Unfortunately you cannot because you have to download the actual Linux image through the Windows Store. Ubuntu 20.04 weighs about half a gig plus whatever packages you install. Also, you need to turn on WSL through Add/Remove Windows Features.
Hope that helps Ray Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> ________________________________ From: Tom Manos <tma...@concursive.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 6:42:07 PM To: Ray Jewhurst <raywjewhu...@gmail.com> Cc: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: 'dd' for Windoze (Was: cctalk Digest, Vol 89, Issue 21) I'd never heard of it until now. My main disk is reasonably full. Can I install it on a data disk? Tom ------ Tom Manos, CTO Concursive Corporation On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 6:16 PM Ray Jewhurst <raywjewhu...@gmail.com<mailto:raywjewhu...@gmail.com>> wrote: I prefer WSL 2. It now allows X-windows and file management between the Linux distro and Windows (at least 11,I'm not sure about 10) is very intuitive. Ray Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> ________________________________ From: cctalk <cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org<mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org>> on behalf of Tom Manos via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org<mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 6:05:24 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk@classiccmp.org<mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> Subject: Re: 'dd' for Windoze (Was: cctalk Digest, Vol 89, Issue 21) Or install Cygwin for a complete UNIX environment under Windoze. I don't use it all that much, but when you need it, it's fabulous. Tom ------ Tom Manos, CTO Concursive Corporation On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 5:46 PM Noel Chiappa via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org<mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote: > > From: Rod Smallwood > > > dd is a linux command. > > UNIX, actually. (V5, I think: > > https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=V5/usr/source/s1/dd.c > > There no 'man'page for it in V4. Anyway...) > > > > I only have windows PC's. > > There are Windoze versions. I've used this one: > > http://www.chrysocome.net/dd > > with success (under XP; probably works under others, too). > > Noel >
