VirtualBox Ubuntu Stuck, Black Screen with White Spinner

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I've been looking around on the internet, but haven't been able to find anything matching my intended description of what I am experiencing. But my Ubuntu ISO ubuntu-20.04-desktop-amd64 is stuck on a black screen, with static white spinner.

This is generally occurring after the check disk

After Check Disk I get some "File Errors" (but it doesn't tell me which files are causing the problem)

Below is my proposed config and runtime information

guiverc · Answer

Your ISO is faulty.
Errors can be experienced (it tells you that).
Did you verify your ISO ? https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-how-to-verify-ubuntu#0
It doesn't matter which files, most of your files as squashed into a HUGE squashfs, so ~98% of files are contained in that one file. Most of the other files are what boots your system, verifies & then opens the squashfs
For more details, I'd suggest looking up https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1874662
If you filed a bug in your case, it's almost certain your report would be marked a duplicate of that (the other alternative would just be invalid due squashfs errors).

VirtualBox Ubuntu Stuck, Black Screen with White Spinner

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