Add flag to only build the VirtualBox image

create_vm.sh

 #!/bin/bash
 
 # x86_64 or x86
-ARCH=x86
+ARCH=x86_64
+BUILD=1
 
 DISK=vm_$ARCH.img
 DEFAULT_USER=dev
@@ -59,6 +60,8 @@ m() {
     echo "$@"
 }
 
+
+if [[ -n "$BUILD" ]]; then
 rm -f $DISK
 
 m "Creating disk image..."
@@ -75,6 +78,7 @@ n
 a
 w
 fdiskEOF
+fi # -n $BUILD
 
 m "Mounting virtual drive... (requires sudo)"
 
@@ -84,8 +88,10 @@ sudo losetup --partscan "$loopdev" $DISK
 
 trap "sudo losetup -d $loopdev" EXIT
 
+if [[ -n "$BUILD" ]]; then
 m "Creating filesystem... (requires sudo)"
 sudo mkfs.ext3 ${loopdev}p1
+fi # -n $BUILD
 
 mkdir -p root
 
@@ -94,6 +100,7 @@ sudo mount ${loopdev}p1 root/
 
 trap "sudo umount ${loopdev}p1 ; sudo losetup -d $loopdev" EXIT
 
+if [[ -n "$BUILD" ]]; then
 if [[ $ARCH == "x86_64" ]]; then
     sudo pacstrap -C pacman-x86_64.conf -c -G root/ "${PACKAGES[@]}"
 else
@@ -264,6 +271,8 @@ xfceConfigEOF
 
 chrootEOF
 
+fi # -n $BUILD
+
 # Open a root shell
 #sudo arch-chroot root/