aarch64 v.next

Author: ripleymj

packer/main.pkr.hcl

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ packer {
 }
 
 source "qemu" "kvm" {
-  cpus         = 2
+  cpus         = 4
   memory       = 4096
   disk_size    = 20480
   machine_type = "virt"
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ source "qemu" "kvm" {
   efi_firmware_vars = "${var.qemu_firmware_directory}/AAVMF_VARS.fd"
   qemuargs = [
     ["-boot", "strict=off"],
-    ["-cpu", "host"],
+    ["-cpu", "max"],
     ["-display", var.headless ? "none" : "gtk"],
     ["-device", "virtio-rng-pci"],
     ["-device", "virtio-gpu"],
@@ -55,10 +55,9 @@ source "qemu" "kvm" {
     # Enter the command line
     "c<wait><wait>",
     # Configure the kernel
-    "linux /casper/vmlinuz",
-    " ds=nocloud;s=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/",
-    " keymap=us fsck.mode=skip",
-    " noprompt splash --<enter><wait><wait>",
+    "linux /casper/vmlinuz ",
+    " autoinstall 'ds=nocloud;s=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/'",
+    " <enter><wait><wait>",
     # Configure initrd & boot
     "initrd /casper/initrd ",
     "<enter>boot<enter>"

packer/ubuntu-version.auto.pkrvars.hcl

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 ubuntu_version = {
-  version         = "jammy"
-  patched_version = "22.04.5"
+  version         = "noble"
+  patched_version = "24.04.3"
 }

packer/variables.pkr.hcl

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ variable "aarch64_boot_wait" {
 
 variable "qemu_accelerator" {
   type        = string
-  default     = "kvm"
+  default     = "tcg"
   description = <<EOF
     The QEMU accelerator to use; keep this as 'kvm' unless building on macOS, in
     which case it's probably best to use 'hvf'.
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ locals {
     iso_file   = "linuxmint-${var.mint_version.version}-cinnamon-64bit${var.mint_version.build_type != null ? "-${var.mint_version.build_type}" : ""}.iso"
   }
   ubuntu_aarch64_info = {
-    mirror_url = "http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/${var.ubuntu_version.version}/daily-live/current"
-    iso_file   = "${var.ubuntu_version.version}-desktop-arm64.iso"
+    mirror_url = "http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/${var.ubuntu_version.version}/release"
+    iso_file   = "ubuntu-${var.ubuntu_version.patched_version}-live-server-arm64.iso"
   }
   artifact_dir_prefix = "${path.cwd}/artifacts_"
 }