Re: Cannot install Debian 12.1 on VirtualBox
On Sat, 2023-08-12 at 23:26 +0100, Piscium wrote:
> That was it, EFI! Normally when I install an OS on VB for the first
> time, if it does not work with EFI I disable it, or vice versa.
> However in this case I created this VM long ago, so it never occurred
> to be that it would go backwards, so to speak, from working with EFI
> to not working! Oh well, in hindsight it is obvious. Sometimes one
> misses what is in front of one's nose! One reason I missed it is
> because in my past experience if it does not boot due to EFI or not
> EFI, it stops at the very beginning, unlike in this case where I got
> to the first screen that has the menu for graphical install, etc.
Should you specifically need UEFI next time, an alternative solution
can be to temporarily disable KVM paravirtualization (default for
Linux-based guests). It can be reenabled back after you are done with
installation. See
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1036310
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