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Byron Boudreaux
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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
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Jan 30, 2021

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

 
 
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LubomirH
Brass Contributor
Jan 30, 2021

BTW the last build where it works is build 20241.

first go to insider website and sign-in https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windowsinsiderpreviewserver

Then you can generate the link to download the older build https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/api/controls/contentinclude/html?pageId=cd06bda8-ff9c-4a6e-912a-b92a21f42526&host=www.microsoft.com&segments=software-download%2cwindows10ISO&query=&action=getskuinformationbyproductedition&sessionId=eef082c2-ab31-45a3-b2cc-58215e1a8da7&productEditionId=1826&sdVersion=2

 

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.

 
 
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    LubomirH
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    Feb 01, 2021

    I have just realized that the build 20241 where WSL2 works expired on January 31 2021 :sad: 

    And it looks like the timebomb breaks the WSL, I am unable to start or import any distro and am getting "Invalid Data" error. As soon as I changed the date back in time everything works again.

     

    I am looking forward to a new build with working WSL2.

     

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