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Eelco Dolstra
2d31e1b6d6 * A minimal boot script for stage 1 of the boot (loading kernel
modules).  The closure of the boot script is all we need in the
  initrd.

svn path=/nixu/trunk/; revision=6929
2006-11-02 22:48:01 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
3336325781 * Remove cruft. BTW, to build the rescue ISO image:
$ nix-build ./rescue-system.nix -A rescueCD

  Point VMware at ./result/nixos.iso and voila.

svn path=/nixu/trunk/; revision=6927
2006-11-02 17:58:33 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
fff7011066 Purifying the NixOS build stuff.
* make-initrd.nix: builds a initial RAM disk.  The resulting initrd
  will contain just a Nix store containing the specified lists of
  packages, with a symlink `/init' to the actual init program in the
  Nix store.

* make-iso9660-image.nix: builds a bootable ISO image.

* rescue-system.nix: builds a bootable ISO image (using the two
  function above) that boots into a very minimal Linux environment
  containing (at the moment) the dietlibc-based bash and coreutils,
  loaded from the initrd.  Eventually this should become a two-stage
  boot (load kernel modules from the initrd, mount the actual root
  file system (e.g., the installation CD), call the real init).

  The rescue system (probably a misnomer) should become the minimal
  environment necessary for the installer (on CD) and the boot process
  of an installed NixOS (on HD).

svn path=/nixu/trunk/; revision=6926
2006-11-02 17:56:50 +00:00