# This module contains the basic configuration for building a NixOS # installation CD. { config, pkgs, ... }: with pkgs.lib; let # We need a copy of the Nix expressions for Nixpkgs and NixOS on the # CD. We put them in a tarball because accessing that many small # files from a slow device like a CD-ROM takes too long. !!! Once # we use squashfs, maybe we won't need this anymore. makeTarball = tarName: input: pkgs.runCommand "tarball" {inherit tarName;} '' ensureDir $out (cd ${input} && tar cvfj $out/${tarName} . \ --exclude '*~' --exclude 'result') ''; # Put the current directory in a tarball. nixosTarball = makeTarball "nixos.tar.bz2" (cleanSource ../../..); # Put Nixpkgs in a tarball. nixpkgsTarball = makeTarball "nixpkgs.tar.bz2" (cleanSource pkgs.path); includeSources = true; in { require = [ ./memtest.nix ./iso-image.nix # Profiles of this basic installation CD. ../../profiles/base.nix ../../profiles/installation-device.nix ]; # ISO naming. isoImage.isoName = "${config.isoImage.isoBaseName}-${config.system.nixosVersion}-${pkgs.stdenv.system}.iso"; isoImage.volumeID = "NIXOS_INSTALL_CD_${config.system.nixosVersion}"; boot.postBootCommands = '' export PATH=${pkgs.gnutar}/bin:${pkgs.bzip2}/bin:$PATH # Provide the NixOS/Nixpkgs sources in /etc/nixos. This is required # for nixos-install. ${optionalString includeSources '' echo "unpacking the NixOS/Nixpkgs sources..." mkdir -p /etc/nixos/nixos tar xjf ${nixosTarball}/nixos.tar.bz2 -C /etc/nixos/nixos mkdir -p /etc/nixos/nixpkgs tar xjf ${nixpkgsTarball}/nixpkgs.tar.bz2 -C /etc/nixos/nixpkgs chown -R root.root /etc/nixos ''} # Make the installer more likely to succeed in low memory # environments. The kernel's overcommit heustistics bite us # fairly often, preventing processes such as nix-worker or # download-using-manifests.pl from forking even if there is # plenty of free memory. echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory ''; # To speed up installation a little bit, include the complete stdenv # in the Nix store on the CD. isoImage.storeContents = [ pkgs.stdenv pkgs.klibc pkgs.klibcShrunk ]; }