Switch Ubuntu to boot from floppy

Choose between floppy & http boot methods based on OS

Author: kkeshavamurthy

images/capi/packer/ova/centos-7.json

@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@
   "os_display_name": "CentOS 7",
   "guest_os_type": "centos7-64",
   "vsphere_guest_os_type": "centos7_64Guest",
-  "iso_url": "https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/centos/7.8.2003/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-2003.iso",
-  "iso_checksum": "659691c28a0e672558b003d223f83938f254b39875ee7559d1a4a14c79173193",
+  "iso_url": "https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/centos/7.9.2009/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-2009.iso",
+  "iso_checksum": "07b94e6b1a0b0260b94c83d6bb76b26bf7a310dc78d7a9c7432809fb9bc6194a",
   "iso_checksum_type": "sha256",
+  "http_directory": "./packer/ova/linux/{{user `distro_name`}}/http/",
   "boot_command_prefix": "<tab> text ks=",
+  "boot_media_path": "http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}",
   "boot_command_suffix": "/7/ks.cfg<enter><wait>",
   "shutdown_command": "sys-unconfig"
 }

images/capi/packer/ova/packer-node.json

@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@
       "disk_type_id": "{{user `disk_type_id`}}",
       "disk_adapter_type": "scsi",
       "boot_wait": "{{user `boot_wait`}}",
-      "http_directory": "./packer/ova/linux/{{user `distro_name`}}/http/",
       "guest_os_type": "{{user `guest_os_type`}}",
       "headless": "{{user `headless`}}",
       "iso_url": "{{user `iso_url`}}",
@@ -92,9 +91,11 @@
       "ssh_username": "{{user `ssh_username`}}",
       "ssh_password": "{{user `ssh_password`}}",
       "ssh_timeout": "4h",
+      "http_directory": "{{ user `http_directory`}}",
+      "floppy_dirs": "{{ user `floppy_dirs`}}",
       "boot_command": [
         "{{user `boot_command_prefix`}}",
-        "http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}",
+        "{{user `boot_media_path`}}",
         "{{user `boot_command_suffix`}}"
       ],
       "shutdown_command": "echo '{{user `ssh_password`}}' | sudo -S -E sh -c '{{user `shutdown_command`}}'",
@@ -127,7 +128,6 @@
       "disk_type_id": "{{user `disk_type_id`}}",
       "disk_adapter_type": "scsi",
       "boot_wait": "{{user `boot_wait`}}",
-      "http_directory": "./packer/ova/linux/{{user `distro_name`}}/http/",
       "guest_os_type": "{{user `guest_os_type`}}",
       "headless": "{{user `headless`}}",
       "iso_url": "{{user `iso_url`}}",
@@ -136,9 +136,11 @@
       "ssh_username": "{{user `ssh_username`}}",
       "ssh_password": "{{user `ssh_password`}}",
       "ssh_timeout": "4h",
+      "http_directory": "{{ user `http_directory`}}",
+      "floppy_dirs": "{{ user `floppy_dirs`}}",
       "boot_command": [
         "{{user `boot_command_prefix`}}",
-        "http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}",
+        "{{user `boot_media_path`}}",
         "{{user `boot_command_suffix`}}"
       ],
       "shutdown_command": "echo '{{user `ssh_password`}}' | sudo -S -E sh -c 'usermod -L {{user `ssh_username`}} && {{user `shutdown_command`}}'",
@@ -185,7 +187,6 @@
       "disk_controller_type": "{{user `disk_controller_type`}}",
       "guest_os_type": "{{user `vsphere_guest_os_type`}}",
       "boot_wait": "{{user `boot_wait`}}",
-      "http_directory": "./packer/ova/linux/{{user `distro_name`}}/http/",
       "iso_urls": "{{user `iso_url`}}",
       "iso_checksum": "{{user `iso_checksum_type`}}:{{user `iso_checksum`}}",
       "communicator": "ssh",
@@ -199,9 +200,11 @@
           "disk_thin_provisioned": "{{user `disk_thin_provisioned`}}"
         }
       ],
+      "http_directory": "{{ user `http_directory`}}",
+      "floppy_dirs": "{{ user `floppy_dirs`}}",
       "boot_command": [
         "{{user `boot_command_prefix`}}",
-        "http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}",
+        "{{user `boot_media_path`}}",
         "{{user `boot_command_suffix`}}"
       ],
       "shutdown_command": "echo '{{user `ssh_password`}}' | sudo -S -E sh -c '{{user `shutdown_command`}}'",
@@ -238,7 +241,6 @@
       "disk_controller_type": "{{user `disk_controller_type`}}",
       "guest_os_type": "{{user `vsphere_guest_os_type`}}",
       "boot_wait": "{{user `boot_wait`}}",
-      "http_directory": "./packer/ova/linux/{{user `distro_name`}}/http/",
       "iso_urls": "{{user `iso_url`}}",
       "iso_checksum": "{{user `iso_checksum_type`}}:{{user `iso_checksum`}}",
       "communicator": "ssh",
@@ -251,9 +253,11 @@
           "disk_thin_provisioned": "{{user `disk_thin_provisioned`}}"
         }
       ],
+      "http_directory": "{{ user `http_directory`}}",
+      "floppy_dirs": "{{ user `floppy_dirs`}}",
       "boot_command": [
         "{{user `boot_command_prefix`}}",
-        "http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}",
+        "{{user `boot_media_path`}}",
         "{{user `boot_command_suffix`}}"
       ],
       "shutdown_command": "echo '{{user `ssh_password`}}' | sudo -S -E sh -c 'usermod -L {{user `ssh_username`}} && {{user `shutdown_command`}}'",

