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diff --git a/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-install.sh b/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-install.sh
index f994d5b4bde1..22c1e0fe9a34 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-install.sh
+++ b/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-install.sh
@@ -1,35 +1,23 @@
 #! @shell@
 
-# - make Nix store etc.
-# - copy closure of Nix to target device
-# - register validity
-# - with a chroot to the target device:
-#   * nix-env -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/system -i <nix-expr for the configuration>
-#   * install the boot loader
+set -e
+shopt -s nullglob
+
+export PATH=@path@:$PATH
 
 # Ensure a consistent umask.
 umask 0022
 
-# Re-exec ourselves in a private mount namespace so that our bind
-# mounts get cleaned up automatically.
-if [ "$(id -u)" = 0 ]; then
-    if [ -z "$NIXOS_INSTALL_REEXEC" ]; then
-        export NIXOS_INSTALL_REEXEC=1
-        exec unshare --mount --uts -- "$0" "$@"
-    else
-        mount --make-rprivate /
-    fi
-fi
-
 # Parse the command line for the -I flag
 extraBuildFlags=()
-chrootCommand=(/run/current-system/sw/bin/bash)
-buildUsersGroup="nixbld"
+
+mountPoint=/mnt
+channelPath=
 
 while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
     i="$1"; shift 1
     case "$i" in
-        --max-jobs|-j|--cores|-I)
+        --max-jobs|-j|--cores|-I|--substituters)
             j="$1"; shift 1
             extraBuildFlags+=("$i" "$j")
             ;;
@@ -41,9 +29,11 @@ while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
         --root)
             mountPoint="$1"; shift 1
             ;;
-        --closure)
-            closure="$1"; shift 1
-            buildUsersGroup=""
+        --system|--closure)
+            system="$1"; shift 1
+            ;;
+        --channel)
+            channelPath="$1"; shift 1
             ;;
         --no-channel-copy)
             noChannelCopy=1
@@ -57,17 +47,13 @@ while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
         --show-trace)
             extraBuildFlags+=("$i")
             ;;
-        --chroot)
-            runChroot=1
-            if [[ "$@" != "" ]]; then
-                chrootCommand=("$@")
-            fi
-            break
-            ;;
         --help)
             exec man nixos-install
             exit 1
             ;;
+        --debug)
+            set -x
+            ;;
         *)
             echo "$0: unknown option \`$i'"
             exit 1
@@ -75,132 +61,83 @@ while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
     esac
 done
 
-set -e
-shopt -s nullglob
-
-if test -z "$mountPoint"; then
-    mountPoint=/mnt
-fi
-
 if ! test -e "$mountPoint"; then
     echo "mount point $mountPoint doesn't exist"
     exit 1
 fi
 
 # Get the path of the NixOS configuration file.
-if test -z "$NIXOS_CONFIG"; then
-    NIXOS_CONFIG=/etc/nixos/configuration.nix
+if [[ -z $NIXOS_CONFIG ]]; then
+    NIXOS_CONFIG=$mountPoint/etc/nixos/configuration.nix
 fi
 
-if [ ! -e "$mountPoint/$NIXOS_CONFIG" ] && [ -z "$closure" ]; then
-    echo "configuration file $mountPoint/$NIXOS_CONFIG doesn't exist"
+if [[ ${NIXOS_CONFIG:0:1} != / ]]; then
+    echo "$0: \$NIXOS_CONFIG is not an absolute path"
     exit 1
 fi
 
