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loud-rocket-96570

11/26/2022, 1:05 PM
Hi
Kubernetes Error
Rancher Desktop 1.6.2 - win32 (x64)
Error Starting Kubernetes
Error: UNKNOWN: unknown error, open '\\wsl$\rancher-desktop-data\etc\hosts'
Context:
Updating /etc/hosts

Some recent logfile lines:
2022-11-26T11:59:39.312Z: Error registering data distribution: Error: tar.exe exited with code 128
2022-11-26T11:59:39.460Z: WSL failed to execute wsl.exe --unregister rancher-desktop-data: Error: wsl.exe exited with code 4294967295
2022-11-26T11:59:39.461Z: Error setting up data distribution: Error: wsl.exe exited with code 4294967295
    at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (C:\Users\vikashag.ORADEV\AppData\Local\Programs\Rancher Desktop\resources\app.asar\dist\app\background.js:1:7750)
    at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:390:28)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:290:12) {
  code: 4294967295,
  command: [ 'wsl.exe', '--unregister', 'rancher-desktop-data' ]
}
Getting this issue in windows 10. Unable to get pass this
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jolly-forest-99711

11/28/2022, 6:34 PM
I've seen that issue before on Linux, and it occurred because the VM that we run moby/containerd in didn't have
tar
. Not sure if this is related though. Have you tried a factory reset and reinstall? If so, I'd say your best bet is to create an issue for this on github