nixpkgs/modules/installer/cd-dvd/system-tarball-pc.nix

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# This module contains the basic configuration for building a NixOS
# installation CD.
{ config, pkgs, ... }:
with pkgs.lib;
let
# 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 = [ ];
# Add your own options below and run "nixos-rebuild switch".
# E.g.,
# services.openssh.enable = true;
}
'';
pkgs2storeContents = l : map (x: { object = x; symlink = "none"; }) l;
options = {
system.nixosVersion = mkOption {
default = "${builtins.readFile ../../../VERSION}";
description = ''
NixOS version number.
'';
};
};
in
{
require =
[ options
./system-tarball.nix
../../hardware/network/rt73.nix
];
# 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.parted
pkgs.ddrescue
pkgs.ccrypt
pkgs.cryptsetup # needed for dm-crypt volumes
# Some networking tools.
pkgs.sshfsFuse
pkgs.socat
pkgs.screen
pkgs.wpa_supplicant # !!! should use the wpa module
# Hardware-related tools.
pkgs.sdparm
pkgs.hdparm
pkgs.dmraid
# Tools to create / manipulate filesystems.
pkgs.ntfsprogs # for resizing NTFS partitions
pkgs.btrfsProgs
pkgs.xfsprogs
pkgs.jfsutils
pkgs.jfsrec
# Some compression/archiver tools.
pkgs.unrar
pkgs.unzip
pkgs.zip
pkgs.xz
pkgs.dar # disk archiver
# Some editors.
pkgs.nvi
pkgs.bvi # binary editor
pkgs.joe
];
# The initrd has to contain any module that might be necessary for
# mounting the CD/DVD.
boot.initrd.availableKernelModules =
[ # 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"
# SCSI support (incomplete).
"3w-9xxx" "3w-xxxx" "aic79xx" "aic7xxx" "arcmsr"
# USB support, especially for booting from USB CD-ROM
# drives.
"usb_storage"
# Firewire support. Not tested.
"ohci1394" "sbp2"
# Virtio (QEMU, KVM etc.) support.
"virtio_net" "virtio_pci" "virtio_blk" "virtio_balloon"
# Add vfat to enable people to copy the contents of the CD to a
# bootable USB stick.
"vfat"
];
boot.initrd.kernelModules =
[ # Wait for SCSI devices to appear.
"scsi_wait_scan"
];
boot.postBootCommands =
''
mkdir -p /mnt
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 ""
}
'';
# Include the firmware for various wireless cards.
networking.enableRT73Firmware = true;
networking.enableIntel2200BGFirmware = true;
# To speed up further installation of packages, include the complete stdenv
# in the Nix store of the tarball.
tarball.storeContents = pkgs2storeContents [ pkgs.stdenv pkgs.klibc pkgs.klibcShrunk ];
tarball.contents =
[ { source = config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel + "/vmlinuz";
target = "/boot/vmlinuz";
}
];
# Allow sshd to be started manually through "start sshd". It should
# not be started by default on the installation CD because the
# default root password is empty.
services.openssh.enable = true;
jobs.sshd.startOn = pkgs.lib.mkOverrideTemplate 50 {} "";
}