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Byron Boudreaux
Copper Contributor
Nov 24, 2020

WSL 2 not working after installing 20262

Just getting involved with Insider Preview...upgraded 2019 Datacenter (latest official release) to 20262. After the upgrade, downloaded and ran the Linux Kernel update package. When running WSL commands from the command-line, almost every command I run returns the same output that wsl --help enumerates. If I run wsl --set-default-version 2, it enumerates the help context. Did I miss a step to get this to work or is this a known bug?

  • LubomirH's avatar
    LubomirH
    Brass Contributor

    build 20289 still with the same issue :sad:

     

    Mary Hoffman 

    Why isn't the not working WSL2 as part of the Known Issues?

    I am just wondering if it is part of some automatic tests or not.

     

    thanks for any answer

     

    LH

    • Byron Boudreaux's avatar
      Byron Boudreaux
      Copper Contributor

      LubomirH I believe this issue persists because the product team does not intend to ship WSL in Windows Server.

    • LubomirH's avatar
      LubomirH
      Brass Contributor
      Yes I did, it's in my first post.
      I have tried both freshly installed build 20287 and also inplace upgrade of working WSL2 in 20241 to 20287, but the result is the same e.g. no working WSL2 ๐Ÿ˜ž
      • tbertenshaw's avatar
        tbertenshaw
        Copper Contributor

        LubomirH ok thats a shame. It wasn't clear in your post that you had done a fresh install,as well as an upgrade.  :sad:

  • tbertenshaw's avatar
    tbertenshaw
    Copper Contributor
    Could someone please clarify if this will be reinstated? and why it was removed. Its a really excellent development addition and it missing breaks my development experience. ๐Ÿ˜ž
    • LubomirH's avatar
      LubomirH
      Brass Contributor

      I have tried on build 20285 and 20287 and the same experience.

       

      I couldn't find any feedback, so I wrote one https://aka.ms/AAaz6yv 

      please upvote it

       

      Regards

       

      LH

       
       
      • LubomirH's avatar
        LubomirH
        Brass Contributor

        BTW the last build where it works is build 20241.

        first go to insider website and sign-in Download Windows Server Insider Preview (microsoft.com)

        Then you can generate the link to download the older build here

         

        After successfully installing a distro inside the build 20241 I have tried in-place upgrade to the latest 20287, which finished OK, but it doesn't only brakes the "wsl --set-default-version 2" command, it doesn't want to start the distro anymore, the error is something about mount failed.

         
         
  • Byron Boudreaux WSL 2 will not be included with the next LSTC of Windows Server, it was included in the SAC releases but was not in Windows Server 2019 (the prior LTSC).

    • fpaquin's avatar
      fpaquin
      Copper Contributor

      Taylor Brown So you said WSL2 will not be available in the 20270 build ? or should be but there is a bug ?

    • Olmerg's avatar
      Olmerg
      Copper Contributor

      I have the same problem, wsl and docker does not start. It is a little random, but if I restart the PC sometimes it start again.

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