Build 'virtualbox-iso' errored: Retryable error: seek .: The handle is invalid. #44

tknerr · 2015-01-30T06:59:21Z

Tried for a couple of times now, but always getting this error:

W:\repo\ubuntu-vm>make virtualbox/ubuntu1404
cd ./
rm -rf output-virtualbox-iso
mkdir -p box/virtualbox
packer build -only=virtualbox-iso -var 'cm=nocm' -var 'headless=' -var 'update=' -var 'version=1.0.12' -var 'ssh_username=vagrant' -var 'ssh_password=vagrant' -var 'install_vagrant_key=true' -var "iso_url=http://releases.ubuntu.com/14.04/ubuntu-14.04.1-server-amd64.iso" ubuntu1404.json
virtualbox-iso output will be in this color.

==> virtualbox-iso: Downloading or copying Guest additions
    virtualbox-iso: Downloading or copying: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Oracle/VirtualBox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso
==> virtualbox-iso: Downloading or copying ISO
    virtualbox-iso: Downloading or copying: http://releases.ubuntu.com/14.04/ubuntu-14.04.1-server-amd64.iso
==> virtualbox-iso: Starting HTTP server on port 8703
==> virtualbox-iso: Creating virtual machine...
==> virtualbox-iso: Creating hard drive...
==> virtualbox-iso: Creating forwarded port mapping for SSH (host port 3525)
==> virtualbox-iso: Executing custom VBoxManage commands...
    virtualbox-iso: Executing: modifyvm ubuntu1404 --memory 512
    virtualbox-iso: Executing: modifyvm ubuntu1404 --cpus 1
==> virtualbox-iso: Starting the virtual machine...
...

<snip>
...
    virtualbox-iso: zlib1g:amd64                                        install
    virtualbox-iso: ==> Clearing last login information
    virtualbox-iso: 2379047+0 records in
    virtualbox-iso: 2379047+0 records out
    virtualbox-iso: 2436144128 bytes (2.4 GB) copied, 11.1682 s, 218 MB/s
    virtualbox-iso: 192000+0 records in
    virtualbox-iso: 192000+0 records out
    virtualbox-iso: 196608000 bytes (197 MB) copied, 0.987907 s, 199 MB/s
    virtualbox-iso: dd: error writing ‘/EMPTY’: No space left on device
    virtualbox-iso: 2491+0 records in
    virtualbox-iso: 2490+0 records out
    virtualbox-iso: 2610987008 bytes (2.6 GB) copied, 9.05889 s, 288 MB/s
    virtualbox-iso:
    virtualbox-iso:
    virtualbox-iso:
    virtualbox-iso:
==> virtualbox-iso: Provisioning with shell script: script/cmtool.sh
    virtualbox-iso: ==> Building box without baking in a configuration management tool
==> virtualbox-iso: Provisioning with shell script: .
==> virtualbox-iso: Unregistering and deleting virtual machine...
==> virtualbox-iso: Deleting output directory...
Build 'virtualbox-iso' errored: Retryable error: seek .: The handle is invalid.

==> Some builds didn't complete successfully and had errors:
--> virtualbox-iso: Retryable error: seek .: The handle is invalid.

==> Builds finished but no artifacts were created.
make: *** [box/virtualbox/ubuntu1404-nocm-1.0.12.box] Error 1

W:\repo\ubuntu-vm>

Sounds like a disk space issue, but I hardly believe it is as I was trying with various disk_sizes and it's always the same effect. This one was with "disk_size": 4096 and I still have 60 GB free.

Environment:

Win7 64-bit
VirtualBox 4.3.12
Packer 0.7.5

Any ideas what could be wrong here?

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tknerr · 2015-01-31T00:07:46Z

Well okay, it's definitely not disk space, I got misled by the cleanup script.

