In Windows 10, how do you install old versions of Ubuntu, such as Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) in WSL?

WSL can install a root tarball (tar.gz), however old versions of Ubuntu, such as Hardy (8.04.3), do not have the -root.tar.gz file available: http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/8.04.3/HEADER.html

For C++ development, i.e. compilation of legacy code without errors, is it possible to install Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) in WSL? Ideally, there is some approach without creating the -root.tar.gz file manually from VirtualBox. VirtualBox doesn't work because of Hyper-V for Docker (typical issue in dev environment).

I've tried to install https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/hardy/release/unpacked/ using LxRunOffline, but the image doesn't run because the tarball contains a qemu .img for Amazon EC2 and OpenStack cloud. WSL requires a -root.tar.gz which contains the / filesystem.

C:\Users\Jack\Downloads>LxRunOffline run -n hardy Error: 0x80070040 Press any key to continue...