utm does not install linux after reboot

You just finshed the Linux install process, rebooted your vm, and found your Linux distro wasn’t installed. :( *cries

Solution:

Step 1:

Go through your Linux distro’s installation process, and STOP when you get to the section that tells you to reboot your vm.

Step 2:

Instead, do a force shutdown of your vm.

In the top left corner of UTM near the close, minimize, and fullscreen icons there should be a button that allows you to force shutdown your vm.

UTM will prompt you that a force shutdown may corrupt your vm.

Ignore it.

Step 3:

Go to the vm selection screen in UTM, click on your vm but DON’T press play.

Step 4:

Instead, go to the seciton that has all your vm’s spec such as Status, Architecure, Blah Blah blah.

Scroll down til you see a drop down menu that says “CD/DVD” and select clear.

Step 5:

Press the play icon on your vm to start your vm.

Your vm should now boot into the Linux distro you installed.

It NooOO WoORKRkRKRkKrINgG >_<

Check your distro iso’s sha256sum to make sure it isn’t corrupted.

Example


sha256sum alpine-virt-3.23.3-aarch64.iso
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