Hi Serge! I installed the attached file as per instructions given. I issued the command: ~$ sudo vmbuilder xen ubuntu --suite=lucid --ec2 --ec2-cert=$cert --ec2-key=$pk --ec2-access-key=$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID --ec2-secret-key=$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY --ec2-user=$AWS_USER_ID 2011-04-16 04:19:35,713 INFO : Calling hook: preflight_check 2011-04-16 04:19:35,750 INFO : Calling hook: set_defaults 2011-04-16 04:19:35,751 INFO : Calling hook: bootstrap 2011-04-16 04:30:56,807 INFO : Calling hook: configure_os 2011-04-16 04:31:27,595 INFO : 2011-04-16 04:31:27,596 INFO : Current default time zone: 'Etc/UTC' 2011-04-16 04:31:27,782 INFO : Local time is now: Sat Apr 16 02:31:27 UTC 2011. 2011-04-16 04:31:27,783 INFO : Universal Time is now: Sat Apr 16 02:31:27 UTC 2011. 2011-04-16 04:31:27,783 INFO : Extracting templates from packages: 100% 2011-04-16 04:32:46,506 INFO : 2011-04-16 04:32:46,506 INFO : Current default time zone: 'Etc/UTC' 2011-04-16 04:32:46,544 INFO : Local time is now: Sat Apr 16 02:32:46 UTC 2011. 2011-04-16 04:32:46,544 INFO : Universal Time is now: Sat Apr 16 02:32:46 UTC 2011. 2011-04-16 04:32:46,545 INFO : Run 'dpkg-reconfigure tzdata' if you wish to change it. 2011-04-16 04:32:46,546 INFO : 2011-04-16 04:33:50,466 INFO : start: Unknown parameter: JOB 2011-04-16 04:33:57,543 INFO : Calling hook: post_install 2011-04-16 04:33:57,552 INFO : Calling hook: preflight_check 2011-04-16 04:33:57,565 INFO : Calling hook: configure_networking 2011-04-16 04:33:57,602 INFO : Calling hook: configure_mounting 2011-04-16 04:33:57,665 INFO : Calling hook: mount_partitions 2011-04-16 04:33:57,672 INFO : Mounting target filesystems 2011-04-16 04:33:57,674 INFO : Creating filesystem: /, size: 4096, dummy: False 2011-04-16 04:33:57,675 INFO : Not preallocated, so we create it. 2011-04-16 04:33:58,175 INFO : mke2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010) 2011-04-16 04:33:58,176 INFO : warning: Unable to get device geometry for /tmp/tmp1Mnqgd 2011-04-16 04:34:03,521 INFO : mke2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010) 2011-04-16 04:34:03,523 INFO : warning: Unable to get device geometry for /tmp/tmp1Mnqgd 2011-04-16 04:34:08,443 INFO : Creating filesystem: None, size: 1024, dummy: False 2011-04-16 04:34:08,443 INFO : Not preallocated, so we create it. 2011-04-16 04:35:11,876 INFO : Calling hook: install_kernel 2011-04-16 04:35:44,922 INFO : Done. 2011-04-16 04:35:59,134 INFO : Running depmod. 2011-04-16 04:35:59,636 INFO : update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-30-generic-pae 2011-04-16 04:36:12,379 INFO : 2011-04-16 04:36:12,380 INFO : Creating config file /etc/default/grub with new version 2011-04-16 04:36:12,970 INFO : /proc/devices: fopen failed: No such file or directory 2011-04-16 04:36:12,971 INFO : Is device-mapper driver missing from kernel? 2011-04-16 04:36:12,972 INFO : Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver. 2011-04-16 04:36:15,029 INFO : Calling hook: unmount_partitions 2011-04-16 04:36:15,031 INFO : Unmounting target filesystem 2011-04-16 04:36:16,880 INFO : Calling hook: convert 2011-04-16 04:36:16,882 INFO : Moving /tmp/tmp1Mnqgd to ubuntu-xen/tmp1Mnqgd 2011-04-16 04:36:50,043 INFO : Calling hook: fix_ownership 2011-04-16 04:36:50,258 INFO : Moving /tmp/tmpO8QfK4 to ubuntu-xen/tmpO8QfK4 2011-04-16 04:36:53,597 INFO : Calling hook: fix_ownership 2011-04-16 04:37:01,213 INFO : Calling hook: fix_ownership 2011-04-16 04:37:01,216 INFO : Calling hook: deploy ~$ My vmbuilder version is: ~$ sudo vmbuilder xen ubuntu --version 0.12.4.r444 My system is: ~$ uname -a Linux ub101030 2.6.35-28-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 18 19:00:26 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux $ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.10 DISTRIB_CODENAME=maverick DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.10" -Henrik On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 3:22 AM, Serge Hallyn