Base image

ftp://files.boxofcables.dev/vintage_wsl/ubuntu-warty-rootfs.tar.gz

Changes I made to the base image

added /etc/apt/sources.list to work in 2020
set TERM to xterm in /etc/profile
set LOCALES and LC_ALL to en_US in /etc/environment
ran dpkg-reconfigure locales
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get install lsb-release
apt-get clean

Steps

1. In %USERPROFILE\.wslconfig set:

[wsl2]
kernelCommandLine="vsyscall=emulate"

2. Then:

Restart-Service LxssManager

3. Finally:

wsl.exe --import "Ubuntu-Warty" C:\Ubuntu-Warty ubuntu-warty-rootfs.tar.gz --version 2



Tested on Windows 10 Pro build 20152.