> >To update, I'm able to build a systemvm appliance with vbox and able >to convert the disk image to vmdk, hyper-v vhd, qcow2 and ova >(vmware), but I've not tested them. Next week, I'll take help from >Prasanna to setup a jenkins job on j.c.o. I cannot do it on b.a.o, as >I need to test it first, fix the building process and it would need a >linux host that can run vbox. The total build time takes about ~25 >mins on my laptop if internet speed is good enough.
7 minutes here. I recommend you set up an apt caching proxy. I suspect that is done in preseed.cfg Are the format conversions automated?