`modules-closure.nix' produces a module tree in
$out/lib/modules/VERSION that contains only the modules identified
by `rootModules', plus their dependencies. It also generates an
appropriate modules.dep. This is useful for initrds, as we
obviously don't want a copy of the entire kernel module tree in the
initial RAM disk.
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* make-initrd.nix: builds a initial RAM disk. The resulting initrd
will contain just a Nix store containing the specified lists of
packages, with a symlink `/init' to the actual init program in the
Nix store.
* make-iso9660-image.nix: builds a bootable ISO image.
* rescue-system.nix: builds a bootable ISO image (using the two
function above) that boots into a very minimal Linux environment
containing (at the moment) the dietlibc-based bash and coreutils,
loaded from the initrd. Eventually this should become a two-stage
boot (load kernel modules from the initrd, mount the actual root
file system (e.g., the installation CD), call the real init).
The rescue system (probably a misnomer) should become the minimal
environment necessary for the installer (on CD) and the boot process
of an installed NixOS (on HD).
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