Windows Subsystem for Linux

Windows Subsystem for Linux

WSL 2 is only available in Windows 10 builds 18917 or higher, upgrade to a WSL 2 compatible version:

• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

In the Windows search box search for "turn windows features on or off"

scroll down and tick:

• hyper v
• virtual machine platform
• windows subsystem for linux

install the WSL 2 kernel from this link

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl2-kernel

• Try to use your computers specific subarch stage3:

https://www.funtoo.org/Subarches

• if you're running 64 bit windows, and unsure about your subarch you can use this stage3:

https://www.funtoo.org/Generic_64

• use 7zip to convert the .tar.xz to .tar:

https://www.7-zip.org/download.html

• search for power shell, right click it's icon and select run as administrator:

root # wsl.exe --import "funtoo" "C:\funtoo" "C:\Users\$MYUSER\Downloads\gnome-stage3-amd64-piledriver-1.4-release-std-2020-12-16.tar" --version 2

root # wsl -d funtoo

you are now running funtoo under windows.

root # ego sync
root # echo 'FEATURES="-ipc-sandbox -pid-sandbox -mount-sandbox -network-sandbox"' > /etc/portage/make.conf
root # emerge -avuND @world