*** 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