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@@ -34,7 +34,14 @@ The Docker driver allows you to install Kubernetes into an existing Docker insta
 
 - Run `--alsologtostderr -v=1` for extra debugging information
 
+- On Windows, make sure you Docker's container type is Linux and not windows. see docker docs on [switching container type](https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/#switch-between-windows-and-linux-containers). 
+You can verify your Docker container type by running:
+```shell
+ docker info --format '{{.OSType}}'
+```
+
 - On Linux, if you want to run MySQL pod, you need to disable AppArmor for mysql profile
 
    If your docker has [AppArmor](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AppArmor) enabled, running mysql in privileged mode with docker driver will have the issue [#7401](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/7401).
    There is a workaround - see [moby/moby#7512](https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/7512#issuecomment-61787845).
+