# WSL Cheatsheet

## [Mounting USB drives in Windows Subsystem for Linux](https://www.scivision.dev/mount-usb-drives-windows-subsystem-for-linux/)

Windows Subsystem for Linux can use (mount):

* SD card
* USB drives
* CD drives (CDFS)
* Network drives
* UNC paths

### Local storage / drives

Drives formatted as FAT, ExFAT or NTFS can be mounted in WSL. For this example, we assume the drive shows in Windows as `F:\` If Windows changes the USB drive letter on a subsequent session, you need to repeat this process.

The commands are typed into the Windows Subsystem for Linux Terminal.

Create a mount location in WSL:

```
mkdir /mnt/f
```

Mount the drive in WSL:

```
mount -t drvfs f: /mnt/f
```

After this one-time setup, one can create and manipulate files from both Windows and WSL on the same drive.

### network storage

Here we assume:

* networked storage is already showing in Windows under `\\server\share`
* we want to access this network storage from WSL as `/mnt/share`

Create a mount location in WSL:

```
mkdir /mnt/share
```

Mount the network share in WSL:

```
mount -t drvfs '\\server\share' /mnt/share
```

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