Pretty sure floppy support in kickstart was removed in recent versions of EL.
On Fri, Sep 13, 2019, 16:51 Mauricio Tavares <[email protected]> wrote: > So I am trying to deploy a centos guest on a vmware host using packer. I want > to feed the kickstart file using the a floppy drive > (https://www.packer.io/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html#floppy_files). So, here > is my setup: > > > # Stolen from the last example in > https://www.packer.io/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html > > "builders": [ > { > "type": "vmware-iso", > "guest_os_type" : "{{user `guest_os`}}", > "iso_url": "{{user `iso_url`}}", > "iso_checksum_url": "{{user `iso_checksum_url`}}", > [...] > "floppy_files": [ > "floppy/ks.cfg" > ], > "boot_command": [ > "<tab> inst.text inst.ks=hd:fd0:/ks.cfg <enter><wait>" > ], > "boot_wait": "8s", > "shutdown_command": "echo {{user `ssh_pass`}} | sudo -S shutdown -P -h > now" > } > ] > } > > > When I run it, it behaves as it cannot find the ks.cfg file and goes to > the normal manual setup. Am I missing something here? > > -- > 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/771f2a19-3b3b-416f-8c2f-aa80f0a42712%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/771f2a19-3b3b-416f-8c2f-aa80f0a42712%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CALz9Rt-UtAr9ecbrmWEXmYhUXgLUT%3DAh0%2BtiLkoGweu0wGnAhw%40mail.gmail.com.
