hdiutil bug generation OEMDRV iso => kickstart failed to autoload

[tuxtof]

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Overview of the Issue

Iso image generated by hdiutil with OEMDRV label are not loaded automatically by kickstart

Reproduction Steps

on a mac without any iso tools installed (using default hdiutil) create a packer config to boot a rocky linux with a kickstart file in a CDROM

kickstart will never autoload

if you install xorriso problem is fixed

Packer version

Packer v1.8.5

Simplified Packer Template

vm_disks {
image_type = "ISO_IMAGE"
source_image_name = var.rocky_iso_image_name
}

vm_disks {
image_type = "DISK"
disk_size_gb = 64
}

vm_nics {
subnet_uuid = var.nutanix_subnet_uuid
}

cd_files = ["ks.cfg"]
cd_label = "OEMDRV"

image_name = "rocky-{{isotime 02-Jan-06_3:04PM}}"
force_deregister = true

shutdown_command = "echo 'packer' | sudo -S shutdown -P now"
shutdown_timeout = "2m"
ssh_password = "builder"
ssh_username = "builder"

cpu = 2
memory_mb = "4096"
}
.....

Operating system and Environment details

MacOS 13.2

Log Fragments and crash.log files

==> linux-rhel-server.nutanix.linux-rhel-server: Creating CD disk...
2023/02/03 08:21:50 packer-plugin-nutanix_v0.4.0_x5.0_darwin_arm64 plugin: 2023/02/03 08:21:50 CD label is set to OEMDRV
2023/02/03 08:21:50 packer-plugin-nutanix_v0.4.0_x5.0_darwin_arm64 plugin: 2023/02/03 08:21:50 CD path: /var/folders/dq/y4w54k297qlcp5xwt_vss2kc0000gn/T/packer1085552623.iso
2023/02/03 08:21:50 packer-plugin-nutanix_v0.4.0_x5.0_darwin_arm64 plugin: 2023/02/03 08:21:50 Wrote 1818 bytes to ks.cfg
2023/02/03 08:21:50 packer-plugin-nutanix_v0.4.0_x5.0_darwin_arm64 plugin: 2023/02/03 08:21:50 Executing: /opt/homebrew/bin/xorriso [-as genisoimage -rock -joliet -volid OEMDRV -output /var/folders/dq/y4w54k297qlcp5xwt_vss2kc0000gn/T/packer1085552623.iso /var/folders/dq/y4w54k297qlcp5xwt_vss2kc0000gn/T/packer_to_cdrom3190276589]
    linux-rhel-server.nutanix.linux-rhel-server: GNU xorriso 1.5.4 : RockRidge filesystem manipulator, libburnia project.
    linux-rhel-server.nutanix.linux-rhel-server: Drive current: -outdev 'stdio:/var/folders/dq/y4w54k297qlcp5xwt_vss2kc0000gn/T/packer1085552623.iso'
    linux-rhel-server.nutanix.linux-rhel-server: Media current: stdio file, overwriteable
    linux-rhel-server.nutanix.linux-rhel-server: Media status : is blank
    linux-rhel-server.nutanix.linux-rhel-server: Media summary: 0 sessions, 0 data blocks, 0 data,  152g free
    linux-rhel-server.nutanix.linux-rhel-server: Added to ISO image: directory '/'='/var/folders/dq/y4w54k297qlcp5xwt_vss2kc0000gn/T/packer_to_cdrom3190276589'
    linux-rhel-server.nutanix.linux-rhel-server: xorriso : UPDATE :       1 files added in 1 seconds
    linux-rhel-server.nutanix.linux-rhel-server: xorriso : UPDATE :       1 files added in 1 seconds
    linux-rhel-server.nutanix.linux-rhel-server: ISO image produced: 184 sectors
    linux-rhel-server.nutanix.linux-rhel-server: Written to medium : 184 sectors at LBA 0
    linux-rhel-server.nutanix.linux-rhel-server: Writing to 'stdio:/var/folders/dq/y4w54k297qlcp5xwt_vss2kc0000gn/T/packer1085552623.iso' completed successfully.
    linux-rhel-server.nutanix.linux-rhel-server: Done copying paths from CD_dirs
==> linux-rhel-server.nutanix.linux-rhel-server: Creating Packer Builder VM on Nutanix Cluster.

[nywilken]

Thanks for reporting we will take a look as soon as we can.

[lbradeen]

I'm having the same issue.
It does work in the hashicorp/packer docker image on my M2 macbook.

[tuxtof]

@nywilken some customers are hitting this issue again

[TravAJohn]

Hello, I can confirm that this is still occurring with packer version 1.11.2. I replicated the fix in the initial post by installing xorriso.