More info here https://askubuntu.com/questions/1102580/print-req-error-i-0-error
Looks like the following error is due to there not being a floppy drive.
print_req_error: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
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Disabling the Floppy Drive in the vSphere VM settings resolves the problem.
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