* Create /bin on the CD to suppress the /bin/sh symlink creation

error.
* Put the top-level system config on the CD, otherwise root doesn't
  get a working login shell on the CD (and the system PATH is broken
  as well).

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=8658

boot/boot-stage-2-init.sh

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ needWritableDir /tmp 01777
 needWritableDir /var 0755
 needWritableDir /nix/var 0755
 needWritableDir /root 0700
+needWritableDir /bin 0755 # for the /bin/sh symlink
 
 
 # Miscellaneous boot time cleanup.

configuration/rescue-cd.nix

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ rec {
   cdMountPoints = pkgs.runCommand "mount-points" {} "
     ensureDir $out
     cd $out
-    mkdir proc sys tmp etc dev var mnt nix nix/var root
+    mkdir proc sys tmp etc dev var mnt nix nix/var root bin
     touch $out/${configuration.boot.rootLabel}
   ";
 
@@ -174,6 +174,9 @@ rec {
       { object = system.bootStage2;
         symlink = "/init";
       }
+      { object = system.system;
+        symlink = "/system";
+      }
       # To speed up the installation, provide the full stdenv.
       { object = pkgs.stdenv;
         symlink = "none";

system/activate-configuration.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #! @shell@
 
 systemConfig="$1"
+if test -z "$systemConfig"; then
+    systemConfig="/system" # for the installation CD
+fi
 
 export PATH=/empty
 for i in @path@; do PATH=$PATH:$i/bin:$i/sbin; done
@@ -140,9 +143,8 @@ hostname @hostName@
 
 
 # Make this configuration the current configuration.
-if test -n "$systemConfig"; then
-    ln -sfn "$systemConfig" /var/run/current-system
-fi
+ln -sfn "$systemConfig" /var/run/current-system
+
 
 # Prevent the current configuration from being garbage-collected.
 ln -sfn /var/run/current-system /nix/var/nix/gcroots/current-system