Re: [packer] Boots into UEFI interactive Shell

[Alvaro Miranda Aguilera]

hello

without using packer, how do you create a VM in virtualbox that does what you need ?

what OS you use for the VM ?

those settings may include legacy bios or UEFI.

On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 4:53 PM StateFarm_94 <jake...@gmail.com> wrote:

I have this code that when I run the packer command on my .json, the VM will boot up but will go into the UEFI interactive shell.

Sample code is below:

{
    "variables": {
    },
    "builders": [
    {
        "type": "virtualbox-iso",
        "guest_os_type": "Other_64",
        "http_directory": "http",
        "iso_url": "--the location of my .iso file",
        "iso_checksum_type": "md5",
        "iso_checksum": "the .iso's checksum",
        "vm_name": "test_VM",
        "vboxmanage": [
        ["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--firmware", "efi"],
        ["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--ioapic", "on"],
        ["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--rtcuseutc", "on"],
        ["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--memory", "4096"],
        ["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--mouse", "usbtablet"],
        ["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--vram", "10"],
        ["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--cpus", "2"],
        ["hostonlyif", "ipconfig", "vboxnet0", "--ip", "172.17.42.108"],
        ["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--hostonlyadapter1", "vboxnet0"],
        ["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--nic1", "hostonly"],
        ["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--nictype1", "82540EM"],
        ["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--cableconnected1", "on"],
        ["storagectl", "{{.Name}}", "--name", "SATA Controller", "--add", "sata"],
        ["createmedium", "disk", "--filename", "{{.Name}}.vdi", "--size", "512000", "--format", "VDI"],
        ["storageattach", "{{.Name}}", "--storagectl", "SATA Controller", "--medium", "{{.Name}}.vdi", "--port", "1", "--type", "hdd"],
        ["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--boot1", "dvd", "--boot2", "disk", "--boot3", "none", "--boot4", "none"],
        ["showvminfo", "{{.Name}}"]
        ],
        "headless": false,
        "ssh_username": "root",
        "ssh_password": "root",
        "ssh_wait_timeout": "10000s",
        "boot_wait": "5s",
        "boot_command": [
            "<wait60>",
            "<enter>",
            "<wait2>", 
            "<enter>",
            "<wait2>",
            "<tab>",
            "<wait2>",
            "<enter>",
            "<wait2>",
            "<tab>",
            "<enter>",
            "<wait2>",
            "<enter>",
            "<wait400>",
            "<insert>",
            "<wait400>",
            "<insert>",
            "<enter>"
        ],
        "shutdown_command": ""
    }]
}

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[Thomas Hiller]

Hi,

I have a similiar issue. I only use vboxmanage to set the firmware to efi. I'm running Windows 10.

When I boot the VM I end up in EFI shell, but cdrom and disk are not shown.

Virtualbox is 6.0.10.

Regards

Thomas

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