I tried to create an KVM Ubuntu 11.10 guest running on an Ubuntu 11.10 host by running:
sudo vmbuilder kvm ubuntu --verbose --config new_vm.cfg
My new_vm.cfg:
[DEFAULT]
arch=amd64
cpus=2
mem=4096
ip=192.168.1.10
mask=255.255.255.0
net=192.168.0.0
bcast=192.168.1.255
gw=192.168.1.1
dns=192.168.1.1
bridge=br0
user=username
name=realname
pass=password
part=/home/chris/vmbuilder.partition
tmpfs=-
firstboot=/tmp/firstboot.sh
firstlogin=/tmp/firstlogin.sh
hostname=new_vm
[ubuntu]
suite=oneiric
flavour=server
addpkg=openssh-server, apache2, apache2-mpm-prefork, apache2-utils, apache2.2-common, dbconfig-common, wwwconfig-common, postgresql-9.1, unattended-upgrades, acpid, ntp
[kvm]
libvirt=qemu:///system
My vmbuilder.partition:
root 8000
swap 4000
---
/var 120000
My firstboot.sh:
#!/bin/bash
passwd -e username
rm /etc/ssh/ssh_host*key*
dpkg-reconfigure -fnoninteractive -pcritical openssh-server
My firstlogin.sh:
#!/bin/bash
sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup
The command seemed to complete without error, so then I ran:
sudo virsh --connect qemu:///system start new_vm
At this point, KVM consumes 100% CPU, but the VM doesn't seem to boot. I used virt-manager to connect to the VM's console, and all it says is "Booting from hard disk" and it doesn't seem to proceed. I waited 30 minutes, but nothing changes.
I tried with flavour=virtual, but the result is the same.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: python-vm-builder 0.12.4-0ubuntu0.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-38.83-generic 2.6.32.52+drm33.21
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-38-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Mar 3 21:01:25 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: vm-builder
I based by scripts on the instructions at https:/