Turning debugging on via PACKER_LOG=1 shows this:

2015/01/31 00:29:19 ui:     virtualbox-iso: ==> Building box without baking in a config
uration management tool
2015/01/31 00:29:19 packer-builder-virtualbox-iso.exe: 2015/01/31 00:29:19 remote comma
    virtualbox-iso: ==> Building box without baking in a configuration management tooln
d exited with '0': echo 'vagrant' | PACKER_BUILD_NAME='virtualbox-iso' PACKER_BUILDER_T
YPE='virtualbox-iso' CM='nocm' CM_VERSION='' CLEANUP_PAUSE='' UPDATE='' INSTALL_VAGRANT
_KEY='true' SSH_USERNAME='vagrant' SSH_PASSWORD='vagrant' http_proxy='' https_proxy=''
 ftp_proxy='' rsync_proxy='' no_proxy='' sudo -E -S bash '/tmp/script.sh'
2015/01/31 00:29:19 packer-builder-virtualbox-iso.exe: 2015/01/31 00:29:19 [INFO] RPC e
ndpoint: Communicator ended with: 0
2015/01/31 00:29:19 [INFO] 0 bytes written for 'stderr'
2015/01/31 00:29:19 [INFO] RPC client: Communicator ended with: 0
2015/01/31 00:29:19 [INFO] RPC endpoint: Communicator ended with: 0
2015/01/31 00:29:19 [INFO] 68 bytes written for 'stdout'
2015/01/31 00:29:19 packer-provisioner-shell.exe: 2015/01/31 00:29:19 [INFO] 0 bytes wr
itten for 'stderr'
2015/01/31 00:29:19 packer-provisioner-shell.exe: 2015/01/31 00:29:19 [INFO] RPC client
: Communicator ended with: 0
2015/01/31 00:29:19 packer-provisioner-shell.exe: 2015/01/31 00:29:19 [INFO] 68 bytes w
ritten for 'stdout'
2015/01/31 00:29:19 ui: ==> virtualbox-iso: Provisioning with shell script: .
2015/01/31 00:29:19 packer-provisioner-shell.exe: 2015/01/31 00:29:19 Opening . for rea
ding
2015/01/31 00:29:19 packer-provisioner-shell.exe: 2015/01/31 00:29:19 Retryable error:
seek .: The handle is invalid.
==> virtualbox-iso: Provisioning with shell script: .
2015/01/31 00:29:21 packer-provisioner-shell.exe: 2015/01/31 00:29:21 Retryable error:
seek .: The handle is invalid.
2015/01/31 00:29:23 packer-provisioner-shell.exe: 2015/01/31 00:29:23 Retryable error:
seek .: The handle is invalid.
2015/01/31 00:29:25 packer-provisioner-shell.exe: 2015/01/31 00:29:25 Retryable error:
seek .: The handle is invalid.

...

[ snip 5 minutes worth of log output ]

...

2015/01/31 00:34:15 packer-provisioner-shell.exe: 2015/01/31 00:34:15 Retryable error:
seek .: The handle is invalid.
2015/01/31 00:34:17 packer-provisioner-shell.exe: 2015/01/31 00:34:17 Retryable error:
seek .: The handle is invalid.
2015/01/31 00:34:19 packer-provisioner-shell.exe: 2015/01/31 00:34:19 Retryable error:
seek .: The handle is invalid.
2015/01/31 00:34:19 packer-builder-virtualbox-iso.exe: 2015/01/31 00:34:19 Executing VB
oxManage: []string{"controlvm", "ubuntu1404", "poweroff"}
2015/01/31 00:34:19 packer-builder-virtualbox-iso.exe: 2015/01/31 00:34:19 stdout:
2015/01/31 00:34:19 packer-builder-virtualbox-iso.exe: 2015/01/31 00:34:19 stderr: 0%..
.10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
2015/01/31 00:34:19 packer-builder-virtualbox-iso.exe: 2015/01/31 00:34:19 Executing VB
oxManage: []string{"storageattach", "ubuntu1404", "--storagectl", "IDE Controller", "--
port", "0", "--device", "1", "--medium", "none"}
2015/01/31 00:34:19 packer-builder-virtualbox-iso.exe: 2015/01/31 00:34:19 stdout:
2015/01/31 00:34:19 packer-builder-virtualbox-iso.exe: 2015/01/31 00:34:19 stderr:
2015/01/31 00:34:19 ui: ==> virtualbox-iso: Unregistering and deleting virtual machine.
..
2015/01/31 00:34:19 packer-builder-virtualbox-iso.exe: 2015/01/31 00:34:19 Executing VB
oxManage: []string{"unregistervm", "ubuntu1404", "--delete"}
==> virtualbox-iso: Unregistering and deleting virtual machine...
2015/01/31 00:34:20 packer-builder-virtualbox-iso.exe: 2015/01/31 00:34:20 stdout:
2015/01/31 00:34:20 packer-builder-virtualbox-iso.exe: 2015/01/31 00:34:20 stderr: 0%..
.10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
2015/01/31 00:34:20 ui: ==> virtualbox-iso: Deleting output directory...
2015/01/31 00:34:20 ui error: Build 'virtualbox-iso' errored: Retryable error: seek .:
The handle is invalid.
2015/01/31 00:34:20 Builds completed. Waiting on interrupt barrier...
==> virtualbox-iso: Deleting output directory...
2015/01/31 00:34:20 machine readable: error-count []string{"1"}
2015/01/31 00:34:20 ui error:
==> Some builds didn't complete successfully and had errors:
2015/01/31 00:34:20 machine readable: virtualbox-iso,error []string{"Retryable error: s
eek .: The handle is invalid."}
2015/01/31 00:34:20 ui error: --> virtualbox-iso: Retryable error: seek .: The handle i
s invalid.
2015/01/31 00:34:20 ui:
==> Builds finished but no artifacts were created.
2015/01/31 00:34:20 waiting for all plugin processes to complete...
Build 'virtualbox-iso' errored: Retryable error: seek .: The handle is invalid.

