hashicorp/packer

Enhancement: Floppy img builders

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#7,969 建立於 2019年8月10日

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描述

Legacy operating systems like MS-DOS did not have official CD-ROM installation media (ISO) available, but rather floppy disks (IMG). For these older guests, it would be helpful for Packer to offer floppy-based builders (e.g. virtualbox-img rather than virtualbox-iso), so that these guests can be built directly from historical IMG files.

As a workaround, users can instruct Packer to boot an Ubuntu Live CD or similar, and use boot_command to launch a terminal, whereupon dd, shutdown -r, etc. can manipulate a floppy-based guest. It's not pretty.

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領域
infrastructuretooling
議題類型
feature
難度面向新貢獻者的預計實作難度，1 表示很小改動，5 表示專家級工作。
3
預計時間有經驗貢獻者完成調查、實作、測試並準備 pull request 的粗略時間範圍。
over 1 week
活動狀態議題目前的可參與程度：新鮮、活躍、陳舊、阻塞或等待維護者輸入。
stale
清晰度議題是否清楚說明預期改動、驗收標準和下一步。
mostly clear
前置要求
Go programmingPacker builder architecture
新手友善度1-100 的估計分數，表示該議題對首次貢獻者的友善程度。
5
研究方向
Investigate existing ISO builders (e.g., virtualbox iso) to understand the builder interface. Research floppy disk image format (IMG) and how to boot from it in virtual machine environments. Examine Packer's source code for builder registration and step execution patterns. Consider if a common base builder can be reused or if a new builder must be created from scratch. There are no linked PRs or comments providing additional guidance.