rake aborted! LoadError: cannot load such file... HELP!

Setting up Ruby on Rails on Windows 11 using subsystem Ubuntu. I am trying to run the command: "rake db:create
rails server" and I'm getting this error:
rake aborted!
LoadError: cannot load such file -- /mnt/c/myapp/config/application
/mnt/c/myapp/rakefile:4:in require_relative'
/mnt/c/myapp/rakefile:4:in'
/usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/rake-13.0.6/exe/rake:27:in <top (required)>'
(See full trace by running task with --trace)
bin/rails:3:inrequire_relative': cannot load such file -- /mnt/c/myapp/config/boot (LoadError)
from bin/rails:3:in `

HELP!!