Friday 7 July 2017

Minkube fails to start on Windows 10 & Hyper-V: Error detecting OS: OS type not recognized

The error returned is

"Error detecting OS: OS type not recognized"

Additonal logging can be used with the command:

minikube start --vm-driver hyperv --v=7

This indicates the problem is that it can't connect to the server.
Additional research indicates that the Hyper-V guest is not contactable because it has the wrong Hyper-V switch configured.

HyperV driver

Hyper-v users may need to create a new external network switch as described here. This step may prevent a problem in which minikube start hangs indefinitely, unable to ssh into the minikube virtual machine. In this add, add the --hyperv-virtual-switch=switch-name argument to the minikube start command.

Sunday 2 July 2017

Docker goodies

docker logs <container> - show the logs for a container
docker inspect <container> - find out about the networks

SanDisk SD-card range

Extreme Pro
Extreme Plus
Extreme
Ultra Plus
Ultra