I'm migrating to a new work machine. Old machine is wsl2 but apparently a slightly older version. It doesn't have -vhd flag on import or export. Both machines, before and after, show appropriate output from wsl -l -v.
I ran export. Using 7zip, I see that the exported tar contains the filesystem as it existed before export. As a separate measure, I also found and copied the vhdx.
I've put them both on the new machine.
I have imported the exported tar, and also used import-in-place with the copied vhdx. They both end with "The operation completed successfully" and show as separate items on the wsl -l -v
However, neither of them are the filesystem from the exported or copied original on the old machine. Logging into the 2 different instances, then using ls -al, shows that the ~ dir looks exactly like the original Ubuntu install that came with the wsl --install command on the new machine... It's basically a fresh OS. I don't think it's different pointers to the same virtual drive, as the cat /etc/os-release is different for each one, as is the command history.
What I need is to move the used distro, as is, from the old machine to the new one. Complete with os and filesystem.
Did I miss something? If so is there documentation for it?
