From 3370c91cf2ad5c0a0e94a29df0a5de756495c386 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jhawk28 <joshua.foster@lmco.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 09:06:45 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add some additional messaging when a boot command fails to
 type (#9661)

---
 builder/vsphere/common/step_boot_command.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/builder/vsphere/common/step_boot_command.go b/builder/vsphere/common/step_boot_command.go
index 4949ff0d6..25067eb69 100644
--- a/builder/vsphere/common/step_boot_command.go
+++ b/builder/vsphere/common/step_boot_command.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func (s *StepBootCommand) Run(ctx context.Context, state multistep.StateBag) mul
 			Shift:    keyShift,
 		})
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("error typing a boot command: %v", err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("error typing a boot command (code, down) `%d, %t`: %w", code, down, err)
 		}
 		return nil
 	}