Most likely this is because you are building against a newer kernel version that you just installed (with apt-get update etc) but is not yet running since you haven't rebooted.
See how bento does it: https://github.com/chef/bento/blob/master/_common/virtualbox.sh https://github.com/chef/bento/blob/master/ubuntu/scripts/update.sh On 6 January 2018 at 14:07, Robert Wang <[email protected]> wrote: > I am trying to build ubuntu dev box using packer, this virtualbox guest > installation is one of script: > > ubuntu-vbguest.sh > > export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive > > apt-get install -y -q gcc build-essential > > mount -o loop,ro VBoxGuestAdditions.iso /mnt > yes | sudo sh /mnt/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run > umount /mnt > > > it always failed and exited from packer, > > virtualbox-iso: VirtualBox Guest Additions installer > virtualbox-iso: Copying additional installer modules ... > virtualbox-iso: Installing additional modules ... > virtualbox-iso: VirtualBox Guest Additions: Building the VirtualBox > Guest Additions kernel modules. > virtualbox-iso: VirtualBox Guest Additions: Running kernel modules > will not be replaced until the system is restarted > virtualbox-iso: VirtualBox Guest Additions: Starting. > virtualbox-iso: VirtualBox Guest Additions: modprobe vboxsf failed > ==> virtualbox-iso: Step "StepProvision" failed > > ubuntu iso > ubuntu-17.10-server-amd64.iso > > $ packer version > Packer v1.1.3 > > I run on win7 + msys64 > > virtualbox 5.2.4 > > Even I run above guest installation inside vm, will get same error - modprobe > vboxsf failed, need to reboot vm once then vboxsf show up. > > So question is how can I make VBoxGuestAdditions installed in packer > script without any manual work? > > Thanks. > > BR/ > Robert > > > > > > -- > This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - > https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. Behavior in > violation of those guidelines may result in your removal from this mailing > list. > > GitHub Issues: https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues > IRC: #packer-tool on Freenode > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Packer" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/packer-tool/b5c84517-88d8-4b15-9ebf-92f764bb5781%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/b5c84517-88d8-4b15-9ebf-92f764bb5781%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. Behavior in violation of those guidelines may result in your removal from this mailing list. GitHub Issues: https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues IRC: #packer-tool on Freenode --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Packer" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/CALz9Rt8xJQp%2Bk3HfB4DVE1eptUsVUNrpdBBgqxZfYxTUMm%3D%2BYg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
