I'm trying to follow the directions to upgrade my WSL 1 Ubunutu (18.04) release to WSL 2 Ubuntu-20.04 and the first step gives me an error message I don't know how to work around.
wsl --set-version ubuntu Conversion in progress, this may take a few minutes...For information on key differences with WSL 2 please visit https://aka.ms/wsl2Exporting the distribution failed.bsdtar: Couldn't read link data: I/O errorbsdtar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.I have also tried doing it the "normal" Ubuntu way and get different "errors":
$ lsb_release -aNo LSB modules are available.Distributor ID: UbuntuDescription: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTSRelease: 18.04Codename: bioniccfclark@p53:~$ sudo apt updateHit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/git-core/ppa/ubuntu bionic InReleaseHit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InReleaseHit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InReleaseHit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InReleaseHit:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InReleaseReading package lists... DoneBuilding dependency tree Reading state information... DoneAll packages are up to date.cfclark@p53:~$ sudo apt upgradeReading package lists... DoneBuilding dependency tree Reading state information... DoneCalculating upgrade... DoneThe following package was automatically installed and is no longer required: libdumbnet1Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it.0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.cfclark@p53:~$ sudo do-release-upgradeChecking for a new Ubuntu releaseGet:1 Upgrade tool signature [1554 B] Get:2 Upgrade tool [1340 kB] Fetched 1342 kB in 0s (0 B/s) authenticate 'focal.tar.gz' against 'focal.tar.gz.gpg'extracting 'focal.tar.gz'[4l>7[r[?1;3;4;6l87[4l=)0[1;66rlspci: Cannot find any working access method.Checking package managerReading package lists... DoneBuilding dependency treeReading state information... DoneHit http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InReleaseHit http://ppa.launchpad.net/git-core/ppa/ubuntu bionic InReleaseHit http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InReleaseHit http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InReleaseHit http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InReleaseFetched 0 B in 0s (0 B/s)Reading package lists... DoneBuilding dependency treeReading state information... DoneRestoring original system stateAbortingReading package lists... DoneBuilding dependency treeReading state information... Done=== Command detached from window (Sun May 23 13:26:05 2021) ====== Command terminated with exit status 1 (Sun May 23 13:26:15 2021) ===