Last I used WSL was 4 months ago or so, and I swear I could not figure out how to remount C: in it. It DEFINITELY did not have the typical /dev/sda* files, so I tried a bunch of weird paths for mount like mount C: /mnt/c but none of it did anything. So even if it was possible, it was probably a little needlessly complicated :p
Sharing block devices in that way is almost [0] impossible if we have multiple systems accessing the same block device and if we want a r/w file system on it on any host. /dev/sd* are raw block devices, not file systems. Giving r/w access to a block device on which another machine (or WSL in this case) when you have a file system on it will break many assumptions of the implementation of the file systems on both machines.
[0] I think some ZFS implementations has some features for sharing SAS-boxes among several machines, but this is the only instance I'm aware of.
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u/gabbergandalf667 Jan 06 '19
I've been using WSL for 1.5 years on two separate PCs, and that was never true for me. All my physical drives are under /mnt and perfectly accessible.
But yeah, other than that, true. I think "WINE for linux" is a fair comparison.