# Installation Device

Provides a basic configuration for installation devices like CDs. This means enabling hardware scans, using the Clone Config profile to guarantee `/etc/nixos/configuration.nix` exists (for `nixos-rebuild` to work), a copy of the Nixpkgs channel snapshot used to create the install media.

Additionally, documentation for Nixpkgs and NixOS are forcefully enabled (to override the Minimal profile preference); the NixOS manual is shown automatically on TTY 8, sudo and udisks are disabled. Autologin is enabled as root.

A message is shown to the user to start a display manager if needed, ssh with are enabled (but doesn't autostart). WPA Supplicant is also enabled without autostart.

Finally, vim is installed, root is set to not have a password, the kernel is made more silent for remote public IP installs, and several settings are tweaked so that the installer has a better chance of succeeding under low-memory environments.