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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 comma...
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LubomirH
Brass Contributor
Feb 05, 2021

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

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Byron Boudreaux
Copper Contributor
Feb 05, 2021

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

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    LubomirH
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    Feb 07, 2021

    Byron Boudreaux 

    well, this would be really a pity

    I hope this is just a bug and you are not right!

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      LubomirH
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      Feb 10, 2021

      Although I am able to run the WSL2 in the build 20241 while having the time set back, it doesn't really help much, because of the time difference SSL is broken and thus other things are broken and you can't install any docker container from online. :cry:

       

      @Mary Hoffman

      Mary can you please give us some official statement?

      Is there any hope that WSL2 will be fixed in next builds or the rumors are right and WSL2 will not be part of the final WS2022 release?

      I would be glad to test and report back, because I like the idea of having both Windows and Linux containers on one host next to each other.

       

      thanks

       

      Lubomir

       

       

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        Mary Hoffman
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        Feb 10, 2021

        LubomirH It is my opinion that it is unlikely that WSL will be included in the final Windows Server product as it was was not included in Windows Server 2019.  The investigation on this issue is ongoing and I hope to have a more complete answer for you soon. We do recommend upgrading to the latest preview build in order to pick up all the recent fixes and updates.

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