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Eelco Dolstra 79bcc7618e * Make the graphical boot work on GRUB 2 in the case where /nix/store
is not on the same partition as /boot (i.e. when
  boot.loader.grub.bootDevice is set): just copy the background image
  and the font to /boot.

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=18979
2009-12-15 21:11:39 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra cea70d24e9 * The default default menu item (sic) should be 0, not 1. (Or is this
different for GRUB 2?)
* Clean up the option descriptions.

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=18976
2009-12-15 18:21:55 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 6c9059e717 * Added an option `boot.initrd.availableKernelModules' that specifies
modules that should be added to the initrd, but should only be
  loaded on demand (e.g. by the kernel or by udev).  This is
  especially useful in the installation CD, where we now only load the
  modules needed by the hardware.
* Enable automatic modprobing by udev in the initrd.

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=18975
2009-12-15 16:38:20 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra a612fd0d5e * Obsoleted boot.initrd.extraKernelModules (use
boot.initrd.kernelModules instead).

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=18969
2009-12-15 14:05:01 +00:00
Marc Weber 401fd84ae1 kvm installation test update + NixOS installation archive
You can run the kvm nixos installation test by:
  nix-build --no-out-link tests/test-nixos-install-from-cd.nix
It boots the installed system.
It still fails sshd isn't started (yet)

adding nixos-bootstrapping-archive:
You can install NixOS easily using any live cd now.
See README-BOOTSTRAP-NIXOS

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=18950
2009-12-15 06:37:32 +00:00
Marc Weber 4d7e344f69 Adding initial version of the nixos cd insallation test script using
qemu_kvm. Installation doesn't take place yet. VM is started
printing a remote controlled "Hello".

This serves as example how to run a vm within a bulid job.

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=18887
2009-12-11 00:51:13 +00:00
Marc Weber 086c3d6328 making default and timeout of grub overridable
also updating grub option names to current names

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=18886
2009-12-11 00:51:07 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra f26080c5f4 * Clean up the nixos-rebuild output a bit.
svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=18859
2009-12-09 18:23:48 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra aa9d0a067e * Sync with the trunk.
svn path=/nixos/branches/upstart-0.6/; revision=18408
2009-11-18 11:50:06 +00:00
Michael Raskin f9958cbb44 Update kernel version for fresh-kernel
svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=18379
2009-11-17 09:00:49 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra c1b008b4e3 * Don't build the Grub menu builder script on the ISO. Then we don't
the /init and /system symlinks on the CD (since it removes the
  cyclic dependency between building the Grub menu and the system
  derivation).

svn path=/nixos/branches/upstart-0.6/; revision=18344
2009-11-14 16:12:02 +00:00
Lluís Batlle i Rossell e164ea4df8 Fixing bash syntax errors in the generations-dir builder.
svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=18342
2009-11-13 19:30:39 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 7621b40d56 * Provide a 640x480 background image for GRUB 2.
* Turn on the graphical GRUB boot screen for the installation CD.

svn path=/nixos/branches/upstart-0.6/; revision=18340
2009-11-13 16:45:41 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 091631b433 * Use Grub 2 on the installation CD. No graphics yet.
svn path=/nixos/branches/upstart-0.6/; revision=18325
2009-11-10 21:42:38 +00:00
Lluís Batlle i Rossell 420639a4b1 Making generations-dir consider the pkgs.platform.
stdenv-updates stuff. Still to be reviewed, but at least an implementation to have
some different armv5tel-linux platforms: qemu versatile and the sheevaplug.


svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=18290
2009-11-08 17:38:35 +00:00
Nicolas Pierron 8c5b200164 * boor.loader.grub.device can only be defined once.
* Replace an obscure piece of code by its equivalent based on the
  recursiveUpdate function.  Undefined the obsolete name of
  boot.grubDevice to avoid conflicts.

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=18049
2009-10-30 11:57:23 +00:00
Michael Raskin 35abca4e7a Forward-port sshd fixes to iso-minimal-fresh-kernel. By the way, maybe we should finalyy decide what to do with kernel update and corresponding ISO update (to fresh-kernel proposal or otherwise)
svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=17840
2009-10-16 04:27:59 +00:00
Marc Weber fceadcbef7 --redo -> --fast
svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=17839
2009-10-15 23:39:57 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra da5f745603 * You need an override here, otherwise bad things happen.
svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=17831
2009-10-15 14:32:15 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra e055085ac1 svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=17823 2009-10-15 12:32:33 +00:00
Marc Weber f3472f7163 new nixos-rebuild shortcut for --no-fetch --no-nix-build --show-trace called --redo
svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=17813
2009-10-14 23:56:11 +00:00
Marc Weber ba496e25c4 allow starting of sshd using "start sshd" - but don't start it on
startup automatically because root password is empty by default.

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=17811
2009-10-14 21:48:12 +00:00
Marc Weber e611266285 Revert "add /root/my-firmware to the list of firmware directories"
This reverts rev 17809  - I missed the update

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=17810
2009-10-14 21:44:25 +00:00
Marc Weber 70b4e1a371 add /root/my-firmware to the list of firmware directories
svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=17809
2009-10-14 21:35:39 +00:00
Lluís Batlle i Rossell 336d33e591 Adding the wifi nic rt73 firmware into the nixos cds.
I'm not sure if I had to add the module file reference in "required", or all
modules are properly loaded.


svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=17800
2009-10-14 13:10:41 +00:00
Ludovic Courtès 290f41bd9f GRUB: "Grub" -> "GRUB".
svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=17793
2009-10-13 21:39:23 +00:00
Ludovic Courtès f9541e0d12 Add GRUB 2 support.
svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=17792
2009-10-13 21:39:18 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 679c3f9295 * Fix the xfsprogs/jfsutils attribute names. TODO: these shouldn't be
listed in three different places.  The set of "rescue" packages
  should be factored out into a separate module.

