This repository is out-of-date! The deployment automation tool I used to build the project, Chef from OpsCode, changes pretty fast so I had to update this project. However, the changes were substantial enough that I decided to create a new repository for the project.
NEW repository which you should use instead of this one:
https://github.com/webcoyote/linux-vm
Incidentally, the old README file can be found here: https://github.com/webcoyote/build-linux-vm/blob/master/Old%20README.md