Can you run and install windows manually in virtualbox? Seem like you have
problems with that?

On Tue, Aug 13, 2019, 15:49 Automationbuilder360 Builder <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Rickard,
>
> To verify the "headless Flase" mode i tried this on windows 2016 host VM
> as well.
> but as soon i attach the iso the VM gets crashed with no updates.
>
> BTW "--on-error=ask" was not of much help. as it never asked for any input.
>
> and the last few lines of output from VBOX.log is here.
>
> 00:00:00.394503 ******************* End of VT-x features
> ********************
> 00:00:00.396851 PcBios: ATA LUN#0 LCHS=1024/255/63
> 00:00:00.396924 APIC: fPostedIntrsEnabled=false fVirtApicRegsEnabled=false
> fSupportsTscDeadline=false
> 00:00:00.396933 TMR3UtcNow: nsNow=1 565 703 281 470 031 000 nsPrev=0 ->
> cNsDelta=1 565 703 281 470 031 000 (offLag=0 offVirtualSync=0
> offVirtualSyncGivenUp=0, NowAgain=1 565 703 281 470 031 000)
> 00:00:00.396945 VMEmt: Halt method global1 (5)
> 00:00:00.396986 VMEmt: HaltedGlobal1 config: cNsSpinBlockThresholdCfg=2000
> 00:00:00.397019 Changing the VM state from 'CREATING' to 'CREATED'
> 00:00:00.403717 Changing the VM state from 'CREATED' to 'POWERING_ON'
> 00:00:00.404306 Changing the VM state from 'POWERING_ON' to 'RUNNING'
> 00:00:00.404319 Console: Machine state changed to 'Running'
> 00:00:00.410651 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: VirtualBox 6.0.4
> 00:00:00.410980 PCI: Setting up resources and interrupts
> 00:00:00.411473 PIT: mode=2 count=0x10000 (65536) - 18.20 Hz (ch=0)
> 00:00:00.433895 Display::handleDisplayResize: uScreenId=0
> pvVRAM=0000000000000000 w=720 h=400 bpp=0 cbLine=0x0 flags=0x0
> 00:00:00.452285 VMMDev: Guest Log: CPUID EDX: 0x178bfbff
> 00:00:00.452554 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#0: RESET, DevSel=0 AIOIf=0 CmdIf0=0x00 (-1
> usec ago) CmdIf1=0x00 (-1 usec ago)
> 00:00:00.452664 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#0: finished processing RESET
> 00:00:00.456064 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: ata0-0: PCHS=16383/16/63
> LCHS=1024/255/63
> 00:00:00.460933 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#0: RESET, DevSel=1 AIOIf=0 CmdIf0=0xec (-1
> usec ago) CmdIf1=0x00 (-1 usec ago)
> 00:00:00.461049 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#0: finished processing RESET
> 00:00:00.506867 PIT: mode=2 count=0x48d3 (18643) - 64.00 Hz (ch=0)
> 00:00:00.510412 Display::handleDisplayResize: uScreenId=0
> pvVRAM=00007f0d4996c000 w=640 h=480 bpp=32 cbLine=0xA00 flags=0x0
> 00:00:02.997497 Display::handleDisplayResize: uScreenId=0
> pvVRAM=0000000000000000 w=720 h=400 bpp=0 cbLine=0x0 flags=0x0
> 00:00:03.005835 PIT: mode=2 count=0x10000 (65536) - 18.20 Hz (ch=0)
> 00:00:03.008104 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: Boot : bseqnr=1, bootseq=0032
> 00:00:03.010321 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: Boot from Hard Disk 0 failed
> 00:00:03.011968 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: Boot : bseqnr=2, bootseq=0003
> 00:00:03.015036 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: Booting from CD-ROM...
