3 files changed, 23 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/iso-image.nix b/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/iso-image.nix
index 39db7d9b8f72..8f17e720aca1 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/iso-image.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/iso-image.nix
@@ -56,17 +56,28 @@ let
     echo "timeout 5" >> $out/loader/loader.conf
   '';
 
-  efiImg = pkgs.runCommand "efi-image_eltorito" { buildInputs = [ pkgs.mtools ]; }
+  efiImg = pkgs.runCommand "efi-image_eltorito" { buildInputs = [ pkgs.mtools pkgs.libfaketime ]; }
+    # Be careful about determinism: du --apparent-size,
+    #   dates (cp -p, touch, mcopy -m, faketime for label), IDs (mkfs.vfat -i)
     ''
-      #Let's hope 15M is enough
-      dd bs=2048 count=7680 if=/dev/zero of="$out"
-      ${pkgs.dosfstools}/sbin/mkfs.vfat "$out"
-      mcopy -svi "$out" ${efiDir}/* ::
-      mmd -i "$out" boot
-      mcopy -v -i "$out" \
-        ${config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel}/bzImage ::boot/bzImage
-      mcopy -v -i "$out" \
-        ${config.system.build.initialRamdisk}/initrd ::boot/initrd
+      mkdir ./contents && cd ./contents
+      cp -rp "${efiDir}"/* .
+      mkdir ./boot
+      cp -p "${config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel}/bzImage" \
+        "${config.system.build.initialRamdisk}/initrd" ./boot/
+      touch --date=@0 ./*
+
+      usage_size=$(du -sb --apparent-size . | tr -cd '[:digit:]')
+      # Make the image 110% as big as the files need to make up for FAT overhead
+      image_size=$(( ($usage_size * 110) / 100 ))
+      # Make the image fit blocks of 1M
+      block_size=$((1024*1024))
+      image_size=$(( ($image_size / $block_size + 1) * $block_size ))
+      echo "Usage size: $usage_size"
+      echo "Image size: $image_size"
+      truncate --size=$image_size "$out"
+      ${pkgs.libfaketime}/bin/faketime "2000-01-01 00:00:00" ${pkgs.dosfstools}/sbin/mkfs.vfat -i 12345678 -n EFIBOOT "$out"
+      mcopy -bpsvm -i "$out" ./* ::
     ''; # */
 
   targetArch = if pkgs.stdenv.isi686 then
@@ -155,7 +166,6 @@ in
 
   };
 
-
   config = {
 
     boot.loader.grub.version = 2;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/system-tarball-sheevaplug.nix b/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/system-tarball-sheevaplug.nix
index 4ce7582c166a..46dc1c705022 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/system-tarball-sheevaplug.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/system-tarball-sheevaplug.nix
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ in
 
   boot.initrd.extraUtilsCommands =
     ''
-      cp ${pkgs.utillinux}/sbin/hwclock $out/bin
+      copy_bin_and_libs ${pkgs.utillinux}/sbin/hwclock
     '';
 
   boot.initrd.postDeviceCommands =
diff --git a/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-install.sh b/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-install.sh
index 14ae3daace0b..1ccd6547df5e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-install.sh
+++ b/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-install.sh
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ mkdir -m 0755 -p \
     $mountPoint/nix/var/nix/db \
     $mountPoint/nix/var/log/nix/drvs
 
-mkdir -m 1775 -p $mountPoint/nix/store
+mkdir -m 1735 -p $mountPoint/nix/store
 chown root:nixbld $mountPoint/nix/store