IGM IT

*** Install the Windows Subsystem for Linux:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/install-win10
(Ubuntu, Ope*S*se, and SL*S are currently available. Fedora is due at some stage)

It is possible that the WLS should mount any pre-existing Windows drives automatically. This was not the case for me, so below are workarounds. It is possible that, as WLS matures, these steps are not required.

*** Add your *existing* Windows drives e.g. your University research folders

In this example, our Windows 10 PC automatically adds the Institute Z: and O: drives at login. We can use these pre-existing Windows drives and mount them.

IGM example – O: and Z: drives:

$ sudo mkdir /mnt/o
$ sudo mount -t drvfs O: /mnt/o

$ sudo mkdir /mnt/z
$ sudo mount -t drvfs Z: /mnt/z

OR directly mount University drives. In this example, we will mount the Flow Cytometry drives (amend your drive letters; these are what we use here at the IGM). S: drive represents the live/instrument data; R: drive represents archived FC data.

Example 1:

$ sudo mkdir /mnt/s
$ sudo mkdir /mnt/r

$ sudo mount -t drvfs '\\fsarchive.ncl.ac.uk\IHGScratch\FLOWCF' /mnt/s
$ sudo mount -t drvfs '\\fsresearch2-dbx.ncl.ac.uk\IGM_FLOWCF' /mnt/r

Example 2:

$ sudo mkdir /mnt/s
$ sudo mkdir /mnt/r

$ sudo mount -t drvfs '\\campus.ncl.ac.uk\scratch\IHGSCRATCH\FLOWCF' /mnt/s
$ sudo mount -t drvfs '\\campus.ncl.ac.uk\IGM\FLOWCF' /mnt/r