/mnt does not show dynamically-appearing drive letters E: (CD/DVD)
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Description
If a DVD or USB stick is inserted into the PC, Windows dynamically sees the media content, and (if needed) assigns or re-uses a drive letter. Example: DVD inserted visible as E:\... However, the DVD is not visible as a /mnt" point like other Windows 10 NTFS drives. Since "/mnt" is an artificially-constructed entity, there is no adequate reason that "/mnt/e" cannot be as correspondingly visible/present as "/mnt/c"
You've defined a simple, meaningful, bi-directionally-understandable translation for the Windows and WSL environments. Keep it that way.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue with a DVD or USB device that receives drive letter E: in Windows 10, then check whether WSL exposes the corresponding mount point. Done means a dynamically appearing Windows E: drive is visible as /mnt/e alongside existing mounted drives.
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- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
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- 4/5
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- 3-5 days
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- Stale
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- Mostly clear
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- 35/100