diff --git a/fill-disk.sh b/fill-disk.sh
index 180676dd055..3bd450e3cb5 100755
--- a/fill-disk.sh
+++ b/fill-disk.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ make_dir 00755 /nix/var/nix
 make_dir 00755 /nix/var/nix/db
 make_dir 00755 /nix/var/log
 make_dir 00755 /nix/var/log/nix
+make_dir 00755 /nixpkgs
 make_dir 00755 /mnt
 make_dir 00755 /mnt/host
 make_dir 00755 /home
@@ -55,6 +56,12 @@ $NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-store --init
 echo verifying Nix DB...
 $NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-store --verify
 
+echo copying nixpkgs...
+cp -fa ../pkgs $root/nixpkgs
+
+echo adding packages...
+$NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-pull file:///$(manifest)
+
 #echo registering valid paths...
 #(while read storepath; do
 #    echo PATH $storepath
diff --git a/make-disk.sh b/make-disk.sh
index 6c3843bb56e..7a0b04f23f3 100755
--- a/make-disk.sh
+++ b/make-disk.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ manifest=${archivesDir}/MANIFEST
 nixpkgs=/nixpkgs2/trunk/pkgs
 fill_disk=$archivesDir/scripts/fill-disk.sh
 
+chmod -R +w ${archivesDir}/*
 rm -rf ${archivesDir}/*
 
 NIX_CMD_PATH=/nix/bin
@@ -18,11 +19,16 @@ sysvinitPath=$($NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-store -q $(echo '(import ./pkgs.nix).sysvinit'
 # Location of Nix boot scripts?
 bootPath=$($NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-store -q $(echo '(import ./pkgs.nix).boot' | $NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-instantiate -))
 
-#echo "bootPath: ${bootPath}"
-
 nix=$($NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-store -q $(echo '(import ./pkgs.nix).nix' | $NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-instantiate -))
 
+#nixDeps=$($NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-store -qR $(echo '(import ./pkgs.nix).nix' | $NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-instantiate -))
+
+nixDeps=$($NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-store -qR $(nix-store -r $(echo '(import ./pkgs.nix).nix' | $NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-instantiate -)))
+
+echo $nixDeps
+
 cp -fa ${nixpkgs} ${archivesDir}
+cp -fa --parents ${nixDeps} ${archivesDir}
 mkdir ${archivesDir}/scripts
 cp -fa * ${archivesDir}/scripts
 sed -e "s^@sysvinitPath\@^$sysvinitPath^g" \