# Common configuration for Xen DomU NixOS virtual machines. { config, pkgs, ... }: { # We're being booted using pv-grub, which means that we need to # generate a GRUB 1 menu without actually installing GRUB. boot.loader.grub.version = 1; boot.loader.grub.device = "nodev"; boot.loader.grub.extraPerEntryConfig = "root (hd0)"; boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ "xen-blkfront" ]; # Backgrounds don't work, so don't bother. services.ttyBackgrounds.enable = false; # Send syslog messages to the Xen console. services.syslogd.tty = "hvc0"; # Start a mingetty on the Xen console (so that you can login using # "xm console" in Dom0). services.mingetty.ttys = [ "hvc0" "tty1" "tty2" ]; # Don't run ntpd, since we should get the correct time from Dom0. services.ntp.enable = false; }