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+{ platform ? __currentSystem
+}:
+
+rec {
+
+  
+  nixpkgsRel = "nixpkgs";
+
+
+  configuration = {
+  
+    boot = {
+      autoDetectRootDevice = true;
+      readOnlyRoot = true;
+      # The label used to identify the installation CD.
+      rootLabel = "NIXOS";
+    };
+    
+    services = {
+    
+      sshd = {
+        enable = false;
+      };
+      
+      xserver = {
+        enable = false;
+      };
+
+      extraJobs = [
+        # Unpack the NixOS/Nixpkgs sources to /etc/nixos.
+        { name = "unpack-sources";
+          job = "
+            start on startup
+            script
+              export PATH=${pkgs.gnutar}/bin:${pkgs.bzip2}/bin:$PATH
+              mkdir -p /etc/nixos/nixos
+              tar xjf /nixos.tar.bz2 -C /etc/nixos/nixos
+              tar xjf /nixpkgs.tar.bz2 -C /etc/nixos
+              mv /etc/nixos/nixpkgs-* /etc/nixos/nixpkgs
+              ln -sfn ../nixpkgs/pkgs /etc/nixos/nixos/pkgs
+              chown -R root.root /etc/nixos
+            end script
+          ";
+        }
+      
+        # Allow the user to do something useful on tty8 while waiting
+        # for the installation to finish.
+        { name = "rogue";
+          job = "
+            start on udev
+            stop on shutdown
+            respawn ${pkgs.rogue}/bin/rogue < /dev/tty8 > /dev/tty8 2>&1
+          ";
+        }
+      ];
+
+      # And a background to go with that.
+      ttyBackgrounds = {
+        specificThemes = [
+          { tty = 8;
+            theme = pkgs.fetchurl {
+              url = http://www.bootsplash.de/files/themes/Theme-GNU.tar.bz2;
+              md5 = "61969309d23c631e57b0a311102ef034";
+            };
+          }
+        ];
+      };
+      
+    };
+
+    fonts = {
+      enableFontConfig = false;
+    };
+    
+    installer = {
+      nixpkgsURL = file:///root/ ;
+    };
+
+    security = {
+      sudo = {
+        enable = false;
+      };
+    };
+ 
+    environment = {
+      extraPackages = pkgs: [
+        pkgs.vimDiet
+      ];
+    };
+   
+  };
+
+
+  system = import ../system/system.nix {
+    inherit configuration platform;
+    stage2Init = "/init";
+  };
+
+
+  pkgs = system.pkgs;
+  
+
+  # Since the CD is read-only, the mount points must be on disk.
+  cdMountPoints = pkgs.runCommand "mount-points" {} "
+    ensureDir $out
+    cd $out
+    mkdir proc sys tmp etc dev var mnt nix nix/var root bin
+    touch $out/${configuration.boot.rootLabel}
+  ";
+
+
+  # We need a copy of the Nix expressions for Nixpkgs and NixOS on the
+  # CD.  We put them in a tarball because accessing that many small
+  # files from a slow device like a CD-ROM takes too long.
+  makeTarball = tarName: input: pkgs.runCommand "tarball" {inherit tarName;} "
+    ensureDir $out
+    (cd ${input} && tar cvfj $out/${tarName} . \\
+      --exclude '*~' \\
+      --exclude 'pkgs' --exclude 'result')
+  ";
+
+  
+  # Put the current directory in a tarball (making sure to filter
+  # out crap like the .svn directories).
+  nixosTarball =
+    let filter = name: type:
+      let base = baseNameOf (toString name);
+      in base != ".svn" && base != "result";
+    in
+      makeTarball "nixos.tar.bz2" (builtins.filterSource filter ./..);
+
+
+  # Get a recent copy of Nixpkgs.
+  nixpkgsTarball = /root/nixpkgs.tar.bz2;
+
+  # The configuration file for isolinux.
+  isolinuxCfg = pkgs.writeText "isolinux.cfg" "
+    default linux
+    prompt 1
+    timeout 60
+    label linux
+      kernel vmlinuz
+      append initrd=initrd ${toString (system.config.boot.kernelParams)}
+  ";
+    
+
+
+  # Create an ISO image containing the isolinux boot loader, the
+  # kernel, the initrd produced above, and the closure of the stage 2
+  # init.
+  rescueCD = import ../helpers/make-iso9660-image.nix {
+    inherit (pkgs) stdenv perl cdrtools;
+    isoName = "nixos-${platform}.iso";
+
+    # Single files to be copied to fixed locations on the CD.
+    contents = [
+      { source = pkgs.syslinux + "/lib/syslinux/isolinux.bin";
+        target = "isolinux/isolinux.bin";
+      }
+      { source = isolinuxCfg;
+        target = "isolinux/isolinux.cfg";
+      }
+      { source = pkgs.kernel + "/vmlinuz";
+        target = "isolinux/vmlinuz";
+      }
+      { source = system.initialRamdisk + "/initrd";
+        target = "isolinux/initrd";
+      }
+      { source = cdMountPoints;
+        target = "/";
+      }
+      { source = nixosTarball + "/" + nixosTarball.tarName;
+        target = "/" + nixosTarball.tarName;
+      }
+      { source = nixpkgsTarball;
+        target = "/nixpkgs.tar.bz2";
+      }
+    ];
+
+    # Closures to be copied to the Nix store on the CD.
+    storeContents = [
+      { object = system.bootStage2;
+        symlink = "/init";
+      }
+      { object = system.system;
+        symlink = "/system";
+      }
+      # To speed up the installation, provide the full stdenv.
+      { object = pkgs.stdenv;
+        symlink = "none";
+      }
+    ];
+    buildStoreContents = [
+      {
+        object = system.system.drvPath;
+	symlink = "none";
+      }
+    ];
+    
+    bootable = true;
+    bootImage = "isolinux/isolinux.bin";
+  };
+
+
+}