images/capi/packer/ova/photon-3.json

@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
   "iso_url": "https://packages.vmware.com/photon/3.0/Rev3/iso/photon-minimal-3.0-a383732.iso",
   "iso_checksum": "c2883a42e402a2330d9c39b4d1e071cf9b3b5898",
   "iso_checksum_type": "sha1",
+  "http_directory": "./packer/ova/linux/{{user `distro_name`}}/http/",
   "boot_command_prefix": "<esc><wait> vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img root/dev/ram0 loglevel=3 photon.media=cdrom ks=",
+  "boot_media_path": "http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}",
   "boot_command_suffix": "/3/ks.json<enter><wait>",
   "shutdown_command": "shutdown now"
 }

images/capi/packer/ova/rhel-7.json

@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
   "iso_url": "file:///rhel-server-7.7-x86_64-dvd.iso",
   "iso_checksum": "88b42e934c24af65e78e09f0993e4dded128d74ec0af30b89b3cdc02ec48f028",
   "iso_checksum_type": "sha256",
+  "http_directory": "./packer/ova/linux/{{user `distro_name`}}/http/",
   "boot_command_prefix": "<tab><wait><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>quiet text inst.ks=",
+  "boot_media_path": "http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}",
   "boot_command_suffix": "/7/ks.cfg<enter><wait>",
   "redhat_epel_rpm": "https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm",
   "shutdown_command": "sys-unconfig"

images/capi/packer/ova/ubuntu-1804.json

@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
   "iso_url": "http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/18.04/release/ubuntu-18.04.5-server-amd64.iso",
   "iso_checksum": "8c5fc24894394035402f66f3824beb7234b757dd2b5531379cb310cedfdf0996",
   "iso_checksum_type": "sha256",
-  "boot_command_prefix": "<enter><wait><f6><wait><esc><wait><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>/install/vmlinuz auto console-setup/ask_detect=false console-setup/layoutcode=us debconf/frontend=noninteractive debian-installer=en_US fb=false initrd=/install/initrd.gz kbd-chooser/method=us keyboard-configuration/layout=USA keyboard-configuration/variant=USA locale=en_US netcfg/get_domain=local netcfg/get_hostname=localhost grub-installer/bootdev=/dev/sda preseed/url=",
+  "floppy_dirs": "./packer/ova/linux/{{user `distro_name`}}/http/",
+  "boot_command_prefix": "<enter><wait><f6><wait><esc><wait><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>/install/vmlinuz auto console-setup/ask_detect=false console-setup/layoutcode=us debconf/frontend=noninteractive debian-installer=en_US fb=false initrd=/install/initrd.gz kbd-chooser/method=us keyboard-configuration/layout=USA keyboard-configuration/variant=USA locale=en_US netcfg/get_domain=local netcfg/get_hostname=localhost grub-installer/bootdev=/dev/sda preseed/file=",
+  "boot_media_path": "/media/HTTP",
   "boot_command_suffix": "/18.04/preseed.cfg -- <enter>",
   "shutdown_command": "shutdown -P now"
 }

images/capi/packer/ova/ubuntu-2004.json

@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
   "iso_url": "http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-legacy-server/releases/20.04/release/ubuntu-20.04.1-legacy-server-amd64.iso",
   "iso_checksum": "f11bda2f2caed8f420802b59f382c25160b114ccc665dbac9c5046e7fceaced2",
   "iso_checksum_type": "sha256",
-  "boot_command_prefix": "<esc><wait><esc><wait><enter><wait>/install/vmlinuz auto console-setup/ask_detect=false console-setup/layoutcode=us console-setup/modelcode=pc105 debconf/frontend=noninteractive debian-installer=en_US fb=false initrd=/install/initrd.gz kbd-chooser/method=us keyboard-configuration/layout=USA keyboard-configuration/variant=USA locale=en_US netcfg/get_domain=local netcfg/get_hostname=localhost grub-installer/bootdev=/dev/sda preseed/url=",
+  "floppy_dirs": "./packer/ova/linux/{{user `distro_name`}}/http/",
+  "boot_command_prefix": "<esc><wait><esc><wait><enter><wait>/install/vmlinuz auto console-setup/ask_detect=false console-setup/layoutcode=us console-setup/modelcode=pc105 debconf/frontend=noninteractive debian-installer=en_US fb=false initrd=/install/initrd.gz kbd-chooser/method=us keyboard-configuration/layout=USA keyboard-configuration/variant=USA locale=en_US netcfg/get_domain=local netcfg/get_hostname=localhost grub-installer/bootdev=/dev/sda preseed/file=",
+  "boot_media_path": "/media/HTTP",
   "boot_command_suffix": "/20.04/preseed.cfg -- <wait><enter><wait>",
   "shutdown_command": "shutdown -P now"
 }