Ubuntu – Can’t Install Ubuntu 20.04 on Virtual Box

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I am attempting to run a virtual box with Ubuntu on it. I downloaded the 64 bit desktop image from Ubuntu and launch a Linux Ubuntu operating system in Virtual Box (added desktop image in the settings).

Each time I 'Start' the new machine, I am unable to fully install Ubuntu. Errors are either before or after checking disk, with a different message (or no message) occurring each time.

I uploaded the log from the most recent crash in this google drive link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1p7NiBgCKPgsUA7sjKlJSCXwz5KFQskLn

Any help to pinpoint the problem is greatly appreciated.

Intel Virtual Technology is enabled in Bios. I am running on Windows 10 but do not have Hyper-V.

Best Answer

I struggled with the same issue, and I know you asked for help solving the problem (I'd like that too), but while debugging I found that I had no problem installing older versions of Ubuntu.

As a workaround I would therefor propose installing Ubuntu 18.04, then upgrading to 20.04 from there. This is what I did:

$ sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y

Updates all of your packages

$ sudo do-release-upgrade -d

Upgrades to the latest version of Ubuntu

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Release:        20.04
Codename:       focal

Displays the Ubuntu version

Tip: If you need several VMs running 20.04, you can duplicate the VM you just made.

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