Error: watch /mnt/c/ubuntu/AwesomeProject EPERM

[joetidee]

I followed the steps in the getitng started guide (Android + Windows):

https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/getting-started.html

I am running Bash on Windows 10 and my working directory is /mnt/c/ubuntu/AwesomeProject.

I run the command react-native start and get the following errors:

Scanning 548 folders for symlinks in /mnt/c/ubuntu/AwesomeProject/node_modules (51ms)
 ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
 │  Running packager on port 8081.                                            │
 │                                                                            │
 │  Keep this packager running while developing on any JS projects. Feel      │
 │  free to close this tab and run your own packager instance if you          │
 │  prefer.                                                                   │
 │                                                                            │
 │  https://github.com/facebook/react-native                                  │
 │                                                                            │
 └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Looking for JS files in
   /mnt/c/ubuntu/AwesomeProject

Loading dependency graph...
React packager ready.

watch /mnt/c/ubuntu/AwesomeProject EPERM
Error: watch /mnt/c/ubuntu/AwesomeProject EPERM
    at exports._errnoException (util.js:1022:11)
    at FSWatcher.start (fs.js:1429:19)
    at Object.fs.watch (fs.js:1456:11)
    at NodeWatcher.watchdir (/mnt/c/ubuntu/AwesomeProject/node_modules/sane/src/node_watcher.js:144:20)
    at new NodeWatcher (/mnt/c/ubuntu/AwesomeProject/node_modules/sane/src/node_watcher.js:45:8)
    at createWatcher (/mnt/c/ubuntu/AwesomeProject/node_modules/jest-haste-map/build/index.js:536:23)
    at Array.map (native)
    at HasteMap._watch (/mnt/c/ubuntu/AwesomeProject/node_modules/jest-haste-map/build/index.js:654:44)
    at _buildPromise._buildFileMap.then.then.hasteMap (/mnt/c/ubuntu/AwesomeProject/node_modules/jest-haste-map/build/index.js:250:21)

[hramos]

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[unip]

I have the same problem too