Description

Current default for Packer configured CD (cd_files, cd_content) is to use the IDE adapter. However, this would not work for ARM guest since IDE is not supported by VMware in these guests (https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/90364). It appears desirable to change the default to SATA for ARM guest. There is currently no config to change the cdrom adapter for vmware-vmx because the cdrom_adapter_type config is only exposed in vmware-iso but not vmware-vmx

Use Case(s)

cloud-init for ARM guest on VMware Fusion on all Apple Silicon host