# This module contains the basic configuration for building a NixOS # installation CD. {config, pkgs, ...}: let options = { system.nixosVersion = pkgs.lib.mkOption { default = "${builtins.readFile ../../../VERSION}"; description = '' NixOS version number. ''; }; installer.configModule = pkgs.lib.mkOption { example = "./nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd.nix"; description = '' Filename of the configuration module that builds the CD configuration. Must be specified to support reconfiguration in live CDs. ''; }; }; # 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); # A dummy /etc/nixos/configuration.nix in the booted CD that # rebuilds the CD's configuration (and allows the configuration to # be modified, of course, providing a true live CD). Problem is # that we don't really know how the CD was built - the Nix # expression language doesn't allow us to query the expression being # evaluated. So we'll just hope for the best. dummyConfiguration = pkgs.writeText "configuration.nix" '' {config, pkgs, ...}: { require = [${config.installer.configModule}]; # Add your own options below and run "nixos-rebuild switch". # E.g., # services.sshd.enable = true; } ''; in { require = [ options ./iso-image.nix ./memtest.nix ../../hardware/network/intel-3945abg.nix ]; # ISO naming. isoImage.isoName = "nixos-${config.system.nixosVersion}-${pkgs.stdenv.system}.iso"; isoImage.volumeID = "NIXOS_INSTALL_CD_${config.system.nixosVersion}"; # Use Linux 2.6.29. boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.kernelPackages_2_6_29; # Show the manual. services.nixosManual.showManual = 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 only the en_US locale. This saves 75 MiB or so compared to # the full glibcLocales package. i18n.supportedLocales = ["en_US.UTF-8/UTF-8" "en_US/ISO-8859-1"]; # 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" # Add vfat to enable people to copy the contents of the CD to a # bootable USB stick. "vfat" ]; # nixos-install will do a pull from this channel to speed up the # installation. installer.nixpkgsURL = http://nixos.org/releases/nixpkgs/channels/nixpkgs-unstable; boot.postBootCommands = '' export PATH=${pkgs.gnutar}/bin:${pkgs.bzip2}/bin:$PATH # Provide a mount point for nixos-install. mkdir -p /mnt # Provide the NixOS/Nixpkgs sources in /etc/nixos. This is required # for nixos-install. 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 # Provide a configuration for the CD/DVD itself, to allow users # to run nixos-rebuild to change the configuration of the # running system on the CD/DVD. cp ${dummyConfiguration} /etc/nixos/configuration.nix ''; # Some more help text. services.mingetty.helpLine = '' Log in as "root" with an empty password. ${ if config.services.xserver.enable then "Type `start xserver' to start\nthe graphical user interface." else "" } ''; # To speed up installation a little bit, include the complete stdenv # in the Nix store on the CD. isoImage.storeContents = [pkgs.stdenv]; }