Requirements
Install veracrypt-console on WSL
# Ubuntu 22.04
wget https://launchpad.net/veracrypt/trunk/1.25.9/+download/veracrypt-console-1.25.9-Ubuntu-22.04-amd64.deb
sudo apt install libfuse2
sudo dpkg -i veracrypt-console-1.25.9-Ubuntu-22.04-amd64.deb
# Ubuntu 20.04
wget https://launchpad.net/veracrypt/trunk/1.25.9/+download/veracrypt-console-1.25.9-Ubuntu-20.04-amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i veracrypt-console-1.25.9-Ubuntu-20.04-amd64.deb
On Windows in PowerShell:
Find USB drive path:
GET-CimInstance -query "SELECT * from Win32_DiskDrive"
Example output:
DeviceID Caption Partitions Size Model
-------- ------- ---------- ---- -----
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE2 WD My Passport 2626 USB Device 0 5000945564160 WD My Passport 2626 USB Device
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1 SAMSUNG MZVPV512HDGL-00000 2 512105932800 SAMSUNG MZVPV512HDGL-00000
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0 SAMSUNG MZVL21T0HCLR-00B00 4 1024203640320 SAMSUNG MZVL21T0HCLR-00B00
Can see here that the USB drive DeviceID is \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE2
Mount
As administrator in PowerShell:
wsl --mount \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE2 --bare
On WSL (Ubuntu):
Find the drive
sudo lsblk
Example output:
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
sda 8:0 0 363.1M 1 disk
sdb 8:16 0 16G 0 disk [SWAP]
sdc 8:32 0 1T 0 disk /mnt/wslg/distro
/
sdd 8:48 0 4.5T 0 disk
Mount the drive /dev/sdd to the mountpoint /mnt/a
sudo veracrypt -m=nokernelcrypto /dev/sdd /mnt/a
Respond to the prompts if they come up:
Enter password for /dev/sdg: [Your password]
Enter PIM for /dev/sdg: [ENTER]
Enter keyfile [none]: [ENTER]
Protect hidden volume (if any)? (y=Yes/n=No) [No]: [ENTER]
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