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This got quite outdated. We now have both the nixos and root user available for example.
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<title>Installation Device</title>
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<para>
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Provides a basic configuration for installation devices like CDs. This means
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enabling hardware scans, using the <link linkend="sec-profile-clone-config">
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Clone Config profile</link> to guarantee
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<filename>/etc/nixos/configuration.nix</filename> exists (for
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<command>nixos-rebuild</command> to work), a copy of the Nixpkgs channel
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snapshot used to create the install media.
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Provides a basic configuration for installation devices like CDs.
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This enables redistributable firmware, includes the
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<link linkend="sec-profile-clone-config">Clone Config profile</link>
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and a copy of the Nixpkgs channel, so <command>nixos-install</command>
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works out of the box.
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</para>
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<para>
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Additionally, documentation for <link linkend="opt-documentation.enable">
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Nixpkgs</link> and <link linkend="opt-documentation.nixos.enable">NixOS
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</link> are forcefully enabled (to override the
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Documentation for <link linkend="opt-documentation.enable">Nixpkgs</link>
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and <link linkend="opt-documentation.nixos.enable">NixOS</link> are
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forcefully enabled (to override the
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<link linkend="sec-profile-minimal">Minimal profile</link> preference); the
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NixOS manual is shown automatically on TTY 8, sudo and udisks are disabled.
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Autologin is enabled as root.
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NixOS manual is shown automatically on TTY 8, udisks is disabled.
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Autologin is enabled as <literal>nixos</literal> user, while passwordless
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login as both <literal>root</literal> and <literal>nixos</literal> is possible.
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Passwordless <command>sudo</command> is enabled too.
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<link linkend="opt-networking.wireless.enable">wpa_supplicant</link> is
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enabled, but configured to not autostart.
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</para>
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<para>
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It is explained how to login, start the ssh server, and if available,
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how to start the display manager.
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</para>
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<para>
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A message is shown to the user to start a display manager if needed, ssh with
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<xref linkend="opt-services.openssh.permitRootLogin"/> are enabled (but
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doesn't autostart). WPA Supplicant is also enabled without autostart.
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</para>
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<para>
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Finally, vim is installed, root is set to not have a password, the kernel is
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made more silent for remote public IP installs, and several settings are
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tweaked so that the installer has a better chance of succeeding under
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low-memory environments.
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Several settings are tweaked so that the installer has a better chance of
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succeeding under low-memory environments.
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</para>
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</section>
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