Get input/output error when running docker build

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#1

Recently, I always got the the following error to run docker build:

[myname@mymachine Base]$ docker build .
Sending build context to Docker daemon 327.1 MB
Sending build context to Docker daemon
Step 0 : FROM centos:latest
—> 3aa28fd030d9
Step 1 : COPY installer /installer
INFO[0002] mkdir /var/lib/docker/devicemapper/mnt/235fddeae8036f4edd5052d2b7f0dbab955532ec3c99b3e2c992e4f4f1c10739-init/rootfs: input/output error

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#2

A blunt answer to this class of problem is to stop Docker, sudo rm -rf /var/lib/docker, and start it again. You’ll need to re-pull/re-build any local images you had.

(As I noted in another post, you should plan ahead in designing your Dockerfiles and what not so that this is straightforward.)

#3

Thanks very much, Dmaze. Your approach works well up to now.

#4

Hi @stonemind I am getting this error very often, if there a parmanent fix for this?

#5

Hi, Yogesh,

It is difficult for me to access the site now. You can check your disk usage first. If it does not work, please try to remove the docker /var/lib/docker (maybe I used a wrong path/name, it is a directory to save the docker stuff, like the image/containers), and try again.

Thanks

Junger

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#6

@stonemind Thanks for the reply. The problem was with the disk usage. I saw the disk usages where touching the 100%. So I closed some application and waited for it to go down and then tried and it worked.