Please support mounting NBD disks
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Description
The Linux kernel supports Network Block Device (NBD) disks. I'd like to be able to mount such disks, containing any filesystem Linux supports, and access them from both Linux and Windows.
This is a capability easily available on a native Linux system, and it would be helpful to have the same capability on WSL2.
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Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Begin by locating WSL2's existing disk-mounting path and how Linux Network Block Device disks could be exposed across Linux and Windows. Done means NBD disks containing Linux-supported filesystems can be mounted and accessed from both environments.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100