attaching simple patch to check for the ec2 attr allows the vm-builder to continue (although it breaks later on creating the partitions due to problems with parted)
$ patch -p0 < check-ec2-attr.patch
attaching simple patch to check for the ec2 attr allows the vm-builder to continue (although it breaks later on creating the partitions due to problems with parted)
$ patch -p0 < check-ec2- attr.patch