docker does not run on windows error

Question

I've installed docker and followed the directions here: https://docs.docker.com/installation/windows/#installation but when I run boot2docker start this happens:

 Trying to get IP one more time
  exit status 255
 Docker client does not run on Windows for now. Please use
     "boot2docker" ssh
  to SSH into the VM instead

Trying boot2docker ssh results in the same 255 error. I tried to get the VM IP with boot2docker IP but that also yielded nothing - I presume because boot2locker wasn't successful in the start process.

A couple of observations...I lloked at the vm settings and there wasn't any network or storage settings specified and the memory allocation in the vm settings didn't match the values in the config (boot2docker config). The boot2docker start/stop commands work.

I'm stumped.

Answer 1

I observed similar issue. Following steps helped me:

1. Open VirtualBox GUI.
2. Remove boot2docker-vm virtual machine.
3. Start Boot2Docker Start --- it will recreate boot2docker-vm virtual machine.