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Exec format error

A Linux error raised when the kernel cannot run a binary because it was built for the wrong architecture or platform, a known regression on WSL1.

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drvfsThe filesystem driver WSL2 uses to mount Windows drives like C into the Linux side. Any path under drvfs, such as /mnt/c, pays the 9P protocol tax that a native ext4 path never does.view term
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