"minikube start" refuses to start (some type of version issue regarding 1.18.3, which has never been installed)

[davidmpatterson]

What Happened?

As above, installation of minikube was normal (I installed 1.33.1). The first startup failed with the error:

Specified Kubernetes version 1.18.3 is less than the oldest supported version: v1.20.0. Use minikube config defaults kubernetes-version for details.
❗ You can force an unsupported Kubernetes version via the --force flag

❌ Exiting due to K8S_OLD_UNSUPPORTED: Kubernetes 1.18.3 is not supported by this release of minikube

The issue is that I've never installed 1.18.3.

Attach the log file

See above.

Operating System

macOS (Default)

Driver

None

[sahasouravcse]

Hi @davidmpatterson ,
I tried replicating your scenario

Here is my approach -

try minikube delete
followed by start --vm-driver=virtualbox
then minikube start --vm-driver=virtualbox

eventually minikube status
Should get you this