See this issue for some details https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/issues/2920
On Fri, Sep 13, 2019, 19:21 Rickard von Essen <[email protected]> wrote: > 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_CaTO8Fm0cSy1-qTeKNnOLqZ3yAC%3D%3Dbk2z2T0pnOi%3DHA%40mail.gmail.com.
