Unable To Access The Windows Subsystem For Linux

[DonnyKreiger]

Greetings, I am unable to access the Windows subsystem for Linux file. Could someone please help to fix it?

[Ed_P]

Sure Donny, we just need to know which Windows, which Linux file, what you want to do with the Linux file.

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Maybe this will help you Donny. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install

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Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22621.1848]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\System32>wsl
Windows Subsystem for Linux has no installed distributions.
Distributions can be installed by visiting the Microsoft Store:
https://aka.ms/wslstore

C:\Windows\System32>wsl -l -o
The following is a list of valid distributions that can be installed.
Install using 'wsl --install -d <Distro>'.

NAME                                   FRIENDLY NAME
Ubuntu                                 Ubuntu
Debian                                 Debian GNU/Linux
kali-linux                             Kali Linux Rolling
Ubuntu-18.04                           Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Ubuntu-20.04                           Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Ubuntu-22.04                           Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
OracleLinux_7_9                        Oracle Linux 7.9
OracleLinux_8_7                        Oracle Linux 8.7
OracleLinux_9_1                        Oracle Linux 9.1
SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-15-SP4    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
openSUSE-Leap-15.4                     openSUSE Leap 15.4
openSUSE-Tumbleweed                    openSUSE Tumbleweed

C:\Windows\System32>

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To install a Linux distribution that is not listed as available, you can import any Linux distribution using a TAR file.

How do we convert a Porteus ISO to a TAR file?

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unable to access the Windows subsystem for Linux file.

How to install Windows' subsystem for Linux:

You can now install everything you need to run WSL with a single command. Open PowerShell or Windows Command Prompt in administrator mode by right-clicking and selecting "Run as administrator", enter the wsl --install command, then restart your machine.

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Anyone ever try this? https://cloudconvert.com/iso-to-tar

[DonnyKreiger]

Thank you for approving the post. But after posting the thread here, I started searching online and came across this article. I followed these solutions

Opening File Explorer from the WSL Terminal.
Launching the root from File Explorer.

Now I have no longer any issues to access Windows subsystem.

[Ed_P]

Please let us know if you add Porteus to your WSL system.

[dave007z]

Have never tried porteus on the same drive along side with windows, but from a separate drive or usb it accesses the windows file system very well.