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=17727
2009-10-08 13:10:08 +00:00
Nicolas Pierron 2e34baba3b Rename environment.extraPackages to environment.systemPackages.
svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=17705
2009-10-07 17:14:25 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 636a9e7e32 * Add rename clauses for the old Grub options.
* Renamed some of the new Grub options to more sensible names
  (e.g. extraGrubEntries to extraEntries, bootMount to bootDevice,
  etc.).

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=17494
2009-09-29 09:50:38 +00:00
Lluís Batlle i Rossell 75f6cd20da Making modular my previous changes for armv5tel. I updated the way to use
grub. Its options are no more inside 'boot', but inside 'boot.loader.grub'.
I added a new bootloader configuration for nixos, generationsDir. It creates
/boot/default/{init,initrd,kernel,system} symlinks, and the same for the generations
in /boot/system-$gen/{init,initrd,kernel,system}.

I can program the u-boot loader to load /boot/default files always, and have
a minimal nixos boot loader installer functionality. Additionally, I can refer
to the other system generations easily, with a simple 'ls' in /boot.

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=17460
2009-09-27 21:51:37 +00:00
Michael Raskin 478dd67532 Fixing incorrect file reference
svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=17311
2009-09-20 18:48:34 +00:00
Michael Raskin 69cc6ce3ec Refactoring modules and cleaning up a comment
svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=17310
2009-09-20 18:15:52 +00:00
Michael Raskin de555c3705 Reduce size of iso-minimal-fresh-kernel and make it easier to install offline
svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=17301
2009-09-20 15:07:19 +00:00
Michael Raskin 9be240eaf2 Add rescue functionality
svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=17296
2009-09-20 09:50:24 +00:00
Michael Raskin 406bcd0d4f Adding the single package needed for the offline installation
svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=17291
2009-09-20 06:00:50 +00:00
Michael Raskin a574ae095a Fresh kernel means fresh kernel!
svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=17272
2009-09-19 11:09:22 +00:00
Michael Raskin 3202022355 Adding an updated iso_minimal version
svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=17186
2009-09-16 12:31:23 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra a9eadf9fe6 * Add vfat to the initrd on the CD to enable people to copy the
contents of the CD to a bootable USB stick.

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=17109
2009-09-14 13:19:28 +00:00
Nicolas Pierron a07e90d6f3 Update the documentation:
* Change the module syntax of the example to follow Eelco's suggestions.

* Add a section "Building your own NixOS CD", which explain how to replace
configuration.nix by the configuration file of a live CD/DVD.

* Fix "Testing the installer" and "Testing the initrd" to fit the location
of derivations.

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=17105
2009-09-13 22:13:19 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 685335df2f * system.build.system -> system.build.toplevel, since the former name
is just too weird.

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=16954
2009-09-04 09:29:18 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra a7001d34d7 * Oops, didn't want to commit that.
svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=16898
2009-08-31 13:46:56 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 921b838149 * test -> tests.
svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=16897
2009-08-31 13:40:57 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 2892aed712 * lib/eval-config.nix: combined "configuration" and "extraModules"
into one argument "modules".
* release.nix: fixed the manual job.
* ISO generation: break an infinite recursion.  Don't know why this
  suddenly happens.  Probably because of the nixpkgs.config change,
  but I don't see why.  Maybe the option evaluation is too strict.

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=16878
2009-08-27 11:57:43 +00:00
Nicolas Pierron 923f58794a Add --rollback option to nixos-rebuild.
svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=16771
2009-08-19 15:04:19 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 89ef5c979b * New nixos-rebuild action: "nixos-rebuild build-vm" builds a virtual
machine containing a replica (minus the state) of the system
  configuration.  This is mostly useful for testing configuration
  changes prior to doing an actual "nixos-rebuild switch" (or even
  "nixos-rebuild test").  The VM can be started as follows:

  $ nixos-rebuild build-vm
  $ ./result/bin/run-*-vm

  which starts a KVM/QEMU instance.  Additional QEMU options can be
  passed through the QEMU_OPTS environment variable
  (e.g. QEMU_OPTS="-redir tcp:8080::80" to forward a host port to the
  guest).  The fileSystem attribute of the regular system
  configuration is ignored (using mkOverride), because obviously we
  can't allow the VM to access the host's block devices.  Instead, at
  startup the VM creates an empty disk image in ./<hostname>.qcow2 to
  store the VM's root filesystem.

  Building a VM in this way is efficient because the VM shares its Nix
  store with the host (through a CIFS mount).  However, because the
  Nix store of the host is mounted read-only in the guest, you cannot
  run Nix build actions inside the VM.  Therefore the VM can only be
  reconfigured by re-running "nixos-rebuild build-vm" on the host and
  restarting the VM.

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=16662
2009-08-11 01:35:56 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 32bb5b2d0f * Bring back the options to enable/disable the Intel firmwares.
svn path=/nixos/branches/modular-nixos/; revision=16574
2009-08-04 08:50:02 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 383370f782 * Don't create a temporary file in $HOME.
svn path=/nixos/branches/modular-nixos/; revision=16561
2009-08-03 12:44:45 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 6802a75076 * nixos-rebuild: replaced some environment variables with options
(e.g. --install-grub instead of $NIXOS_INSTALL_GRUB).  Also support
  some nix-build options (e.g. --show-trace and -j).

svn path=/nixos/branches/modular-nixos/; revision=16560
2009-08-03 12:36:15 +00:00
Michael Raskin bef1dc8bd5 Update RC kernel for rescue CD: includes some BtrFS fixes
svn path=/nixos/branches/modular-nixos/; revision=16515
2009-07-30 04:20:56 +00:00