If you see UEFI Interactive Shell then you are already in the shell. If you don’t have any selectable menu option, follow the guide again and make sure you have added a removable drive. If it says CD/DVD (ISO) Image (usb): none, then highlight that menu and choose Change and then select the ISO. Click the disk icon on the toolbar and check that there is a menu option for CD/DVD (ISO) Image (usb): ubuntu-xxx.iso. Make sure you have the installer ISO selected.If you start the VM and are stuck at the EFI screen ( BdsDxe: failed to load Boot0001 or UEFI Interactive Shell), try the following in order. Troubleshooting Cannot boot into installer To install Ubuntu Desktop, log in and run:įollow the instructions in this page.

If you installed Ubuntu Server, then at the end of the installation, you will not have any GUI. If the reboot fails, you can manually quit the VM, unmount the installer ISO, and start the VM again to boot into your new installation. Press “Save” to create the VM and press the Run button to start the VM.The shared directory will be available after installing SPICE tools (see below). Alternatively, you can skip this and select the directory later from the VM window’s toolbar. If you have a directory you want to mount in the VM, you can select it here.Specify the maximum amount of drive space to allocate.Pick the amount of RAM and CPU cores you wish to give access to the VM.Click “Browse” and select the Ubuntu Server ISO downloaded from the link above.Open UTM and click the “+” button to open the VM creation wizard.

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