Use Vagrant to build the image in mac os or windows hosts

.gitignore

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /.vagrant
 *.iso
 *.deb
+*.log
 sharedvm/*
 /initramfs.fakeroot
 /initramfs/*

Vagrantfile

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# -*- mode: ruby -*-
+# vi: set ft=ruby :
+
+# All Vagrant configuration is done below. The "2" in Vagrant.configure
+# configures the configuration version (we support older styles for
+# backwards compatibility). Please don't change it unless you know what
+# you're doing.
+Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
+  # The most common configuration options are documented and commented below.
+  # For a complete reference, please see the online documentation at
+  # https://docs.vagrantup.com.
+
+  # Every Vagrant development environment requires a box. You can search for
+  # boxes at https://vagrantcloud.com/search.
+  config.vm.box = "ubuntu/bionic64"
+
+  # Provider-specific configuration so you can fine-tune various
+  # backing providers for Vagrant. These expose provider-specific options.
+  # Example for VirtualBox:
+  config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
+    # Display the VirtualBox GUI when booting the machine
+    # vb.gui = true
+
+    # Customize the amount of memory on the VM:
+    vb.memory = "4096"
+  end
+  #
+  # View the documentation for the provider you are using for more
+  # information on available options.
+
+  # Enable provisioning with a shell script. Additional provisioners such as
+  # Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Salt, and Docker are also available. Please see the
+  # documentation for more information about their specific syntax and use.
+  config.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
+    apt-get update
+    apt-get install -y xorriso p7zip-full fakeroot binutils isolinux
+  SHELL
+end

build-and-run → build

@@ -26,17 +26,12 @@ fi
 UNIQ=`date | sha1sum | cut -c 1-7`
 ISO=`find ./iso/netinstall* | head -n1`
 
-VMS_ROOT="${HOME}/VirtualBox VMs"
 VM="Ubuntu-`echo ${ISO} | cut -d "-" -f 2-3`-${UNIQ}"
-VM_HDD="${VMS_ROOT}/${VM}/${VM}"
-VM_HDD_FILE="${VM_HDD}.vdi"
 
 shout "Setting up"
 
 # Some dependency checks
-directory_exists "${VMS_ROOT}" "Cannot find VirtualBox VM directory ${VMS_ROOT}"
 file_exists "${ISO}" "Cannot find iso ${ISO}"
-is_runnable "vboxmanage" "Cannot find/run vboxmanage"
 is_runnable "xorriso" "Cannot find/run xorriso"
 is_runnable "7z" "Cannot find/run 7z"
 is_runnable "sha1sum" "Cannot find/run sha1sum"
@@ -98,33 +93,3 @@ xorriso -as mkisofs \
         ./tmp
 
 shout "Cleanup"
-
-shout "Booting VM to start install"
-
-VBoxManage -v &> /dev/null || { echo "ERROR: VBoxManage not in path!"; exit 1; }
-VBoxManage createvm --name "${VM}" --register
-VBoxManage modifyvm "${VM}" --ostype Ubuntu_64 --memory 8192 --vram 64 --rtcuseutc on --ioapic on \
-           --clipboard bidirectional --cpus 2 --firmware efi64
-
-# ISO image to boot
-VBoxManage storagectl "${VM}" --name ide0 --add ide
-VBoxManage storageattach "${VM}" --storagectl ide0 --device 0 --port 0 --type dvddrive --medium ./${VM}-unattended.iso
-
-# Storage to be used as primary disk
-VBoxManage storagectl "${VM}" --name nvme0 --add pcie --controller NVMe --portcount 1
-VBoxManage createhd --filename "${VM_HDD_FILE}" --size 40960
-VBoxManage storageattach "${VM}" --storagectl nvme0 --port 0 --type hdd --medium "${VM_HDD_FILE}"
-
-# Other stuff
-VBoxManage modifyvm "${VM}" --nic1 nat
-VBoxManage startvm --type=gui "${VM}"
-
-# Wait until we're done with it
-wait_vm_quit ${VM}
-
-echo -n "Remove the ${VM} VM?"
-read answer
-
-if [[ "$answer" != "${answer#[Yy]}" ]]; then
-    VBoxManage unregistervm "$VM" --delete
-fi