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Created July 13, 2015 19:20
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For those times when boot2docker says 'error in run: Failed to start machine "boot2docker-vm": exit status 1'
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restart-docker.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Based on http://stackoverflow.com/a/27564185/3072514
VBoxManage startvm "/Users/jeremy/VirtualBox VMs/boot2docker-vm/boot2docker-vm.vbox"
VBoxManage controlvm "/Users/jeremy/VirtualBox VMs/boot2docker-vm/boot2docker-vm.vbox" acpipowerbutton
echo 'Press enter when the machine has powered off'
read
echo 'You should see "State": "poweroff" below'
boot2docker -v info | grep poweroff
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Note that you'll need to change the paths to point to your .vbox image. To find the correct path, run:

$ boot2docker -v info

And copy-paste the path from the CfgFile field.

See http://stackoverflow.com/a/27564185/3072514 for more info.

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