Re: Windows Subsystem for Linux Debian
didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> writes:
> Le 07/03/2023 à 21:17, Richmond a écrit :
>> I have Debian 11 on Windows Subsystem for Linux, but it is using a
>> version 4 kernel. (I have established that it is debian 11 by looking in
>> /etc/issue, and /etc/apt/sources). The Kernel says it is Microsoft:
>> 4.4.0-19041-Microsoft #2311-Microsoft
>> So I guess this is not really a kernel? as the version is a Windows
>> version number, although I am on Windows 19045.2604.
>> Who supports Debian 11 for WSL? It is in the Microsoft Store. Why is
>> it
>> on version 4 kernel?
>
> Hello,
>
> Warning: I do not use WSL1/WSL2
> but I would say that your Debian was installed as a WSL1 distro
> (typical 4.4 pseudo linux kernel (translator, sort of)) and you could
> migrate it to WSL2 (5.15 kernel presently, in a Hyper-V VM).
> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/compare-versions
> https://superuser.com/questions/1628023/check-wsl-version-1-or-2-inside-the-linux-installation
> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/kernel-release-notes
It seems I had not upgraded to WSL2. I thought I had. Now I have done
that I am on the right kernel.
5.15.90.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 #1
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