From ca061eb628db7c0f824dfe9220acbe56fd8bda0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 22:45:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] * Include the NixOS/Nixpkgs trees on the CD.

svn path=/nixos/branches/modular-nixos/; revision=15897
---
 modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd.nix | 30 ++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd.nix b/modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd.nix
index e5181aebda69..e4496384b857 100644
--- a/modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd.nix
+++ b/modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd.nix
@@ -2,9 +2,33 @@
 
 {config, pkgs, ...}:
 
+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" (pkgs.lib.cleanSource ../../..);
+
+  # Put Nixpkgs in a tarball.
+  nixpkgsTarball = makeTarball "nixpkgs.tar.bz2" (pkgs.lib.cleanSource pkgs.path);
+
+in
+
 {
   require = [./iso-image.nix];
 
+  # Use Linux 2.6.29.
+  boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.kernelPackages_2_6_29;
+
   # Don't include X libraries.
   services.sshd.forwardX11 = false;
   fonts.enableFontConfig = false;
@@ -92,9 +116,11 @@
 
       echo "unpacking the NixOS/Nixpkgs sources..."
       mkdir -p /etc/nixos/nixos
-      tar xjf /install/nixos.tar.bz2 -C /etc/nixos/nixos
+      tar xjf ${nixosTarball}/nixos.tar.bz2 -C /etc/nixos/nixos
       mkdir -p /etc/nixos/nixpkgs
-      tar xjf /install/nixpkgs.tar.bz2 -C /etc/nixos/nixpkgs
+      tar xjf ${nixpkgsTarball}/nixpkgs.tar.bz2 -C /etc/nixos/nixpkgs
       chown -R root.root /etc/nixos
     '';
+
+  
 }