SSH Connection refused

[Simplemente3d]

I tried all the images and was not able to SSH into the board.
Looking at the router I found the new board's IP, there was no host name however.

$ ssh galileo@192.168.100.126
ssh: connect to host 192.168.100.126 port 22: Connection refused

I inspected the SD cards's linux partition on Windows Virtual Box, but found no logs under /var/log/. I

Ethernet is working for sure, but it appears key services are not running (ssh and maybe logging).
I experimented trying to communicate through the serial port in several ways but was not successful.
It's difficult debugging or installing missing services without shell access.
Any ideas on how to work around this?