<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xml:id="sec-profile-installation-device">
  <title>Installation Device</title>
  <para>
    Provides a basic configuration for installation devices like CDs.
    This enables redistributable firmware, includes the
    <link linkend="sec-profile-clone-config">Clone Config profile</link>
    and a copy of the Nixpkgs channel, so
    <literal>nixos-install</literal> works out of the box.
  </para>
  <para>
    Documentation for
    <link linkend="opt-documentation.enable">Nixpkgs</link> and
    <link linkend="opt-documentation.nixos.enable">NixOS</link> are
    forcefully enabled (to override the
    <link linkend="sec-profile-minimal">Minimal profile</link>
    preference); the NixOS manual is shown automatically on TTY 8,
    udisks is disabled. Autologin is enabled as <literal>nixos</literal>
    user, while passwordless login as both <literal>root</literal> and
    <literal>nixos</literal> is possible. Passwordless
    <literal>sudo</literal> is enabled too.
    <link linkend="opt-networking.wireless.enable">wpa_supplicant</link>
    is enabled, but configured to not autostart.
  </para>
  <para>
    It is explained how to login, start the ssh server, and if
    available, how to start the display manager.
  </para>
  <para>
    Several settings are tweaked so that the installer has a better
    chance of succeeding under low-memory environments.
  </para>
</section>
