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<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xml:id="sec-building-cd">
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<title>Building Your Own NixOS CD</title>
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<para>
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Building a NixOS CD is as easy as configuring your own computer. The
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idea is to use another module which will replace your
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<literal>configuration.nix</literal> to configure the system that
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would be installed on the CD.
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</para>
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<para>
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Default CD/DVD configurations are available inside
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<literal>nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd</literal>
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</para>
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<programlisting>
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$ git clone https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs.git
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$ cd nixpkgs/nixos
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$ nix-build -A config.system.build.isoImage -I nixos-config=modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-minimal.nix default.nix
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</programlisting>
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<para>
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Before burning your CD/DVD, you can check the content of the image
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by mounting anywhere like suggested by the following command:
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</para>
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<programlisting>
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# mount -o loop -t iso9660 ./result/iso/cd.iso /mnt/iso</screen>
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</programlisting>
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<para>
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If you want to customize your NixOS CD in more detail, or generate
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other kinds of images, you might want to check out
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<link xlink:href="https://github.com/nix-community/nixos-generators">nixos-generators</link>.
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This can also be a good starting point when you want to use Nix to
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build a <quote>minimal</quote> image that doesn’t include a NixOS
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installation.
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</para>
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</chapter>
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