vmware-iso Waiting for SSH to become available...Timeout

[sfunkho]

Version

packer 1.11.2
VMware Workstation Pro: 10.0.0 build-20800274

Environment

Windows 10: 22H2 19045.5131

Scenario

Trying to use the chef-bento to build a Debian 12 box with slight modifications of hard_disk size and using nvme using packer build as the README states.

I also had to update the debian-12-x86_64.pkrvars.hcl top reference 12.8.0 because 12.7.0 is no longer available.

Steps to Reproduce

cd <path/to>/bento
packer init -upgrade ./packer_templates
packer build --only=vmware-iso.vm --var-file=os_pkrvars\debian\debian-12-x86_64.pkrvars.hcl .\packer_templates
Use VNC to see the state of preseed file install.

Expected Result

Expected to have a Debian 12 vmware VM built

Actual Result

The VM is created, boots, and processes the preceded file. In the VNC window there is just a bluescreen, and the windows command prompt shows '

==> vmware-iso.vm: Waiting for SSH to become available...
==> vmware-iso.vm: Timeout waiting for SSH.
==> vmware-iso.vm: Stopping virtual machine...
==> vmware-iso.vm: Deleting output directory...