powershell
wsl.exe --mount \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE4 --bare
```
Go into wsl in another terminal and check the drive is mounted
```powershell
lsblk # or lsblk -f
```

you will see the drive for eg. /dev/sdc
```powershell
mount /dev/sdc /mnt/mydrive
```

Finally, when done:
```powershell
wsl.exe --unmount \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE4 --bare
```