Booting ubuntu-20.04-live-server-amd64.iso on VMware virtual machine fails
Solution 1:
Just finished installing a bunch of these, and had an error that occured in all due to missing UUIDs of disk being exposed to the VM.
To fix, I had to
- open vSphere
- power down the VM (cannot do this if powered on)
- edit the VM (Right click, Edit Settings...)
- go to the VM Options tab from the top
- open Advanced section
- Click Edit Configuration in "Configuration parameters"
- click on "Add configuration params"
- add option with
disk.EnableUUIDas name andTRUEas value - restart the machine
- Ok, save etc and restart
Solution 2:
Rather than mounting the .iso to the VM on the console from your machine, upload the .iso as a Content Library Object. Then mount the .iso to the VM you are creating via the newly created CLO. You will still receive the message above of Plymouth: Refused to connect etc., however it will finish its check much more rapidly.
For me, the check went from 10-15 minutes (or about what you appear to be experiencing) down to ~10 seconds.