Linux and UEFI about packer-examples-for-vsphere HOT 11 CLOSED

If if recall correctly, only specific GuestOS supported UEFI. During my testing I was able to get it to work with RHEL 8 (and Windows, too) but ai've not looked at it further after the issue with cloning was resolved in vSphere 7.0 Update 2.

We can plan to test this a little further and update the README accordingly.

Ryan

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Windows works like charm - 2016 and 2019.
But i didnt get it to work with Ubuntu nor Almalinux. :/

Thank you :)

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UEFI is not a recommend Firmware option for Ubuntu 64-bit in vSphere 7.0 Update 2. You can see this when creating a VM manually under VM Options. I've found that it will fail to boot if created manually with UEFI.

That said, it should work for RHEL (with the RHEL8 option as it's recommended for the default), and for CentOS, Alma, and Rocky (using the CentOS8 type) but I've not tested the latter (yet).

Ryan

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I recall that the issue for UEFI with RHEL-based that extra argument is needed in the boot sequence just like is needed for RHEL 8 with UEFI.

You'll need to edit the boot_command to add <wait><leftCtrlOn>x<leftCtrlOff><wait><enter>

boot_command = ["up","e","<down><down><end><wait>"," text ks=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/${var.http_file}","<enter><wait><leftCtrlOn>x<leftCtrlOff>"]

My initial test today, whilst I have time, shows that it will continue but will pause just past at the selection of language. I'll look at this a little further when time permits.

Ryan

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Resolved in commit 260dbfc.

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Please note, we plan to update all guestOS types for machine images in this repository to use only their "(Recommended)" firmware settings based on vSphere version support in this repository per #22 now that vSphere 7.0 Update 2 has resolved the content library OVF issue. Commit 260dbfc is a precursor to this change.

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My initial test today, whilst I have time, shows that it will continue but will pause just past at the selection of language. I'll look at this a little further when time permits.

Did you solve this issue? Because i am facing the same problem

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Yes, use:

boot_command = ["up","e","<down><down><end><wait>"," text ks=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/${var.http_file}","<enter><wait><leftCtrlOn>x<leftCtrlOff>"]

The README has been updated.

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Still leads to ...

or with your boot commend it stucks at
[ OK ] Reached target Basic System

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Please paste or giat your template and variables files. I'v confirmed efi-secure worked with the updated boot command which also does not launch the UI installer.

Ryan

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