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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/development/building-nixos.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/development/building-nixos.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..21c5bfe6a5b1 --- /dev/null +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/development/building-nixos.xml @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" + xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" + xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" + version="5.0" + xml:id="sec-building-cd"> + +<title>Building Your Own NixOS CD</title> + +<para>Building a NixOS CD is as easy as configuring your own computer. The +idea is to use another module which will replace +your <filename>configuration.nix</filename> to configure the system that +would be installed on the CD.</para> + +<para>Default CD/DVD configurations are available +inside <filename>nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd</filename>. To build them +you have to set <envar>NIXOS_CONFIG</envar> before +running <command>nix-build</command> to build the ISO. + +<screen> +$ nix-build -A config.system.build.isoImage -I nixos-config=modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-minimal.nix</screen> + +</para> + +<para>Before burning your CD/DVD, you can check the content of the image by mounting anywhere like +suggested by the following command: + +<screen> +$ mount -o loop -t iso9660 ./result/iso/cd.iso /mnt/iso</screen> + +</para> + +</chapter> \ No newline at end of file |