Minishift: Problems starting - redhat-containers

Question

I am trying to get minishift runnin on my machine (Windows 10) with Virtualbox 5.1.24.
Minishift version: 1.0.0+4f8cb6d
CDK Version: 3.0.0-2
Starting minishift gives me the following:
C:\>minishift start --vm-driver virtualbox
Starting local OpenShift cluster using 'virtualbox' hypervisor...
E0727 18:34:21.682796 17204 start.go:176] Error starting the VM: Error
creating new host: Error attempting to get plugin server address for RPC:
Failed to dial the plugin server in 10s. Retrying.
E0727 18:34:31.740746 17204 start.go:176] Error starting the VM: Error
creating new host: Error attempting to get plugin server address for RPC:
Failed to dial the plugin server in 10s. Retrying.
E0727 18:34:41.770667 17204 start.go:176] Error starting the VM: Error
creating new host: Error attempting to get plugin server address for RPC:
Failed to dial the plugin server in 10s. Retrying.
Error starting the VM: Error creating new host: Error attempting to get
plugin server address for RPC: Failed to dial the plugin server in 10s
Error creating new host: Error attempting to get plugin server address for
RPC: Failed to dial the plugin server in 10s
Error creating new host: Error attempting to get plugin server address for
RPC: Failed to dial the plugin server in 10s
I read the comments that it needs to run from the C:\drive but it looks like this did not fix the problem. I am happy about any hints how to fix this. If there is any additional information you need, just let me know.

Answer 1

Sounds like you got it working.
I usually encourage folks who are having trouble starting their minishift VMs to try the following:
Find your preferred virtualization provider from the list of available options
Install the appropriate driver plugin for your system
Persist your VM provider configuration: minishift config set vm-driver virualbox