I am trying to get my OpenSUSE 15.4 WSL to work on Windows with systemd.
The Guides for getting systemd working on WSL is using Ubuntu.
It works on my Ubuntu WSL, but not on my OpenSUSE WSL
svmoe@AAP-CND2081462:~$ cat /etc/wsl.conf
[boot]
systemd=true
When OpenSUSE WSL starts I get this error
Catastrophic failure
Error code: Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/E_UNEXPECTED
[process exited with code 4294967295 (0xffffffff)]
Is there any way I can recover this? Without removing OpenSUSE and reinstalling it?
That is what I had to do last time.
Try installing wsl_systemd pattern
zypper install -t pattern wsl_systemd
Mount Leap vhdx in another WSL instance or Hyper-V VM and remove systemd=true, then try installing wsl_systemd pattern.
Mount Leap vhdx in another WSL instance
How do I do that?
I tried to use affuse based on these instructions
How to attach other vhdx files to WSL2? · Issue #4574 · microsoft/WSL · GitHub
djviking@AAP-CND2081462:~$ sudo affuse /mnt/c/Users/svmoe/AppData/Local/Packages/46932SUSE.openSUSELeap15.4_022rs5jcyhyac/LocalState/ext4.vhdx /mnt/opensuse/
Can't open image file: Invalid argument
I also tried this
PS C:\Users\svmoe> wsl --mount --vhd C:\Users\djviking\AppData\Local\Packages\46932SUSE.openSUSELeap15.4_022rs5jcyhyac\LocalState\ext4.vhdx --bare
Failed to attach disk '\\?\C:\Users\svmoe\AppData\Local\Packages\46932SUSE.openSUSELeap15.4_022rs5jcyhyac\LocalState\ext4.vhdx' to WSL2: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.
Error code: Wsl/Service/AttachDisk/MountVhd/0x80070020
The wsl mount work, when I took a wsl --shutdown first.
PS C:\Users\djviking> wsl --shutdown
PS C:\Users\djvikling> wsl -d Ubuntu --mount --vhd C:\Users\svmoe\AppData\Local\Packages\46932SUSE.openSUSELeap15.4_022rs5jcyhyac\LocalState\ext4.vhdx --bare
The operation completed successfully.
PS C:\Users\djviking> wsl -d Ubuntu
djviking@AAP-CND2081462:/mnt/c/Users/svmoe$
Now. How do I access it?
I tried this guide to access and mount the OpenSUSE Leap in Ubuntu
[WSL2] Mount vhdx to WSL2 · Cody Bunch
However I was unable to remove the file /etc/wsl.conf
djviking@AAP-CND2081462:/mnt/opensuse/etc$ rm wsl.conf
rm: cannot remove 'wsl.conf': Read-only file system
djviking@AAP-CND2081462:/mnt/opensuse/etc$ sudo rm wsl.conf
rm: cannot remove 'wsl.conf': Permission denied
I needed to change -ro to -rw, but I am still unable to remove the file
djviking@AAP-CND2081462:~$ guestmount --add /mnt/c/Users/djviking/AppData/Local/Packages/46932SUSE.openSUSELeap15.4_022rs5jcyhyac/LocalState/ext4.vhdx --rw -i ./import/
libguestfs: warning: current user is not a member of the KVM group (group ID 109). This user cannot access /dev/kvm, so libguestfs may run very slowly. It is recommended that you 'chmod 0666 /dev/kvm' or add the current user to the KVM group (you might need to log out and log in again).
djviking@AAP-CND2081462:~$ sudo rm import/etc/wsl.conf
rm: cannot remove 'import/etc/wsl.conf': Permission denied
I have no idea what you are doing.
PS C:\Users\Administrator> wsl --mount --name Leap154 --vhd 'D:\WSL\Leap 15.4\ext4.vhdx'
The disk was successfully mounted as '/mnt/wsl/Leap154'.
Note: The location will be different if you have modified the automount.root setting in /etc/wsl.conf.
To unmount and detach the disk, run 'wsl.exe --unmount \\?\D:\WSL\Leap 15.4\ext4.vhdx'.
PS C:\Users\Administrator>
and in WSL distribution
andrei@tumbleweed:~> sudo touch /mnt/wsl/Leap154/etc/x
andrei@tumbleweed:~> sudo rm /mnt/wsl/Leap154/etc/x
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Using your mount command
then running Ubuntu WSL, I was able to delete the file
PS C:\Users\djviking> wsl --mount --name Leap154 --vhd C:\Users\djviking\AppData\Local\Packages\46932SUSE.openSUSELeap15.4_022rs5jcyhyac\LocalState\ext4.vhdx
The disk was successfully mounted as '/mnt/wsl/Leap154'.
Note: The location will be different if you have modified the automount.root setting in /etc/wsl.conf.
To unmount and detach the disk, run 'wsl.exe --unmount \\?\C:\Users\djviking\AppData\Local\Packages\46932SUSE.openSUSELeap15.4_022rs5jcyhyac\LocalState\ext4.vhdx'.