I am unfortunately getting this error trying to run distrobuilder to repack a windows ISO inside of an ubuntu/noble container:
ubuntu@fleet-catfish:~$ sudo distrobuilder repack-windows --windows-arch=amd64 Win11_24H2_26100.3915_x64.iso Win11_24H2_26100.3915_x64.incus.iso
INFO [2025-05-08T08:09:38Z] Mounting Windows ISO to dir: "/var/cache/distrobuilder.2629349285/source"
mount: /var/cache/distrobuilder.2629349285/source: permission denied.
dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call.
Error: Failed to mount "Win11_24H2_26100.3915_x64.iso" at "/var/cache/distrobuilder.2629349285/source": exit status 32
ERROR [2025-05-08T08:09:38Z] Failed running distrobuilder err="Failed to mount \"Win11_24H2_26100.3915_x64.iso\" at \"/var/cache/distrobuilder.2629349285/source\": exit status 32"
INFO [2025-05-08T08:09:38Z] Removing cache directory
I saw an old thread here that mentioned you have to mount the /dev/loop devices in the container, which I have done (i got a different error before, now it is just permission denied):
ubuntu@fleet-catfish:~$ ls -lah /dev/loop*
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 0 May 8 07:55 /dev/loop0
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 1 May 8 07:55 /dev/loop1
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 2 May 8 07:55 /dev/loop2
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 3 May 8 07:55 /dev/loop3
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 4 May 8 07:55 /dev/loop4
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 5 May 8 07:55 /dev/loop5
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 6 May 8 07:55 /dev/loop6
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 7 May 8 07:55 /dev/loop7
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 10, 237 May 8 07:55 /dev/loop-control
/dev/loop:
total 8.0K
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 200 May 8 07:55 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 680 May 8 07:55 ..
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 0 May 8 07:55 0
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 1 May 8 07:55 1
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 2 May 8 07:55 2
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 3 May 8 07:55 3
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 4 May 8 07:55 4
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 5 May 8 07:55 5
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 6 May 8 07:55 6
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 7 May 8 07:55 7
My container config is the following:
architecture: x86_64
config:
image.architecture: amd64
image.description: Ubuntu noble amd64 (20250507_07:42)
image.os: Ubuntu
image.release: noble
image.requirements.cgroup: v2
image.serial: "20250507_07:42"
image.type: squashfs
image.variant: default
volatile.base_image: 55c43261431fde958dedb48d5e79db5077149e94eb621c9a3fe4312a0c30e01c
volatile.cloud-init.instance-id: a9048647-b259-49bc-8a52-a60143bdfc9f
volatile.eth0.host_name: veth7339cf0d
volatile.eth0.hwaddr: 10:66:6a:ea:74:62
volatile.idmap.base: "0"
volatile.idmap.current: '[{"Isuid":true,"Isgid":false,"Hostid":1000000,"Nsid":0,"Maprange":1000000000},{"Isuid":false,"Isgid":true,"Hostid":1000000,"Nsid":0,"Maprange":1000000000}]'
volatile.idmap.next: '[{"Isuid":true,"Isgid":false,"Hostid":1000000,"Nsid":0,"Maprange":1000000000},{"Isuid":false,"Isgid":true,"Hostid":1000000,"Nsid":0,"Maprange":1000000000}]'
volatile.last_state.idmap: '[]'
volatile.last_state.power: RUNNING
volatile.last_state.ready: "false"
volatile.uuid: 01c470be-aceb-409b-a881-a85f13df8a0f
volatile.uuid.generation: 01c470be-aceb-409b-a881-a85f13df8a0f
devices:
downloads:
path: /mnt/Downloads
shift: "true"
source: REDACTED
type: disk
loop-control:
gid: "6"
required: "true"
source: /dev/loop-control
type: unix-char
uid: "0"
loop0:
gid: "6"
required: "true"
source: /dev/loop0
type: unix-block
uid: "0"
loop1:
gid: "6"
required: "true"
source: /dev/loop1
type: unix-block
uid: "0"
loop2:
gid: "6"
required: "true"
source: /dev/loop2
type: unix-block
uid: "0"
loop3:
gid: "6"
required: "true"
source: /dev/loop3
type: unix-block
uid: "0"
loop4:
gid: "6"
required: "true"
source: /dev/loop4
type: unix-block
uid: "0"
loop5:
gid: "6"
required: "true"
source: /dev/loop5
type: unix-block
uid: "0"
loop6:
gid: "6"
required: "true"
source: /dev/loop6
type: unix-block
uid: "0"
loop7:
gid: "6"
required: "true"
source: /dev/loop7
type: unix-block
uid: "0"
loopsub0:
gid: "6"
required: "true"
source: /dev/loop/0
type: unix-block
uid: "0"
loopsub1:
gid: "6"
required: "true"
source: /dev/loop/1
type: unix-block
uid: "0"
loopsub2:
gid: "6"
required: "true"
source: /dev/loop/2
type: unix-block
uid: "0"
loopsub3:
gid: "6"
required: "true"
source: /dev/loop/3
type: unix-block
uid: "0"
loopsub4:
gid: "6"
required: "true"
source: /dev/loop/4
type: unix-block
uid: "0"
loopsub5:
gid: "6"
required: "true"
source: /dev/loop/5
type: unix-block
uid: "0"
loopsub6:
gid: "6"
required: "true"
source: /dev/loop/6
type: unix-block
uid: "0"
loopsub7:
gid: "6"
required: "true"
source: /dev/loop/7
type: unix-block
uid: "0"
ephemeral: false
profiles:
- default
stateful: false
description: ""
My OS is Alpine edge, I am running Incus 6.0.4. Any help is appreciated!