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I'm trying to run Ubuntu on VirtualBox (on Windows 11). I followed the instructions here https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/how-to-run-ubuntu-desktop-on-a-virtual-machine-using-virtualbox#1-overview

When I press "Start", I get to this GRUB boot menu screen giving me 4 options instead of the login screen shown in the tutorial. The top 2 options always result in this black screen.

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If I press 'c', I get to this screen.

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I've seen posts saying what commands to run, but grub doesn't know those commands (e.g. sudo, update-initramfs, apt, get, install; as sudo update-initramfs -u -k version is suggested here)

Additional fixes I've tried: uninstalling and reinstalling VirtualBox, deleting and redownloading Ubuntu 22.04.

What's even more annoying is that I've tried pressing "expert" mode when setting up a new virtual machine, and now every time I press "new" I get stuck in this screen; there's no next/finish or cancel button.

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The only thing I didn't follow in the tutorial is I limited the VM to 10 GB instead of the recommended 25 GB, but now I can't even try 25 GB because expert mode is stuck (even after uninstalling & reinstalling VirtualBox).

karel
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The main issue seems to be solved by allocating the full recommended 25 GB, although I hope it doesn't end up using that much space on my computer.

I was able to get expert mode working by pressing enter while in a textbox (although it still has major glitches if I try to move the window).

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I've just seen this exact same issue and by complete coincidence I also set the storage size to 10GB. I've deleted the VM and started from scratch with storage size of 25GB, seems to be working now.

Note the system requirements do state 25GB:

https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop#system-requirements

Richard Platt
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