How to remove docker container even if root file system does not exist?

Question

I have one container that dead, but I can’t remove it, as you can see below.

How to remove it? Or how can I clean my system manually to remove it?

:~$ docker ps -a
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND                  CREATED             STATUS              PORTS               NAMES
78b0dcaffa89        ubuntu:latest       "bash -c 'while tr..."   30 hours ago        Dead                                    leo.1.bkbjt6w08vgeo39rt1nmi7ock

:~$ docker rm --force 78b0dcaffa89
Error response from daemon: driver "aufs" failed to remove root filesystem for 78b0dcaffa89ac1e532748d44c9b2f57b940def0e34f1f0d26bf7ea1a10c222b: no such file or directory

Answer 1

As indicated in the error message, docker was configured to be used AUFSas the storage driver, but it is recommended to use it instead Overlay2, as you can read from this link: https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/21704#issuecomment-312934372

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Answer 2

" aufs " , " " 80% , , docker stop cadvisor; docker rm [dead container]

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Answer 3

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In my situation, I have a Docker that launches an expansion drive on my MacBook. After exiting sleep mode, the expansion drive was automatically unloaded (undesirable). But after installing the drive again, I realized that Docker needed to be restarted in order to initialize everything again. At this point, I was able to remove the containers (docker rm -f).

This may not be the same situation, but restarting Docker is a useful thing to try.