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Merge pull request #233518 from tie/bios-bootable-x86

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nixos/iso-image: enable BIOS boot by default if possible
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Ryan Lahfa 2023-05-23 17:05:21 +02:00 committed by GitHub
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nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-base.nix
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@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ with lib;
# ISO naming.
isoImage.isoName = "${config.isoImage.isoBaseName}-${config.system.nixos.label}-${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.iso";
# BIOS booting
isoImage.makeBiosBootable = true;
# EFI booting
isoImage.makeEfiBootable = true;

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nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/iso-image.nix
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@ -442,9 +442,6 @@ let
fsck.vfat -vn "$out"
''; # */
# Syslinux (and isolinux) only supports x86-based architectures.
canx86BiosBoot = pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86;
in
{
@ -543,7 +540,17 @@ in
};
isoImage.makeBiosBootable = mkOption {
default = false;
# Before this option was introduced, images were BIOS-bootable if the
# hostPlatform was x86-based. This option is enabled by default for
# backwards compatibility.
#
# Also note that syslinux package currently cannot be cross-compiled from
# non-x86 platforms, so the default is false on non-x86 build platforms.
default = pkgs.stdenv.buildPlatform.isx86 && pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86;
defaultText = lib.literalMD ''
`true` if both build and host platforms are x86-based architectures,
e.g. i686 and x86_64.
'';
type = lib.types.bool;
description = lib.mdDoc ''
Whether the ISO image should be a BIOS-bootable disk.
@ -704,6 +711,11 @@ in
config = {
assertions = [
{
# Syslinux (and isolinux) only supports x86-based architectures.
assertion = config.isoImage.makeBiosBootable -> pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86;
message = "BIOS boot is only supported on x86-based architectures.";
}
{
assertion = !(stringLength config.isoImage.volumeID > 32);
# https://wiki.osdev.org/ISO_9660#The_Primary_Volume_Descriptor
@ -722,7 +734,7 @@ in
boot.loader.grub.enable = false;
environment.systemPackages = [ grubPkgs.grub2 grubPkgs.grub2_efi ]
++ optional (config.isoImage.makeBiosBootable && canx86BiosBoot) pkgs.syslinux
++ optional (config.isoImage.makeBiosBootable) pkgs.syslinux
;
# In stage 1 of the boot, mount the CD as the root FS by label so
@ -773,7 +785,7 @@ in
{ source = pkgs.writeText "version" config.system.nixos.label;
target = "/version.txt";
}
] ++ optionals (config.isoImage.makeBiosBootable && canx86BiosBoot) [
] ++ optionals (config.isoImage.makeBiosBootable) [
{ source = config.isoImage.splashImage;
target = "/isolinux/background.png";
}
@ -800,7 +812,7 @@ in
{ source = config.isoImage.efiSplashImage;
target = "/EFI/boot/efi-background.png";
}
] ++ optionals (config.boot.loader.grub.memtest86.enable && config.isoImage.makeBiosBootable && canx86BiosBoot) [
] ++ optionals (config.boot.loader.grub.memtest86.enable && config.isoImage.makeBiosBootable) [
{ source = "${pkgs.memtest86plus}/memtest.bin";
target = "/boot/memtest.bin";
}
@ -815,10 +827,10 @@ in
# Create the ISO image.
system.build.isoImage = pkgs.callPackage ../../../lib/make-iso9660-image.nix ({
inherit (config.isoImage) isoName compressImage volumeID contents;
bootable = config.isoImage.makeBiosBootable && canx86BiosBoot;
bootable = config.isoImage.makeBiosBootable;
bootImage = "/isolinux/isolinux.bin";
syslinux = if config.isoImage.makeBiosBootable && canx86BiosBoot then pkgs.syslinux else null;
} // optionalAttrs (config.isoImage.makeUsbBootable && config.isoImage.makeBiosBootable && canx86BiosBoot) {
syslinux = if config.isoImage.makeBiosBootable then pkgs.syslinux else null;
} // optionalAttrs (config.isoImage.makeUsbBootable && config.isoImage.makeBiosBootable) {
usbBootable = true;
isohybridMbrImage = "${pkgs.syslinux}/share/syslinux/isohdpfx.bin";
} // optionalAttrs config.isoImage.makeEfiBootable {