builder/vmware: Ability to set the guest OS type

builder/vmware/builder.go

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ type Builder struct {
 
 type config struct {
 	DiskName        string            `mapstructure:"vmdk_name"`
+	GuestOSType     string            `mapstructure:"guest_os_type"`
 	ISOUrl          string            `mapstructure:"iso_url"`
 	VMName          string            `mapstructure:"vm_name"`
 	OutputDir       string            `mapstructure:"output_directory"`
@@ -55,6 +56,10 @@ func (b *Builder) Prepare(raw interface{}) (err error) {
 		b.config.DiskName = "disk"
 	}
 
+	if b.config.GuestOSType == "" {
+		b.config.GuestOSType = "other"
+	}
+
 	if b.config.VMName == "" {
 		b.config.VMName = "packer"
 	}

builder/vmware/step_create_vmx.go

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func (stepCreateVMX) Run(state map[string]interface{}) multistep.StepAction {
 
 	tplData := &vmxTemplateData{
 		config.VMName,
-		"ubuntu-64",
+		config.GuestOSType,
 		config.DiskName,
 		config.ISOUrl,
 	}