[Nix-dev] Creating offline installation image

[Arseniy Seroka]

My installation-cd-minimal.nix [1]

What I do:

   - Running qemu with generated image
   - Checking that I can run vlc, teamviewer, dropbox, openbox etc (also
   Xserver is running)
   - Making partition on hard drive
   - Mounting to /mnt
   - Editing /mnt/etc/nixos/configuration.nix to [2]
   - Running nixos-install

What I'm getting [3]

Adding to installation-cd-minimal.nix
   xlibs.xf86videovmware
   xlibs.xf86videovesa
   xlibs.xf86videointel
   xlibs.xf86videoati
doesn't affect installation.

Ideas? :-(

[1] https://gist.github.com/jagajaga/b41475f097b0e0b58865
[2] https://gist.github.com/jagajaga/b91cb0deb04042dbd40f
[3] https://gist.github.com/jagajaga/2a78535bdb9bb6c53b2a

2015-03-28 7:46 GMT+03:00 James Cook <james.cook at utoronto.ca>:

> On 23 March 2015 at 06:51, Arseniy Seroka <ars.seroka at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello!
> > I'm trying to create an iso, that I can use to install nixos without
> > internet access.
> > I've created config [1] for iso creation. So I'm creating iso, booting
> with
> > it and after that I'm copying this config to my new machine. Of course
> I'm
> > editing it be right configuration for my new machine (boot, imports etc).
> > But I'm not additing any new pkgs.
> > So when I do nixos-install, it copes lot's of drv to store, but fails.
> > It fails because it tries to download patch for pulseaudio as a
> dependence
> > for vlc! (which is already included to image, no? [2]).
> > So, how to properly create and offline nixos iso with all deps and
> neccesary
> > files?
> >
> > [1]
> > { config, pkgs, ... }:
> >
> > {
> >   imports =
> >     [ ./installation-cd-base.nix
> >       ../../profiles/minimal.nix
> >     ];
> >
> >   isoImage.includeSystemBuildDependencies = true;
> >
> >   users.extraUsers.lcd = {
> >      ........
> >   };
> >
> >   time.timeZone = "Europe/Moscow";
> >
> >   networking = {
> >     hostName = "foobar";
> >     wireless.enable = false;
> >     networkmanager.enable = true;
> >     networkmanager.packages = with pkgs;
> >     [ networkmanager_pptp
> >       gnome3_12.networkmanager_pptp
> >     ];
> >   };
> >
> >   services = {
> >     openssh.enable = true;
> >     dbus.enable = true;
> >   };
> >
> >   services.xserver = {
> >     enable              = true;
> >     desktopManager.default = "none";
> >     windowManager.openbox.enable = true;
> >   };
> >
> >   environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
> >    mc
> >    wget
> >    zsh
> >    vlc # [2]
> >    networkmanager
> >    networkmanagerapplet
> >    networkmanager_pptp
> >    gnome3_12.networkmanager_pptp
> >    openbox
> >    fontconfig
> >   ];
> >   nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
> >
> >   fonts = {
> >     fontconfig.enable = true;
> >   };
> >
> > }
> >
> > --
> > Sincerely,
> > Arseniy Seroka
>
> That's strange. Did you make any progress? It might be helpful to file
> a bug; it would be nice if offline installation worked.
>
> I don't know what causes this, but two  ideas for debugging:
> - Verify that the iso image has a vlc output under /nix/store.
> - If yes, I guess that means the installation tries to install a
> slightly different version of VLC. So try to figure out why... what
> exactly are you changing in configuration.nix? What happens if you try
> the installation without changing anything?
>
> A lot of this is probably time-consuming; sorry about that. It might
> speed things up to install on a VM.
>
> James
>



-- 
Sincerely,
Arseniy Seroka
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