From a0664c7ec8b2d1587a4674f22dd592f1cc83b733 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mitchell Hashimoto <mitchell.hashimoto@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 21:54:08 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] builder/vmware: Ability to set the guest OS type

---
 builder/vmware/builder.go         | 5 +++++
 builder/vmware/step_create_vmx.go | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/builder/vmware/builder.go b/builder/vmware/builder.go
index 2f18e3b18..d71426785 100644
--- a/builder/vmware/builder.go
+++ b/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"
 	}
diff --git a/builder/vmware/step_create_vmx.go b/builder/vmware/step_create_vmx.go
index a0971ac1f..313111126 100644
--- a/builder/vmware/step_create_vmx.go
+++ b/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,
 	}