trying to run this on an arm processor

[SimFarmer]

I keep getting stumped because the specific device that is forced to use a particular Ubuntu partition. I know it isn't the Debian image that this or the original project uses but I was hoping maybe I could be successful because at the very least it is arm. I skipped past setting up a VM and I actually got pretty far! the issue I seem to be facing is dnsmasq and systemd-resolved seem to be combating. I have tried disabling systemd-resolved and that allowed me to start the dnsmasq service, but it seemed that the service was relying on systemd-resolved. I ended up changing the port for dnsmasq and now it seems to be up and running but I keep encountering this error:

● dnsmasq.service - dnsmasq - A lightweight DHCP and caching DNS server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/dnsmasq.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Thu 2025-07-24 20:02:26 MDT; 2s ago
Process: 3401 ExecStartPre=/usr/share/dnsmasq/systemd-helper checkconfig (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 3419 ExecStart=/usr/share/dnsmasq/systemd-helper exec (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 3427 ExecStartPost=/usr/share/dnsmasq/systemd-helper start-resolvconf (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 3425 (dnsmasq)
Tasks: 1 (limit: 4155)
Memory: 1.4M ()
CGroup: /system.slice/dnsmasq.service
└─3425 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq -x /run/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.pid -u dnsmasq -r /run/dnsmasq/resolv.conf -7 /etc/dnsmasq.d,.dpkg-dist,>

Jul 24 20:02:26 ubuntuserver systemd[1]: Starting dnsmasq.service - dnsmasq - A lightweight DHCP and caching DNS server...
Jul 24 20:02:26 ubuntuserver dnsmasq[3425]: started, version 2.90 cachesize 150
Jul 24 20:02:26 ubuntuserver dnsmasq[3425]: compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt DBus no-UBus i18n IDN2 DHCP DHCPv6 no-Lua TFT>
Jul 24 20:02:26 ubuntuserver dnsmasq[3425]: read /etc/hosts - 8 names
Jul 24 20:02:26 ubuntuserver resolvconf[3433]: Dropped protocol specifier '.dnsmasq' from 'lo.dnsmasq'. Using 'lo' (ifindex=1).
Jul 24 20:02:26 ubuntuserver resolvconf[3433]: Failed to set DNS configuration: Link lo is loopback device.
Jul 24 20:02:26 ubuntuserver systemd[1]: Started dnsmasq.service - dnsmasq - A lightweight DHCP and caching DNS server.

Is the Debian image absolutely necessary?

[corbin-zip]

I'm not familiar enough with the differences between Debian/Ubuntu to really say why you're having the experience you are but, have you taken a look at this fork? https://github.com/panzer-punk/bioserver-docker

I imagine you could run it within Docker on your hardware/OS of choice and get a consistent experience.