Unable to mount volumes since installing Docker Toolbox on Windows

[AustinMaddox]

Last week when I was using Boot2docker, everything worked fine. Is it just me or is there no way to run docker-compose inside a container like this anymore with the Docker Toolbox?

From the Git Bash Docker Quickstart Terminal...

$ docker run -it --rm -v "$(pwd)":/app -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock dduportal/docker-compose up -d
invalid value "c:\\Users\\austin;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Git\\app" for flag -v: bad mount mode specified : \Program Files (x86)\Git\app
See 'c:\Program Files\Docker Toolbox\docker.exe run --help'.

I'm running 64-bit Windows 7.

$ docker -v
Docker version 1.8.1, build d12ea79

[michalpristas]

same here.
installed docker tools 1.8.1c
MINGW64 on windows 8.1

docker version
Client:
Version: 1.8.1
API version: 1.20
Go version: go1.4.2
Git commit: d12ea79
Built: Thu Aug 13 02:49:29 UTC 2015
OS/Arch: windows/amd64

Server:
Version: 1.8.1
API version: 1.20
Go version: go1.4.2
Git commit: d12ea79
Built: Thu Aug 13 02:49:29 UTC 2015
OS/Arch: linux/amd64

[bweston92]

I get this issue too, Windows 10.

[dduportal]

Hello !

I'll try to reproduce that, time for me to have at least a Windows 7 working (sorry, don't have Win 10 licence)

Is it possible to test as soon as I'll have something ?

[AustinMaddox]

The temporary fix is avoid using "$(pwd)" and provide absolute paths with an extra / in front of them. Don't ask me why that works, I researched all over the internet for that strange workaround.

From the Git Bash Docker Quickstart Terminal...

$ docker run -it --rm -v //c/Users/your/path/to/app:/app -v //var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock dduportal/docker-compose up -d

[tryjude]

Thanks @austin881. That solved my problem!

[dduportal]

Seems OK after :

• This PR : Update README - Change usage to avoid volumes mounting problems #17
• And this issue closed : Error in absolute path when using Docker 1.6 on Windows 7 #1

Both have pushed changes for usage in Windows.
Just tried on a fresh Win 10, and it's OK with the latest docker-toolbox (1.9.0).