> 00:00:03.450411 Display::handleDisplayResize: uScreenId=0
> pvVRAM=00007f0d4996c000 w=1024 h=768 bpp=24 cbLine=0xC00 flags=0x0
> 00:00:07.035679 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: int13_diskette_function:
> unsupported AH=41
> 00:00:09.319618 RTC: period=0x10 (16) 2048 Hz
> 00:00:15.441594 NAT: Old socket recv size: 128KB
> 00:00:15.441620 NAT: Old socket send size: 128KB
> 00:00:22.650511 Display::handleDisplayResize: uScreenId=0
> pvVRAM=00007f0d4996c000 w=1024 h=768 bpp=32 cbLine=0x1000 flags=0x0
> 00:00:31.379280 NAT: Link up
> 00:00:31.413775 NAT: resolv.conf: nameserver 10.xXX.XXX.21
> 00:00:31.413797 NAT: resolv.conf: nameserver 10.XX.XXX.21
> 00:00:31.413840 NAT: DNS#0: 10.XXX.XXX.21
> 00:00:31.413847 NAT: DNS#1: 10.XXX.XXX.21
> 00:00:31.413853 NAT: DHCP offered IP address 10.0.2.15
> 00:00:31.415524 NAT: DHCP offered IP address 10.0.2.15
> 00:00:31.447769 NAT: IPv6 not supported
>
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, 13 August 2019 18:24:59 UTC+5:30, Rickard von Essen wrote:
>>
>> Run with headless false, add flag --on-error=ask when this fails use the
>> console and debug the winrm setup from the inside or check the status of
>> the installation.
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 13, 2019, 13:11 Automationbuilder360 Builder <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Am new to Packer, am trying to create a Windows 2016 guest on VBOX
>>> hosted on RHEL VM.
>>> using virtualbox-iso builders and trying to test my windows customized
>>> image.
>>> the idea to create VM and get windows 2016 installed through iso and
>>> then connect with ansible and run couple of test cases. part of my image
>>> building and testing pipeline.
>>>
>>> however after the VM gets created it waits for winrm untill the timeout
>>> and just fails,
>>> i have no idea to see whats happening on the guest.
>>> this is a tested iso which works great on vmware. any help is much
>>> appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>> Here is the output
>>>
>>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Retrieving ISO
>>> virtualbox-iso: Using file in-place:
>>> file:///home/myhome/iso/mycustom_windows2016.v1.0.ISO
>>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Creating floppy disk...
>>> virtualbox-iso: Copying files flatly from floppy_files
>>> virtualbox-iso: Copying file: ./Scripts/enable_winrm.ps1
>>> virtualbox-iso: Done copying files from floppy_files
>>> virtualbox-iso: Collecting paths from floppy_dirs
>>> virtualbox-iso: Resulting paths from floppy_dirs : []
>>> virtualbox-iso: Done copying paths from floppy_dirs
>>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Creating virtual machine...
>>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Creating hard drive...
>>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Attaching floppy disk...
>>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Creating forwarded port mapping for communicator
>>> (SSH, WinRM, etc) (host port 3789)
>>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Executing custom VBoxManage commands...
>>> virtualbox-iso: Executing: modifyvm packer-virtualbox-iso-1565282739
>>> --natpf1 winrm,tcp,,222585,,5985
>>> virtualbox-iso: Executing: modifyvm packer-virtualbox-iso-1565282739
>>> --memory 4096
>>> virtualbox-iso: Executing: modifyvm packer-virtualbox-iso-1565282739
>>> --cpus 2
>>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Starting the virtual machine...
>>> virtualbox-iso: The VM will be run headless, without a GUI. If you want
>>> to
>>> virtualbox-iso: view the screen of the VM, connect via VRDP without a
>>> password to
>>> virtualbox-iso: rdp://127.0.0.1:5908
>>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Waiting 10s for boot...
>>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Typing the boot command...
>>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Using winrm communicator to connect: 127.0.0.1
>>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Waiting for WinRM to become available...
>>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Timeout waiting for WinRM.
>>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Deregistering and deleting VM...
>>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Deleting output directory...
>>> Build 'virtualbox-iso' errored: Timeout waiting for WinRM.
>>>
>>> ==> Some builds didn't complete successfully and had errors:
>>> --> virtualbox-iso: Timeout waiting for WinRM.
>>>
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