Ubuntu 20.04 will not boot - Stuck on 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'

[george-kennedy]

Describe the issue
Ubuntu 20.04 has been working great but randomly stopped loading the terminal correctly. I can't remember the error (should have saved it in hind site). I restarted the VM and it would not boot. It freezers on a black screen on regular reboot. When booting on recovery mode, it freezes on "Loading initial Ramdisk".

Configuration

• UTM Version: 4.3.5
• macOS Version: Sonoma 14.1.2, but begun on latest version of Ventura
• Mac Chip (Intel, M1, ...): M1

Crash log
If the app crashed, you need a crash log. To get your crash log, open Console.app, go to Crash Reports, and find the latest entry for either UTM, QEMU, QEMUHelper, or qemu-*. Right click and choose Reveal in Finder. Attach the report here.

Debug log
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To get the Debug log: open UTM, and open the settings for the VM you wish to launch. Near the top of the QEMU page is Debug Log. Turn it on and save the VM. After you experience the issue, open the VM settings again and select Export Log... and attach it here.

Upload VM
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