==> Some builds didn't complete successfully and had errors:
--> virtualbox-iso: Retryable error: seek .: The handle is invalid.

==> Builds finished but no artifacts were created.
2015/01/31 00:34:20 c:\devel\bk23\tools\packer\packer-post-processor-vagrant.exe: plugi
n process exited
2015/01/31 00:34:20 c:\devel\bk23\tools\packer\packer-builder-virtualbox-iso.exe: plugi
n process exited
2015/01/31 00:34:20 c:\devel\bk23\tools\packer\packer-provisioner-shell.exe: plugin pro
cess exited
make: *** [box/virtualbox/ubuntu1404-nocm-1.0.12.box] Error 1

...which indicates an issue with the custom_script being set to .

I don't know what that should mean semantically, but I'll remove the custom_script part and try again...

tknerr · 2015-01-31T00:24:59Z

@misheska FYI everything works now once I removed the "{{ user 'custom_script' }}" line here:
https://github.com/box-cutter/ubuntu-vm/blob/master/ubuntu1404-desktop.json#L150

What is the default of . supposed to do?
https://github.com/box-cutter/ubuntu-vm/blob/master/ubuntu1404-desktop.json#L19

rasa · 2015-02-02T18:23:16Z

Does any know if changing

"custom_script": "."

to

"custom_script": ""

or

"custom_script": "/dev/null"

or some other working default value would help?

seal-ss · 2015-02-04T07:41:47Z

I have the same issue for VMware Workstation 10 on a Windows machine. Win 2008R2, Packer 0.7.5, VMware Workstation 10.0.0.5.

I'll have a look at it, too.

StefanScherer · 2015-02-04T07:50:12Z

@rasa changing to "custom_script": "" does not work. Packer seems to check whether the file exists:

λ packer build --only=vmware-iso ubuntu1204.json
vmware-iso output will be in this color.

1 error(s) occurred:

* Bad script '': Stat : Das System kann den angegebenen Pfad nicht finden.

And changing to "custom_script": "nil" also does not work, at least on a Windows host:

λ packer build --only=vmware-iso ubuntu1204.json
vmware-iso output will be in this color.

1 error(s) occurred:

* Bad script '/dev/null': GetFileAttributesEx /dev/null: Das System kann den angegebenen Pfad nicht finden.

But also nil which is the equivalent on Windows in a CMD.exe does not work.

So I'll try another run with the suggested workaround to remove this line to build from a Windows host.

* 'my' of github.com:StefanScherer/ubuntu-vm: removed custom_script as discussed in box-cutter#44 No more VagrantCloud downloads and Cloudbees no longer sponsoring fixed typo start video recording

StefanScherer added a commit to StefanScherer/ubuntu-vm that referenced this issue Feb 4, 2015

removed custom_script as discussed in box-cutter#44

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Build 'virtualbox-iso' errored: Retryable error: seek .: The handle is invalid. #44

Build 'virtualbox-iso' errored: Retryable error: seek .: The handle is invalid. #44

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Build 'virtualbox-iso' errored: Retryable error: seek .: The handle is invalid. #44

Build 'virtualbox-iso' errored: Retryable error: seek .: The handle is invalid. #44

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