Unable to boot Turnkey ISOs into several VM systems

[JayMontana36]

@Serephucus

I’ve tried MJ36’s beginner ISO (much as I don’t really need/want a GUI), and while that boots no problem, the installer crashes right at the end

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Addressing your issues in order:

@JayMontana36

Make sure that you enable/allow some form or level of remote administration in your firewall configuration before running in/switching to the commandline only mode

To make the system boot up into commandline only mode without the desktop environment or window manager, you should be able to just use/run “ systemctl set-default multi-user.target ” as root .

To revert (making the system boot up back with the desktop environment and window manager again), you should be able to just use/run “ systemctl set-default graphical.target ” as root .

@JayMontana36

boot it in legacy/BIOS aka “compatibility” mode on your machine (not in EFI/UEFI mode as that does not currently work)

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Regarding the last part about legacy/BIOS aka “compatibility” mode and not EFI/UEFI, you are booting in EFI/UEFI mode (which does work) then attempting to install with/in/from EFI/UEFI mode (which does not work and is an upstream issue with the OS that it is based upon or was made/created from) which then results in the installer crashing at/towards the very end, because it does not know what to do or how to deal with/handle the EFI/UEFI boot configuration stuff (despite it’s live installer system being bootable and you reaching the installer from within that mode).

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Everything that you needed was already documented in the thread (that’s where these quotes all came from), or just ask. Anyways if you really need EFI/UEFI mode over legacy/BIOS you can always use/try Ubuntu Server or try the JM36 image again in that mode except at the end once it crashes start up/try out “boot-repair” afterwards and see if you’re able to fix or “complete” the installation afterwards using/through that since really the only thing missing is the boot configuration when the installer crashes in that mode. I personally have not tried it but if/when I do if it works I’ll create a new revision with that already done.