Unable to mount SATA hard drive: Wsl/Service/AttachDisk/0x80070032

[CliffracerX]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.25931.1010]

WSL Version

0.0.0.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

Linux version 5.15.90.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2

Distro Version

Ubuntu 20.04

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

Determined drive path through the wmic disklist function (PHYSICALDRIVE1), unmounted all partitions through diskmgmt, ran WSL mount with the bare modifier as follows:
wsl --mount \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1 --bare

Expected Behavior

The intended WSL mount functionality; bare-mounting it so I can give WSL the full drive and then pass through it to access both its EXT4 and NTFS partitions.

Actual Behavior

$ wsl --mount \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1 --bare
The request is not supported.
Error code: Wsl/Service/AttachDisk/0x80070032

Of note, this happens be it with --bare or specifically targeting a partition (e.g, the known ext-4 partition --partition 4), as well as when targeting my other external data drive (\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0)

Diagnostic Logs

Diskdrive output

C:\Windows\System32>wmic diskdrive get Availability,Capabilities,CapabilityDescriptions,DeviceID,InterfaceType,MediaLoaded,MediaType,Model,Name,Partitions
Availability  Capabilities  CapabilityDescriptions                                       DeviceID            InterfaceType  MediaLoaded  MediaType              Model                   Name                Partitions
              {3, 4}        {"Random Access", "Supports Writing"}                        \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE2  SCSI           TRUE         Fixed hard disk media  WDS200T1X0E-00AFY0      \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE2  5
              {3, 4, 10}    {"Random Access", "Supports Writing", "SMART Notification"}  \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0  IDE            TRUE         Fixed hard disk media  WDC WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0  \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0  1
              {3, 4, 10}    {"Random Access", "Supports Writing", "SMART Notification"}  \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1  IDE            TRUE         Fixed hard disk media  TOSHIBA DT01ACA200      \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1  4

WSL Logs
WslLogs-2023-08-23_18-34-12.zip

[zcobol]

@CliffracerX the interface type is IDE but your hard drive is SATA capable, it should show InterfaceType=SCSI. How do you connect your hard drive?

[OneBlue]

Indeed, wsl --mount only supports SCSI disks at the moment so this is why you're seeing this error

[CliffracerX]

@CliffracerX the interface type is IDE but your hard drive is SATA capable, it should show InterfaceType=SCSI. How do you connect your hard drive?

They're connected by some cables yoinked from the drive bays on the old computer I pulled them from; my current one doesn't have proper drive bays so I had to make do with some bodge-job mounting and cabling.

Indeed, wsl --mount only supports SCSI disks at the moment so this is why you're seeing this error

This would explain it, then- unfortunate that I'll need to futz with the setup to get them supported, but good to know it's user error on my part!