Boot2docker/Windows: can't run bash on Ubuntu container

Question

I\'m working through \"The Docker Book\", am on chapter 3, installing and running an Ubuntu container. I\'m on Windows 7.1, using Boot2Docker.

Here\'s what happens when

Answer 1

It looks like your host's shell is automatically expanding /bin/bash to C:/Program Files (x86)/Git/bin/bash before it is passed to Docker, which isn't correct as obviously there isn't a C:/Program Files (x86)/Git/bin/bash inside the Ubuntu container.

Does using quotes fix the problem? For example:

docker run -i -t ubuntu "/bin/bash"

Answer 2

I've just had the same problem, but

docker run -t -i ubuntu

opens up a shell inside the image.

Answer 3

This works for me:

docker run -t -i ubuntu //bin/bash

The double // avoids the conversion[1]

[1] http://www.mingw.org/wiki/Posix_path_conversion