Installation Device
Provides a basic configuration for installation devices like CDs. This means
enabling hardware scans, using the
Clone Config profile to guarantee
/etc/nixos/configuration.nix exists (for
nixos-rebuild to work), a copy of the Nixpkgs channel
snapshot used to create the install media.
Additionally, documentation for
Nixpkgs and NixOS
are forcefully enabled (to override the
Minimal profile preference); the
NixOS manual is shown automatically on TTY 8, sudo and udisks are disabled.
Autologin is enabled as root.
A message is shown to the user to start a display manager if needed, ssh with
are enabled (but
doesn't autostart). WPA Supplicant is also enabled without autostart.
Finally, vim is installed, root is set to not have a password, the kernel is
made more silent for remote public IP installs, and several settings are
tweaked so that the installer has a better chance of succeeding under
low-memory environments.