#! /bin/sh -e image=/tmp/disk.img size=$(expr 2048 \* 1024 \* 1024) storePaths=/tmp/mystorepaths successors=/tmp/mysuccessors if ! test -f $image; then echo creating empty disk of $size bytes in $image... # Note: this is a sparse file. dd if=/dev/zero of=$image bs=1 seek=$(expr $size - 1) count=1 echo creating disk image in $image... /sbin/mke2fs -F $image fi # What to copy? NIX_CMD_PATH=/nix/bin storeExpr=$(echo '(import ./pkgs.nix).everything' | $NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-instantiate -) $NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-store -rB $storeExpr $NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-store -qn --requisites $storeExpr > $storePaths (while read storepath; do $NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-store -q --predecessors $storepath | (while read predecessor; do echo $predecessor $storepath done) done) < $storePaths > $successors # Location of sysvinit? sysvinitPath=$($NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-store -qn $(echo '(import ./pkgs.nix).sysvinit' | $NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-instantiate -)) # Location of Nix boot scripts? bootPath=$($NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-store -qn $(echo '(import ./pkgs.nix).boot' | $NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-instantiate -)) # Fill the disk with the minimal Nix store. if ! test -d /tmp/mnt; then mkdir /tmp/mnt; fi linux ubd0=$image root=/dev/root rootflags=/ rootfstype=hostfs \ init="$(pwd)/fill-disk.sh $sysvinitPath $bootPath"