Team,
Am using the following JSON and KS.cfg to build the centos 8 templates. But
facing an error with floppy disks (which am not using in the config). Can
someone help me with this?
CentOS 8 JSON
```
{
"variables": {
"vsphere_uid": "Null",
"vsphere_passwd": "Null",
"vm_superuser_passwd" : "Null",
"vsphere_vm_name": "Null",
"bastion_host": "",
"bastion_user": "",
"bastion_password":"Null",
"datacenter": "",
"cluster": "",
"datastore": "",
"network": "",
"iso_paths": ""
},
"builders": [
{
"type": "vsphere-iso",
"vcenter_server": "{{user `vsphere_server` }}",
"username": "{{user `vsphere_uid` }}",
"password": "{{user `vsphere_passwd` }}",
"insecure_connection": "true",
"datacenter": "{{user `datacenter` }}",
"cluster": "{{user `cluster` }}",
"datastore": "{{user `datastore` }}",
"network": "{{user `network` }}",
"vm_name": "{{user `vsphere_vm_name` }}",
"guest_os_type": "centos7_64Guest",
"ssh_username": "nubi-admin",
"ssh_password": "{{user `vm_superuser_passwd` }}",
"ssh_bastion_host": "{{user `bastion_host` }}",
"ssh_bastion_username": "{{user `bastion_user` }}",
"ssh_bastion_agent_auth": true,
"CPUs": 2,
"RAM": 5120,
"RAM_reserve_all": false,
"convert_to_template": true,
"disk_controller_type": "pvscsi",
"disk_size": 102400,
"disk_thin_provisioned": true,
"network_card": "vmxnet3",
"http_directory" : "httpks",
"iso_paths": [
"[nfs] centos/CentOS-8.2.2004-x86_64-minimal.iso"
],
"iso_checksum": "e15fb0e51726de0a4128448b9bd63e7b",
"iso_checksum_type": "md5",
"boot_command": "<tab> text ks=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort
}}/ks.cfg <enter><wait>"
}
]
}
```
And ks.cfg is
```
#version=RHEL8
ignoredisk --only-use=sda
#autopart --type=lvm
zerombr
clearpart --all --initlabel
clearpart --all --drives=sda
ignoredisk --only-use=sda
part /boot --fstype="xfs" --ondisk=sda --size=512
part / --fstype="xfs" --ondisk=sda --grow --size=1
# Partition clearing information
clearpart --none --initlabel
# Use graphical install
text
repo --name="AppStream" --baseurl=file:///run/install/repo/AppStream
# Use CDROM installation media
cdrom
# Keyboard layouts
keyboard --vckeymap=us --xlayouts='us'
# System language
lang en_US.UTF-8
firewall --disabled
selinux --enforcing
# Network information
#network --bootproto=dhcp --device=enp0s3 --ipv6=auto --activate
#network --hostname=centos9
network --device enp0s3 --bootproto=static --ip=10.1.23.18
--netmask=255.255.255.0 --gateway=10.1.23.1 --noipv6
network --hostname=centos9
# Root password
rootpw --iscrypted
$6$F7bzgUtNYJpooIdfgsferfgdfggdf56hhbAYgcPdgKCj3OAhOF27zWr6EBt1JU87Uqz.sRP9mcOesxf4xKZoyzI./
# Run the Setup Agent on first boot
firstboot --disabled
reboot
# Do not configure the X Window System
skipx
# System services
services --disabled="chronyd"
# System timezone
timezone Pacific/Auckland --isUtc --nontp
%packages
@^server-product-environment
#@container-management
@performance
#@remote-system-management
#@rpm-development-tools
@security-tools
@system-tools
%end
%addon com_redhat_kdump --disable --reserve-mb='auto'
%end
%anaconda
pwpolicy root --minlen=6 --minquality=1 --notstrict --nochanges --notempty
pwpolicy user --minlen=6 --minquality=1 --notstrict --nochanges --emptyok
pwpolicy luks --minlen=6 --minquality=1 --notstrict --nochanges --notempty
%end
%post
# Install open-vm-tools, required to detect IP when building on ESXi
yum -y install open-vm-tools
systemctl enable vmtoolsd
```
Error is :
```
dracut-pre-udev{585}: modprobe: FATAL: Module floppy not found in directory
/lib/modules/4.18.0-193.2l8.x86_64
— 2020/09/17 05:17:40 ui: ask: ==>
vsphere-iso: Pausing after run of step 'StepConfigParams'. Press enter to
continue. 2020/09/17 05:17:40 packer-builder-vsphere-iso.linux: 2020/09/17
05:17:40 No floppy files specified. Floppy disk will not be made.
2020/09/17 05:17:40 ui: ask: ==> vsphere-iso: Pausing after run of step
'StepCreateFloppy'. Press enter to continue. 2020/09/17 05:17:40 ui: ask:
==> vsphere-iso: Pausing after run of step 'StepAddFloppy'. Press enter to
continue.
— Dracut-initqueue: warning : could not boot Entering Emergency
mode.
```
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