Windows 10 or 11 Installation

Installing Koios on Windows 10 or 11

Minimum System Requirements

The following hardware and software prerequisites are required to successfully run WSL 2, an Docker Desktop on Windows 10 or Windows 11:

• WSL version 1.1.3.0 or later.
• Windows 11 64-bit: 
  • Home or Pro version 21H2 or higher, or Enterprise or Education version 21H2 or higher.
• Windows 10 64-bit:
  • We recommend Home or Pro 22H2 (build 19045) or higher, or Enterprise or Education 22H2 (build 19045) or higher.
  • Minimum required is Home or Pro 21H2 (build 19044) or higher, or Enterprise or Education 21H2 (build 19044) or higher.
• 64-bit processor with Second Level Address Translation (SLAT)
• 4GB system RAM

Install WSL 2 for Windows 10 or 11

Turn on the WSL 2 feature on Windows. For detailed instructions, refer to the Microsoft documentation. Alternatively, you can open a PowerShell on the Windows desktop and run the following command.

wsl --install

Once the WSL installation has completed, reboot the Windows desktop host machine.  The remaining of the Ubuntu WSL installation will take place after the reboot.  To complete the installation, follow the prompts on the screen and supply a preferred WSL username and password.  Please remember and/or write down this username and password for future WSL access.

Figure 1: Completed Ubuntu WSL Installation Screen, After reboot

 

Turn On Window Features

Enable hardware virtualization in BIOS. For more information, see Virtualization.