I got same problem... 2012-04-06 15:01:51,627 INFO : Calling hook: preflight_check 2012-04-06 15:01:51,642 INFO : Calling hook: set_defaults 2012-04-06 15:01:51,644 INFO : Calling hook: bootstrap 2012-04-06 15:10:17,814 INFO : Calling hook: configure_os 2012-04-06 15:10:29,295 INFO : 2012-04-06 15:10:29,296 INFO : Current default time zone: 'Etc/UTC' 2012-04-06 15:10:29,300 INFO : Local time is now: Fri Apr 6 20:10:29 UTC 2012. 2012-04-06 15:10:29,301 INFO : Universal Time is now: Fri Apr 6 20:10:29 UTC 2012. 2012-04-06 15:10:29,302 INFO : Extracting templates from packages: 100% 2012-04-06 15:11:14,237 INFO : 2012-04-06 15:11:14,238 INFO : Current default time zone: 'Etc/UTC' 2012-04-06 15:11:14,243 INFO : Local time is now: Fri Apr 6 20:11:14 UTC 2012. 2012-04-06 15:11:14,248 INFO : Universal Time is now: Fri Apr 6 20:11:14 UTC 2012. 2012-04-06 15:11:14,248 INFO : Run 'dpkg-reconfigure tzdata' if you wish to change it. 2012-04-06 15:11:14,249 INFO : 2012-04-06 15:12:15,274 INFO : stop: Unknown instance: 2012-04-06 15:12:39,350 INFO : Updating certificates in /etc/ssl/certs... WARNING: Skipping duplicate certificate brasil.gov.br.pem 2012-04-06 15:12:39,484 INFO : 0 added, 1 removed; done. 2012-04-06 15:12:39,500 INFO : Running hooks in /etc/ca-certificates/update.d....done. 2012-04-06 15:12:48,388 INFO : restart: Unknown instance: 2012-04-06 15:12:49,261 INFO : start: Unknown parameter: JOB 2012-04-06 15:12:51,128 INFO : umount: /tmp/tmp206_J9/dev: device is busy. 2012-04-06 15:12:51,129 INFO : (In some cases useful info about processes that use 2012-04-06 15:12:51,129 INFO : the device is found by lsof(8) or fuser(1)) 2012-04-06 15:12:51,130 INFO : Cleaning up 2012-04-06 15:12:51,130 ERROR : Process (['umount', '/tmp/tmp206_J9/dev']) returned 1. stdout: , stderr: umount: /tmp/tmp206_J9/dev: device is busy. (In some cases useful info about processes that use the device is found by lsof(8) or fuser(1)) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/vmbuilder", line 24, in cli.main() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/VMBuilder/contrib/cli.py", line 216, in main distro.build_chroot() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/VMBuilder/distro.py", line 84, in build_chroot self.call_hooks('configure_os') File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/VMBuilder/distro.py", line 67, in call_hooks call_hooks(self, *args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/VMBuilder/util.py", line 165, in call_hooks getattr(context, func, log_no_such_method)(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/VMBuilder/plugins/ubuntu/distro.py", line 155, in configure_os self.suite.unmount_dev() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/VMBuilder/plugins/ubuntu/dapper.py", line 118, in unmount_dev run_cmd('umount', '%s/dev' % self.context.chroot_dir) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/VMBuilder/util.py", line 120, in run_cmd raise VMBuilderException, "Process (%s) returned %d. stdout: %s, stderr: %s" % (args.__repr__(), status, mystdout.buf, mystderr.buf) VMBuilder.exception.VMBuilderException: Process (['umount', '/tmp/tmp206_J9/dev']) returned 1. stdout: , stderr: umount: /tmp/tmp206_J9/dev: device is busy. (In some cases useful info about processes that use the device is found by lsof(8) or fuser(1))