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Hyper-v Host Ubuntu Shared Folder E514 Write Error on Second Write

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Hyper-v Host Ubuntu Shared Folder E514 Write Error on Second Write

Host: Windows 10 Guest: Hyper-V virtual machine: Ubuntu 18.0.4 Problem with shared folder: Can edit and write a new file only once. On second write:

Virtual-Machine-Ubuntu-18-04-3-LTS:~$ vi shared-drives/D:/HYPERV_SHARED_FOLDER/test Virtual-Machine-Ubuntu-18-04-3-LTS:~$ cat shared-drives/D:/HYPERV_SHARED_FOLDER/test First write of shared folder file: ok Virtual-Machine-Ubuntu-18-04-3-LTS:~$ vi shared-drives/D:/HYPERV_SHARED_FOLDER/test Error on write: "shared-drives/D:/HYPERV_SHARED_FOLDER/test" "shared-drives/D:/HYPERV_SHARED_FOLDER/test" E514: write error (file system full?) WARNING: Original file may be lost or damaged don't quit the editor until the file is successfully written! Press ENTER or type command to continue

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I ran into the same issue. I wasn't able to resolve it on the VM side, instead I created network shares for the folders I needed access to and mounted those from the VM.

So far this has been pretty painless, a guide is available for the windows side here:

And for the Ubuntu side to enable permanent share mounting here:

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