-
-# Builds will use users that are members of this group
-extraBuildFlags+=(--option "build-users-group" "$buildUsersGroup")
-
-# Inherit binary caches from the host
-# TODO: will this still work with Nix 1.12 now that it has no perl? Probably not...
-binary_caches="$(@perl@/bin/perl -I @nix@/lib/perl5/site_perl/*/* -e 'use Nix::Config; Nix::Config::readConfig; print $Nix::Config::config{"binary-caches"};')"
-extraBuildFlags+=(--option "binary-caches" "$binary_caches")
-
-# We only need nixpkgs in the path if we don't already have a system closure to install
-if [[ -z "$closure" ]]; then
-    nixpkgs="$(readlink -f "$(nix-instantiate --find-file nixpkgs)")"
-    export NIX_PATH="nixpkgs=$nixpkgs:nixos-config=$mountPoint/$NIXOS_CONFIG"
-fi
-unset NIXOS_CONFIG
-
-# These get created in nixos-prepare-root as well, but we want to make sure they're here in case we're
-# running with --chroot. TODO: --chroot should just be split into a separate tool.
-mkdir -m 0755 -p "$mountPoint/dev" "$mountPoint/proc" "$mountPoint/sys"
-
-# Set up some bind mounts we'll want regardless of chroot or not
-mount --rbind /dev "$mountPoint/dev"
-mount --rbind /proc "$mountPoint/proc"
-mount --rbind /sys "$mountPoint/sys"
-
-# If we asked for a chroot, that means we're not actually installing anything (yeah I was confused too)
-# and we just want to run a command in the context of a $mountPoint that we're assuming has already been
-# set up by a previous nixos-install invocation. In that case we set up some remaining bind mounts and
-# exec the requested command, skipping the rest of the installation procedure.
-if [ -n "$runChroot" ]; then
-    mount -t tmpfs -o "mode=0755" none $mountPoint/run
-    rm -rf $mountPoint/var/run
-    ln -s /run $mountPoint/var/run
-    for f in /etc/resolv.conf /etc/hosts; do rm -f $mountPoint/$f; [ -f "$f" ] && cp -Lf $f $mountPoint/etc/; done
-    for f in /etc/passwd /etc/group;      do touch $mountPoint/$f; [ -f "$f" ] && mount --rbind -o ro $f $mountPoint/$f; done
-
-    if ! [ -L $mountPoint/nix/var/nix/profiles/system ]; then
-        echo "$0: installation not finished; cannot chroot into installation directory"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-    ln -s /nix/var/nix/profiles/system $mountPoint/run/current-system
-    exec chroot $mountPoint "${chrootCommand[@]}"
+if [[ ! -e $NIXOS_CONFIG && -z $system ]]; then
+    echo "configuration file $NIXOS_CONFIG doesn't exist"
+    exit 1
 fi
 
-# A place to drop temporary closures
+# A place to drop temporary stuff.
 trap "rm -rf $tmpdir" EXIT
 tmpdir="$(mktemp -d)"
 
-# Build a closure (on the host; we then copy it into the guest)
-function closure() {
-    nix-build "${extraBuildFlags[@]}" --no-out-link -E "with import <nixpkgs> {}; runCommand \"closure\" { exportReferencesGraph = [ \"x\" (buildEnv { name = \"env\"; paths = [ ($1) stdenv ]; }) ]; } \"cp x \$out\""
-}
-
-system_closure="$tmpdir/system.closure"
-# Use a FIFO for piping nix-store --export into nix-store --import, saving disk
-# I/O and space. nix-store --import is run by nixos-prepare-root.
-mkfifo $system_closure
-
-if [ -z "$closure" ]; then
-    expr="(import <nixpkgs/nixos> {}).system"
-    system_root="$(nix-build -E "$expr")"
-    system_closure="$(closure "$expr")"
-else
-    system_root=$closure
-    # Create a temporary file ending in .closure (so nixos-prepare-root knows to --import it) to transport the store closure
-    # to the filesytem we're preparing. Also delete it on exit!
-    # Run in background to avoid blocking while trying to write to the FIFO
-    # $system_closure refers to
-    nix-store --export $(nix-store -qR $closure) > $system_closure &
-fi
-
-channel_root="$(nix-env -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels -q nixos --no-name --out-path 2>/dev/null || echo -n "")"
-channel_closure="$tmpdir/channel.closure"
-nix-store --export $channel_root > $channel_closure
-
-# Populate the target root directory with the basics
-@prepare_root@/bin/nixos-prepare-root "$mountPoint" "$channel_root" "$system_root" @nixClosure@ "$system_closure" "$channel_closure"
-
-# nixos-prepare-root doesn't currently do anything with file ownership, so we set it up here instead
-chown @root_uid@:@nixbld_gid@ $mountPoint/nix/store
+sub="auto?trusted=1"
 
