Can't create cluster if podman machine has been deleted or minikube container has been removed

[jeffmaury]

I once had deleted the Podman machine on which the Minikube cluster was created. After I created a new Podman machine, I cannot create a Minikube cluster as it is looking for the minikube container on the machine

[cdrage]

@jeffmaury

This is happening for me, is there cache to remove or something to get this working again?

* minikube v1.34.0 on Darwin 15.0.1 (arm64)

* Kubernetes 1.31.0 is now available. If you would like to upgrade, specify: --kubernetes-version=v1.31.0

* Using the podman (experimental) driver based on existing profile

* Starting "minikube" primary control-plane node in "minikube" cluster

* Pulling base image v0.0.45 ...

E1015 14:29:52.249711   47810 cache.go:189] Error downloading kic artifacts:  not yet implemented, see issue #8426

* Restarting existing podman container for "minikube" ...

! StartHost failed, but will try again: driver start: start: podman start minikube: exit status 125
stdout:

stderr:
Error: no container with name or ID "minikube" found: no such container


* Restarting existing podman container for "minikube" ...

* Failed to start podman container. Running "minikube delete" may fix it: driver start: start: podman start minikube: exit status 125
stdout:

stderr:
Error: no container with name or ID "minikube" found: no such container




X Exiting due to GUEST_PROVISION: error provisioning guest: Failed to start host: driver start: start: podman start minikube: exit status 125
stdout:

stderr:
Error: no container with name or ID "minikube" found: no such container

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Command execution failed with exit code 80

[cdrage]

cc @axel7083 unsure if you experienced this too recently