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This changes the bootloader for iso generation from Grub to syslinux. In addition this adds USB booting support, so that "dd" can be used to burn the generated ISO to USB thumbdrives instead of needing applications like UnetBootin.
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Nix
312 lines
9.6 KiB
Nix
# This module creates a bootable ISO image containing the given NixOS
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# configuration. The derivation for the ISO image will be placed in
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# config.system.build.isoImage.
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{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
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with lib;
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let
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# The configuration file for syslinux.
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isolinuxCfg =
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''
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SERIAL 0 38400
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UI vesamenu.c32
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MENU TITLE NixOS
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MENU BACKGROUND /isolinux/background.png
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LABEL boot
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MENU LABEL Boot NixOS
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LINUX /boot/bzImage init=${config.system.build.toplevel}/init ${toString config.boot.kernelParams}
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INITRD /boot/initrd
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LABEL chain
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MENU LABEL Boot existing OS
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COM32 chain.c32
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APPEND hd0 0
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LABEL reboot
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MENU LABEL Reboot
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COM32 reboot.c32
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LABEL poweroff
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MENU LABEL Power Off
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COM32 poweroff.c32
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'';
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# The efi boot image
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efiDir = pkgs.runCommand "efi-directory" {} ''
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mkdir -p $out/EFI/boot
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cp -v ${pkgs.gummiboot}/lib/gummiboot/gummiboot${targetArch}.efi $out/EFI/boot/boot${targetArch}.efi
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mkdir -p $out/loader/entries
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echo "title NixOS LiveCD" > $out/loader/entries/nixos-livecd.conf
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echo "linux /boot/bzImage" >> $out/loader/entries/nixos-livecd.conf
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echo "initrd /boot/initrd" >> $out/loader/entries/nixos-livecd.conf
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echo "options init=${config.system.build.toplevel}/init ${toString config.boot.kernelParams}" >> $out/loader/entries/nixos-livecd.conf
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echo "default nixos-livecd" > $out/loader/loader.conf
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echo "timeout 5" >> $out/loader/loader.conf
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'';
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efiImg = pkgs.runCommand "efi-image_eltorito" { buildInputs = [ pkgs.mtools ]; }
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''
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#Let's hope 10M is enough
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dd bs=2048 count=5120 if=/dev/zero of="$out"
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${pkgs.dosfstools}/sbin/mkfs.vfat "$out"
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mcopy -svi "$out" ${efiDir}/* ::
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mmd -i "$out" boot
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mcopy -v -i "$out" \
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${config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel}/bzImage ::boot/bzImage
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mcopy -v -i "$out" \
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${config.system.build.initialRamdisk}/initrd ::boot/initrd
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''; # */
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targetArch = if pkgs.stdenv.isi686 then
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"ia32"
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else if pkgs.stdenv.isx86_64 then
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"x64"
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else
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throw "Unsupported architecture";
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in
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{
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options = {
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isoImage.isoName = mkOption {
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default = "${config.isoImage.isoName}.iso";
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description = ''
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Name of the generated ISO image file.
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'';
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};
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isoImage.isoBaseName = mkOption {
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default = "nixos";
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description = ''
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Prefix of the name of the generated ISO image file.
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'';
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};
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isoImage.compressImage = mkOption {
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default = false;
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description = ''
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Whether the ISO image should be compressed using
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<command>bzip2</command>.
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'';
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};
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isoImage.volumeID = mkOption {
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default = "NIXOS_BOOT_CD";
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description = ''
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Specifies the label or volume ID of the generated ISO image.
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Note that the label is used by stage 1 of the boot process to
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mount the CD, so it should be reasonably distinctive.
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'';
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};
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isoImage.contents = mkOption {
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example = literalExample ''
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[ { source = pkgs.memtest86 + "/memtest.bin";
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target = "boot/memtest.bin";
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}
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]
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'';
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description = ''
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This option lists files to be copied to fixed locations in the
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generated ISO image.
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'';
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};
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isoImage.storeContents = mkOption {
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example = literalExample "[ pkgs.stdenv ]";
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description = ''
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This option lists additional derivations to be included in the
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Nix store in the generated ISO image.
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'';
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};
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isoImage.includeSystemBuildDependencies = mkOption {
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default = false;
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example = true;
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description = ''
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Set this option to include all the needed sources etc in the
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image. It significantly increases image size. Use that when
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you want to be able to keep all the sources needed to build your
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system or when you are going to install the system on a computer
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with slow on non-existent network connection.
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'';
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};
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isoImage.makeEfiBootable = mkOption {
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default = false;
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description = ''
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Whether the ISO image should be an efi-bootable volume.
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'';
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};
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isoImage.makeUsbBootable = mkOption {
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default = false;
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description = ''
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Whether the ISO image should be bootable from CD as well as USB.
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'';
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};
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isoImage.splashImage = mkOption {
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default = pkgs.fetchurl {
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url = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixos-artwork/5729ab16c6a5793c10a2913b5a1b3f59b91c36ee/ideas/grub-splash/grub-nixos-1.png;
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sha256 = "43fd8ad5decf6c23c87e9026170a13588c2eba249d9013cb9f888da5e2002217";
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};
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description = ''
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The splash image to use in the bootloader.
