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WSL stuck in read only filesystem
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# https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/disk-space#how-to-repair-a-vhd-mounting-error
(Get-ChildItem -Path HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Lxss | Where-Object { $_.GetValue("DistributionName") -eq 'Ubuntu' }).GetValue("BasePath") + "\ext4.vhdx"
wsl --shutdwon
wsl.exe --mount <path-to-ext4.vhdx> --vhd --bare
wsl -d Ubuntu -e sudo fsck -y /dev/sda
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