# this ISO works best with tow-boot or another way of UEFI booting. { inputs, configLib, ... }: (inputs.nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem { system = "aarch64-linux"; specialArgs = {inherit inputs configLib;}; # > Our main nixos configuration file < modules = [ inputs.home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager ../configs/nixos/interactive-networking.nix ../configs/nixos/common.nix ../configs/nixos/sshd.nix ({ config, pkgs, lib, inputs, configLib, modulesPath, options, ... }: { # do not cross compile, some packages are broken, and will take an age anywyay. instead, if you are on nixos, set `boot.binfmt.emulatedSystems=["aarch64-linux"];`. # if your not on nixos, install quemu-user-static and quemu-user-static-binfmt, and add `extra-platforms = aarch64-linux` to /etc/nix/nix.conf. may have to modify extra-sandbox-paths. # alternatively, set up a remote-builder for aarch64-linux. # nixpkgs.buildPlatform.system = "x86_64-linux"; # nixpkgs.hostPlatform.system = "aarch64-linux"; imports = [ "${modulesPath}/installer/cd-dvd/iso-image.nix" "${modulesPath}/profiles/base.nix" "${modulesPath}/profiles/clone-config.nix" "${modulesPath}/profiles/all-hardware.nix" "${modulesPath}/installer/scan/detected.nix" "${modulesPath}/installer/scan/not-detected.nix" ]; host = { user = "gabe"; fullName = "Gabe Venberg"; gui.enable = true; }; networking.hostName = "nixos-installer"; # Define your hostname. users.users.${config.host.user} = { packages = with pkgs; [ gparted neovim ]; }; home-manager.users.${config.host.user} = { inputs, osConfig, ... }: { host = osConfig.host; user = { nvim.enable = false; git = { profile = { name = "Gabe Venberg"; email = "gabevenberg@gmail.com"; }; workProfile.enable = false; }; }; imports = [ ../roles/home-manager/minimal-terminal.nix ../configs/home-manager/common.nix inputs.nixvim.homeManagerModules.nixvim ]; }; # Adds terminus_font for people with HiDPI displays console.packages = options.console.packages.default ++ [pkgs.terminus_font]; # ISO naming. isoImage.isoName = "${config.isoImage.isoBaseName}-${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.iso"; # EFI booting isoImage.makeEfiBootable = true; # USB booting isoImage.makeUsbBootable = true; # Add Memtest86+ to the CD. boot.loader.grub.memtest86.enable = true; # services.libinput.enable = true; # for touchpad support on many laptops # An installation media cannot tolerate a host config defined file # system layout on a fresh machine, before it has been formatted. swapDevices = lib.mkForce []; fileSystems = lib.mkForce config.lib.isoFileSystems; system.nixos.variant_id = lib.mkDefault "installer"; # Enable in installer, even if the minimal profile disables it. documentation.enable = lib.mkForce true; # Show the manual. documentation.nixos.enable = lib.mkForce true; # Tell the Nix evaluator to garbage collect more aggressively. # This is desirable in memory-constrained environments that don't # (yet) have swap set up. environment.variables.GC_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE = "1M"; # Make the installer more likely to succeed in low memory # environments. The kernel's overcommit heustistics bite us # fairly often, preventing processes such as nix-worker or # download-using-manifests.pl from forking even if there is # plenty of free memory. boot.kernel.sysctl."vm.overcommit_memory" = "1"; # Show all debug messages from the kernel but don't log refused packets # because we have the firewall enabled. This makes installs from the # console less cumbersome if the machine has a public IP. networking.firewall.logRefusedConnections = lib.mkDefault false; # Prevent installation media from evacuating persistent storage, as their # var directory is not persistent and it would thus result in deletion of # those entries. environment.etc."systemd/pstore.conf".text = '' [PStore] Unlink=no ''; # Much faster than xz isoImage.squashfsCompression = lib.mkDefault "zstd"; system.stateVersion = lib.mkDefault lib.trivial.release; }) ]; }) .config .system .build .isoImage