nixpkgs/installer/nixos-installer.sh
Eelco Dolstra bc3f4f8352 * Set up Nix so that builds are never performed as root, but rather
under nix-build-N.

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=7172
2006-11-29 23:41:21 +00:00

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#! @shell@
# Syntax: installer.sh <DEVICE> <NIX-EXPR>
# (e.g., installer.sh /dev/hda1 ./my-machine.nix)
# - mount target device
# - make Nix store etc.
# - copy closure of rescue env to target device
# - register validity
# - start the "target" installer in a chroot to the target device
# * do a nix-pull
# * nix-env -p system-profile -i <nix-expr for the configuration>
# * run hook scripts provided by packages in the configuration?
# - install/update grub
set -e
targetDevice="$1"
nixExpr="$2"
if test -z "$targetDevice" -o -z "$nixExpr"; then
echo "Syntax: installer.sh <targetDevice> <nixExpr>"
exit 1
fi
nixExpr=$(readlink -f "$nixExpr")
# Make sure that the target device isn't mounted.
umount "$targetDevice" 2> /dev/null || true
# Check it.
fsck -n "$targetDevice"
# Mount the target device.
mountPoint=/tmp/inst-mnt
mkdir -p $mountPoint
mount "$targetDevice" $mountPoint
mkdir -m 0755 -p $mountPoint/dev $mountPoint/proc $mountPoint/sys $mountPoint/mnt
mount --rbind / $mountPoint/mnt
mount --bind /dev $mountPoint/dev
mount --bind /proc $mountPoint/proc
mount --bind /sys $mountPoint/sys
cleanup() {
for i in $(grep -F "$mountPoint" /proc/mounts \
| perl -e 'while (<>) { /^\S+\s+(\S+)\s+/; print "$1\n"; }' \
| sort -r);
do
umount $i
done
}
trap "cleanup" EXIT
mkdir -m 01777 -p $mountPoint/tmp
mkdir -m 0755 -p $mountPoint/var
# Create the necessary Nix directories on the target device, if they
# don't already exist.
mkdir -m 0755 -p \
$mountPoint/nix/var/nix/gcroots \
$mountPoint/nix/var/nix/temproots \
$mountPoint/nix/var/nix/manifests \
$mountPoint/nix/var/nix/userpool \
$mountPoint/nix/var/nix/profiles \
$mountPoint/nix/var/nix/db \
$mountPoint/nix/var/log/nix/drvs
mkdir -m 1777 -p \
$mountPoint/nix/store \
# Get the store paths to copy from the references graph.
storePaths=$(@shell@ @pathsFromGraph@ @nixClosure@)
# Copy Nix to the Nix store on the target device.
echo "copying Nix to $targetDevice...."
for i in $storePaths; do
echo " $i"
rsync -a $i $mountPoint/nix/store/
done
# Register the paths in the Nix closure as valid. This is necessary
# to prevent them from being deleted the first time we install
# something. (I.e., Nix will see that, e.g., the glibc path is not
# valid, delete it to get it out of the way, but as a result nothing
# will work anymore.)
chroot $mountPoint @nix@/bin/nix-store --register-validity < @nixClosure@
# Create the required /bin/sh symlink; otherwise lots of things
# (notably the system() function) won't work.
mkdir -m 0755 -p $mountPoint/bin
ln -sf $(type -tp sh) $mountPoint/bin/sh
# Enable networking in the chroot.
mkdir -m 0755 -p $mountPoint/etc
cp /etc/resolv.conf $mountPoint/etc/
# Do a nix-pull to speed up building.
nixpkgsURL=http://nix.cs.uu.nl/dist/nix/nixpkgs-0.11pre6984
chroot $mountPoint @nix@/bin/nix-pull $nixpkgsURL/MANIFEST
# Build the specified Nix expression in the target store and install
# it into the system configuration profile.
#rm -rf $mountPoint/scratch
#mkdir $mountPoint/scratch
#curl $nixpkgsURL/nixexprs.tar.bz2 | tar xj -C $mountPoint/scratch
#nixpkgsName=$(cd $mountPoint/scratch && ls)
chroot $mountPoint @nix@/bin/nix-env \
-p /nix/var/nix/profiles/system \
-f "/mnt/$nixExpr" -i -A systemConfiguration
# Grub needs a mtab.
echo "$targetDevice / somefs rw 0 0" > $mountPoint/etc/mtab
# Switch to the new system configuration. This will install Grub with
# a menu default pointing at the kernel/initrd/etc of the new
# configuration.
echo "finalising the installation..."
NIXOS_INSTALL_GRUB=1 chroot $mountPoint /nix/var/nix/profiles/system/bin/switch-to-configuration