+# Build the system configuration in the target filesystem.
+if [[ -z $system ]]; then
+    echo "building the configuration in $NIXOS_CONFIG..."
+    outLink="$tmpdir/system"
+    nix build --out-link "$outLink" --store "$mountPoint" "${extraBuildFlags[@]}" \
+        --extra-substituters "$sub" \
+        -f '<nixpkgs/nixos>' system -I "nixos-config=$NIXOS_CONFIG"
+    system=$(readlink -f $outLink)
+fi
 
+# Set the system profile to point to the configuration. TODO: combine
+# this with the previous step once we have a nix-env replacement with
+# a progress bar.
+nix-env --store "$mountPoint" "${extraBuildFlags[@]}" \
+        --extra-substituters "$sub" \
+        -p $mountPoint/nix/var/nix/profiles/system --set "$system"
+
+# Copy the NixOS/Nixpkgs sources to the target as the initial contents
+# of the NixOS channel.
+if [[ -z $noChannelCopy ]]; then
+    if [[ -z $channelPath ]]; then
+        channelPath="$(nix-env -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels -q nixos --no-name --out-path 2>/dev/null || echo -n "")"
+    fi
+    if [[ -n $channelPath ]]; then
+        echo "copying channel..."
+        mkdir -p $mountPoint/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root
+        nix-env --store "$mountPoint" "${extraBuildFlags[@]}" --extra-substituters "$sub" \
+                -p $mountPoint/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels --set "$channelPath" --quiet
+        install -m 0700 -d $mountPoint/root/.nix-defexpr
+        ln -sfn /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels $mountPoint/root/.nix-defexpr/channels
+    fi
+fi
 
-# Grub needs an mtab.
-ln -sfn /proc/mounts $mountPoint/etc/mtab
+# Mark the target as a NixOS installation, otherwise switch-to-configuration will chicken out.
+mkdir -m 0755 -p "$mountPoint/etc"
+touch "$mountPoint/etc/NIXOS"
 
 # 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..."
-if [ -z "$noBootLoader" ]; then
-  NIXOS_INSTALL_BOOTLOADER=1 chroot $mountPoint \
-      /nix/var/nix/profiles/system/bin/switch-to-configuration boot
+if [[ -z $noBootLoader ]]; then
+    echo "installing the boot loader..."
+    # Grub needs an mtab.
+    ln -sfn /proc/mounts $mountPoint/etc/mtab
+    NIXOS_INSTALL_BOOTLOADER=1 nixos-enter --root "$mountPoint" -- /run/current-system/bin/switch-to-configuration boot
 fi
 
-# Run the activation script.
-chroot $mountPoint /nix/var/nix/profiles/system/activate
-
-
-# Ask the user to set a root password.
-if [ -z "$noRootPasswd" ] && chroot $mountPoint [ -x /run/wrappers/bin/passwd ] && [ -t 0 ]; then
-    echo "setting root password..."
-    chroot $mountPoint /run/wrappers/bin/passwd
+# Ask the user to set a root password, but only if the passwd command
+# exists (i.e. when mutable user accounts are enabled).
+if [[ -z $noRootPasswd ]] && [ -t 0 ]; then
+    nixos-enter --root "$mountPoint" -c '[[ -e /nix/var/nix/profiles/system/sw/bin/passwd ]] && echo "setting root password..." && /nix/var/nix/profiles/system/sw/bin/passwd'
 fi
 
-
 echo "installation finished!"