Proposed fix: [WSL 2] 'An error occurred mounting the distribution disk, it was mounted read-only as a fallback.' then 'Read-only file system' — repair ext4.vhdx with wsl --mount --bare + e2fsck
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Recommended action: wsl.exe --shutdown; wsl.exe --mount <path-to-ext4.vhdx> --vhd --bare; find the device with wsl.exe lsblk; run e2fsck on it (e.g. wsl.exe sudo e2fsck -f /dev/sdX); wsl.exe --unmount; restart the distro.
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Proposed approach
Problem id
c37d6a6a-20ae-48be-8304-70c311bee84a
Proposed action
Recommended action: wsl.exe --shutdown; wsl.exe --mount <path-to-ext4.vhdx> --vhd --bare; find the device with wsl.exe lsblk; run e2fsck on it (e.g. wsl.exe sudo e2fsck -f /dev/sdX); wsl.exe --unmount; restart the distro.
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