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+# This module contains the configuration for the NixOS installation CD.
+
+{config, pkgs, ...}:
+
+{
+  require = [./iso-image.nix];
+
+  # Don't include X libraries.
+  services.sshd.forwardX11 = false;
+  fonts.enableFontConfig = false;
+
+  # Show the manual.
+  services.showManual.enable = true;
+
+  # Let the user play Rogue on TTY 8 during the installation.
+  services.rogue.enable = true;
+
+  # Disable some other stuff we don't need.
+  security.sudo.enable = false;
+
+  # Include some utilities that are useful for installing or repairing
+  # the system.
+  environment.systemPackages =
+    [ pkgs.subversion # for nixos-checkout
+      pkgs.w3m # needed for the manual anyway
+      pkgs.testdisk # useful for repairing boot problems
+      pkgs.mssys # for writing Microsoft boot sectors / MBRs
+      pkgs.ntfsprogs # for resizing NTFS partitions
+      pkgs.parted
+      pkgs.sshfsFuse
+    ];
+
+  # The initrd has to contain any module that might be necessary for
+  # mounting the CD/DVD.
+  boot.initrd.extraKernelModules =
+    [ # SATA/PATA support.
+      "ahci"
+
+      "ata_piix"
+
+      "sata_inic162x" "sata_nv" "sata_promise" "sata_qstor"
+      "sata_sil" "sata_sil24" "sata_sis" "sata_svw" "sata_sx4"
+      "sata_uli" "sata_via" "sata_vsc"
+
+      "pata_ali" "pata_amd" "pata_artop" "pata_atiixp"
+      "pata_cs5520" "pata_cs5530" /* "pata_cs5535" */ "pata_efar"
+      "pata_hpt366" "pata_hpt37x" "pata_hpt3x2n" "pata_hpt3x3"
+      "pata_it8213" "pata_it821x" "pata_jmicron" "pata_marvell"
+      "pata_mpiix" "pata_netcell" "pata_ns87410" "pata_oldpiix"
+      "pata_pcmcia" "pata_pdc2027x" /* "pata_qdi" */ "pata_rz1000"
+      "pata_sc1200" "pata_serverworks" "pata_sil680" "pata_sis"
+      "pata_sl82c105" "pata_triflex" "pata_via"
+      # "pata_winbond" <-- causes timeouts in sd_mod
+
+      # SCSI support (incomplete).
+      "3w-9xxx" "3w-xxxx" "aic79xx" "aic7xxx" "arcmsr" 
+
+      # USB support, especially for booting from USB CD-ROM
+      # drives.  Also include USB keyboard support for when
+      # something goes wrong in stage 1.
+      "ehci_hcd"
+      "ohci_hcd"
+      "uhci_hcd"
+      "usbhid"
+      "usb_storage"
+
+      # Firewire support.  Not tested.
+      "ohci1394" "sbp2"
+
+      # Virtio (QEMU, KVM etc.) support.
+      "virtio_net" "virtio_pci" "virtio_blk" "virtio_balloon"
+
+      # Wait for SCSI devices to appear.
+      "scsi_wait_scan"
+    ];
+
+  # nixos-install will do a pull from this channel to speed up the
+  # installation.
+  installer.nixpkgsURL = http://nixos.org/releases/nixpkgs/channels/nixpkgs-unstable;
+}