Hi Luke,

Thanks for the reply.  I'll have a look, however, I think I am going to try 
using a shared folder as I found an interesting post that I believe will 
allow me to do what I want more efficiently.

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/packer-tool/HlKBUNpXfNo 

THanks
Scott

On Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at 11:51:13 AM UTC-4, StatsfX wrote:
>
> Hey Scott,
>
> You can utilize the http_directory variable in the builder to access such 
> files over http during the build.
>
> https://www.packer.io/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html#http_directory
> https://www.packer.io/docs/provisioners/powershell.html#packer_http_addr
> https://www.packer.io/docs/provisioners/shell.html#packer_http_addr
>
> This is what I used for my Windows image builds, as WinRM file copying is 
> painful and doesn't work well.
>
>
> Luke
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 11:04 AM Scott Watson <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> Hello Group,
>>
>> I would like to include some software to be installed inside my packer 
>> build.  I was looking at the file provisioner but I don't think this will 
>> be optimal since the tar file is almost 4GB, then I have to extract it and 
>> then perform the install.  Does anyone know of a solution that would allow 
>> me to mount my software inside my build machine to be able to perform the 
>> install.  Should I even do this to begin with?  Maybe create another ISO 
>> image for this software and mount it or maybe NFS mount it it my build?  I 
>> am currently trying to build an image for VMWARE using workstation on my 
>> MAC if that makes a difference.  I am sure this is fairly simple but I want 
>> to be sure I am not missing something obvious.
>>
>> thanks
>> Scott.
>>
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