nixpkgs/make-disk.sh
Eelco Dolstra 1e87e75d07 * Use sysvinit's init to start the system. This has the happy
side-effect of initialising the console properly (i.e., enabling
  Ctrl-[C, Z]).

svn path=/nixu/trunk/; revision=801
2004-02-18 10:56:07 +00:00

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#! /bin/sh -e
image=/tmp/disk.img
size=$(expr 256 \* 1024 \* 1024)
storePaths=/tmp/storepaths
successors=/tmp/successors
if ! test -f $image; then
echo creating empty disk of $size bytes in $image...
# Note: this is a sparse file.
dd if=/dev/zero of=$image bs=1 seek=$(expr $size - 1) count=1
echo creating disk image in $image...
/sbin/mke2fs -F $image
fi
# What to copy?
storeExpr=$(echo '(import ./pkgs.nix).everything' | nix-instantiate -)
nix-store -rB $storeExpr
nix-store -qn --requisites $storeExpr > $storePaths
(while read storepath; do
nix-store -q --predecessors $storepath | (while read predecessor; do
echo $predecessor $storepath
done)
done) < $storePaths > $successors
# Location of sysvinit?
sysvinitPath=$(nix-store -qn $(echo '(import ./pkgs.nix).sysvinit' | nix-instantiate -))
# Location of Nix init?
initPath=$(nix-store -qn $(echo '(import ./pkgs.nix).init' | nix-instantiate -))
# Fill the disk with the minimal Nix store.
if ! test -d /tmp/mnt; then mkdir /tmp/mnt; fi
linux ubd0=$image root=/dev/root rootflags=/ rootfstype=hostfs \
init="$(pwd)/fill-disk.sh $sysvinitPath $initPath"