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'';
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};
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};
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config = {
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boot.loader.grub.version = 2;
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# Don't build the GRUB menu builder script, since we don't need it
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# here and it causes a cyclic dependency.
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boot.loader.grub.enable = false;
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# !!! Hack - attributes expected by other modules.
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system.boot.loader.kernelFile = "bzImage";
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environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.grub2 pkgs.syslinux ];
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# In stage 1 of the boot, mount the CD as the root FS by label so
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# that we don't need to know its device. We pass the label of the
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# root filesystem on the kernel command line, rather than in
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# `fileSystems' below. This allows CD-to-USB converters such as
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# UNetbootin to rewrite the kernel command line to pass the label or
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# UUID of the USB stick. It would be nicer to write
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# `root=/dev/disk/by-label/...' here, but UNetbootin doesn't
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# recognise that.
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boot.kernelParams = [ "root=LABEL=${config.isoImage.volumeID}" ];
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fileSystems."/" =
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{ fsType = "tmpfs";
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options = "mode=0755";
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};
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# Note that /dev/root is a symlink to the actual root device
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# specified on the kernel command line, created in the stage 1
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# init script.
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fileSystems."/iso" =
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{ device = "/dev/root";
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neededForBoot = true;
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noCheck = true;
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};
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# In stage 1, mount a tmpfs on top of /nix/store (the squashfs
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# image) to make this a live CD.
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fileSystems."/nix/.ro-store" =
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{ fsType = "squashfs";
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device = "/iso/nix-store.squashfs";
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options = "loop";
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neededForBoot = true;
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};
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fileSystems."/nix/.rw-store" =
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{ fsType = "tmpfs";
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options = "mode=0755";
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neededForBoot = true;
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};
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fileSystems."/nix/store" =
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{ fsType = "unionfs-fuse";
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device = "unionfs";
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options = "allow_other,cow,nonempty,chroot=/mnt-root,max_files=32768,hide_meta_files,dirs=/nix/.rw-store=rw:/nix/.ro-store=ro";
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};
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boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "squashfs" "iso9660" "usb-storage" ];
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boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ "loop" ];
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# Closures to be copied to the Nix store on the CD, namely the init
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# script and the top-level system configuration directory.
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isoImage.storeContents =
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[ config.system.build.toplevel ] ++
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optional config.isoImage.includeSystemBuildDependencies
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config.system.build.toplevel.drvPath;
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# Create the squashfs image that contains the Nix store.
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system.build.squashfsStore = import ../../../lib/make-squashfs.nix {
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inherit (pkgs) stdenv squashfsTools perl pathsFromGraph;
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storeContents = config.isoImage.storeContents;
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};
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# Individual files to be included on the CD, outside of the Nix
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# store on the CD.
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isoImage.contents =
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[ { source = pkgs.substituteAll {
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name = "isolinux.cfg";
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src = pkgs.writeText "isolinux.cfg-in" isolinuxCfg;
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bootRoot = "/boot";
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};
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target = "/isolinux/isolinux.cfg";
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}
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{ source = config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel + "/bzImage";
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target = "/boot/bzImage";
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}
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{ source = config.system.build.initialRamdisk + "/initrd";
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target = "/boot/initrd";
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}
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{ source = config.system.build.squashfsStore;
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target = "/nix-store.squashfs";
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}
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{ source = "${pkgs.syslinux}/share/syslinux";
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target = "/isolinux";
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}
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{ source = config.isoImage.splashImage;
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target = "/isolinux/background.png";
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}
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] ++ optionals config.isoImage.makeEfiBootable [
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{ source = efiImg;
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target = "/boot/efi.img";
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}
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{ source = "${efiDir}/EFI";
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target = "/EFI";
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}
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{ source = "${efiDir}/loader";
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target = "/loader";
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}
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];
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# Create the ISO image.
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system.build.isoImage = import ../../../lib/make-iso9660-image.nix ({
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inherit (pkgs) stdenv perl pathsFromGraph xorriso syslinux;
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inherit (config.isoImage) isoName compressImage volumeID contents;
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bootable = true;
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bootImage = "/isolinux/isolinux.bin";
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} // optionalAttrs config.isoImage.makeUsbBootable {
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usbBootable = true;
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isohybridMbrImage = "${pkgs.syslinux}/share/syslinux/isohdpfx.bin";
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} // optionalAttrs config.isoImage.makeEfiBootable {
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efiBootable = true;
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efiBootImage = "boot/efi.img";
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});
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boot.postBootCommands =
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''
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# After booting, register the contents of the Nix store on the
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# CD in the Nix database in the tmpfs.
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${config.nix.package}/bin/nix-store --load-db < /nix/store/nix-path-registration
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# nixos-rebuild also requires a "system" profile and an
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# /etc/NIXOS tag.
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touch /etc/NIXOS
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${config.nix.package}/bin/nix-env -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/system --set /run/current-system
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'';
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# Add vfat support to the initrd to enable people to copy the
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# contents of the CD to a bootable USB stick.
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boot.initrd.supportedFilesystems = [ "vfat" ];
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};
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}
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