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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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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.

 
 
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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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