Added documentation for the floppy_contents option to parallels, qemu, virtualbox, and vmware.

pull/2919/head
Ali Rizvi-Santiago 10 years ago
parent a3f0308e92
commit 5f9fdaf5fa

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and \[\]) are allowed. Directory names are also allowed, which will add all
the files found in the directory to the floppy.
- `floppy_contents` (array of strings) - A list of directories to place onto
the floppy disk recursively. This is similar to the `floppy_files` option
except that the directory structure is preserved. This is useful for when
your floppy disk includes drivers or if you just want to organize it's
contents as a hierarchy. Wildcard characters (\*, ?, and \[\]) are allowed.
- `guest_os_type` (string) - The guest OS type being installed. By default
this is "other", but you can get *dramatic* performance improvements by
setting this to the proper value. To view all available values for this run

@ -86,6 +86,16 @@ builder.
listed in this configuration will all be put into the root directory of the
floppy disk; sub-directories are not supported.
- `floppy_contents` (array of strings) - A list of directories to place onto
the floppy disk recursively. This is similar to the `floppy_files` option
except that the directory structure is preserved. This is useful for when
your floppy disk includes drivers or if you just want to organize it's
contents as a hierarchy. Wildcard characters (\*, ?, and \[\]) are allowed.
- `reassign_mac` (boolean) - If this is "false" the MAC address of the first
NIC will reused when imported else a new MAC address will be generated
by Parallels. Defaults to "false".
- `output_directory` (string) - This is the path to the directory where the
resulting virtual machine will be created. This may be relative or absolute.
If relative, the path is relative to the working directory when `packer`

@ -164,6 +164,12 @@ Linux server and have not enabled X11 forwarding (`ssh -X`).
and \[\]) are allowed. Directory names are also allowed, which will add all
the files found in the directory to the floppy.
- `floppy_contents` (array of strings) - A list of directories to place onto
the floppy disk recursively. This is similar to the `floppy_files` option
except that the directory structure is preserved. This is useful for when
your floppy disk includes drivers or if you just want to organize it's
contents as a hierarchy. Wildcard characters (\*, ?, and \[\]) are allowed.
- `format` (string) - Either "qcow2" or "raw", this specifies the output
format of the virtual machine image. This defaults to `qcow2`.

@ -150,6 +150,12 @@ builder.
and \[\]) are allowed. Directory names are also allowed, which will add all
the files found in the directory to the floppy.
- `floppy_contents` (array of strings) - A list of directories to place onto
the floppy disk recursively. This is similar to the `floppy_files` option
except that the directory structure is preserved. This is useful for when
your floppy disk includes drivers or if you just want to organize it's
contents as a hierarchy. Wildcard characters (\*, ?, and \[\]) are allowed.
- `format` (string) - Either "ovf" or "ova", this specifies the output format
of the exported virtual machine. This defaults to "ovf".

@ -132,6 +132,12 @@ builder.
and \[\]) are allowed. Directory names are also allowed, which will add all
the files found in the directory to the floppy.
- `floppy_contents` (array of strings) - A list of directories to place onto
the floppy disk recursively. This is similar to the `floppy_files` option
except that the directory structure is preserved. This is useful for when
your floppy disk includes drivers or if you just want to organize it's
contents as a hierarchy. Wildcard characters (\*, ?, and \[\]) are allowed.
- `format` (string) - Either "ovf" or "ova", this specifies the output format
of the exported virtual machine. This defaults to "ovf".

@ -125,6 +125,12 @@ builder.
and \[\]) are allowed. Directory names are also allowed, which will add all
the files found in the directory to the floppy.
- `floppy_contents` (array of strings) - A list of directories to place onto
the floppy disk recursively. This is similar to the `floppy_files` option
except that the directory structure is preserved. This is useful for when
your floppy disk includes drivers or if you just want to organize it's
contents as a hierarchy. Wildcard characters (\*, ?, and \[\]) are allowed.
- `fusion_app_path` (string) - Path to "VMware Fusion.app". By default this is
"/Applications/VMware Fusion.app" but this setting allows you to
customize this.

@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ builder.
and \[\]) are allowed. Directory names are also allowed, which will add all
the files found in the directory to the floppy.
- `floppy_contents` (array of strings) - A list of directories to place onto
the floppy disk recursively. This is similar to the `floppy_files` option
except that the directory structure is preserved. This is useful for when
your floppy disk includes drivers or if you just want to organize it's
contents as a hierarchy. Wildcard characters (\*, ?, and \[\]) are allowed.
- `fusion_app_path` (string) - Path to "VMware Fusion.app". By default this is
"/Applications/VMware Fusion.app" but this setting allows you to
customize this.

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