Can't create iso for offline installation

[jagajaga]

Was on ML, copying here.

Using 14.12 branch to generate iso.

My nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-minimal.nix: https://gist.github.com/jagajaga/b41475f097b0e0b58865

Generating image with nix-build -A iso_minimal.i686-linux release.nix (while inside nixpkgs/nixos folder).

What I do:

• Running qemu with generated image (with -net none option)
• Checking that I can run vlc, teamviewer, dropbox, openbox etc (also Xserver is running)
• Making partition on hard drive
• Mounting to /mnt
• Editing /mnt/etc/nixos/configuration.nix to https://gist.github.com/jagajaga/b91cb0deb04042dbd40f
• Running nixos-install

What I'm getting https://gist.github.com/jagajaga/2a78535bdb9bb6c53b2a

Adding to installation-cd-minimal.nix

• xlibs.xf86videovmware
• xlibs.xf86videovesa
• xlibs.xf86videointel
• xlibs.xf86videoati doesn't affect installation.

Ideas?

Generating iso from unstable branch giving me error because of trying to download patch for pulseaudio as a dependence for vlc. (which is already included to image, no?).

[7c6f434c]

There is a isoImage.includeSystemBuildDependencies option to include various build dependencies in the image. It is explicitly created for offline installation (but has some image size cost, of course).

[jagajaga]

As you can see, it's true in my configuration.

[7c6f434c]

As you can see, it's true in my configuration.

Did you try not to install X on the target? Did you try enabling VMWare kernel modules in the installer expression?

[jagajaga]

Tried. It fails because tries to download patch for pulseaudio as a dep for vlc.

[cstrahan]

@jagajaga I create my own ISO for my Macbook (because it needs a proprietary WiFi driver, and lacks an Ethernet port). Perhaps you can draw some inspiration from it (assuming the code hasn't bit-rotted yet - it still works):

https://github.com/cstrahan/mbp-nixos

[jagajaga]

@cstrahan same here. Fails because it tries to download smth..

[jagajaga]

I have no progress :(

Maybe some more ideas?

[uralbash]

I have exactly the same problem (unfortunately not solved yet), here is a discussion on IRC https://botbot.me/freenode/nixos/2016-03-03/?msg=61438031&page=8

[Profpatsch]

triage: does this still occur?

[ghost]

This still occurs as of Loris (19.09) svn = 1927.0fe895ae112 date = 2020-03-29

building an ISO with only a bootloader enabled and no additional packages causes a large (102 for me) number of packages to fail building (if done with --option keep-going true)

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[AleXoundOS]

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[pete3n]

I created this repo to allow offline installs with the graphical installer.

[Fhiss]

Please do not close this issue. Currently, the graphical ISO image for NixOS requires an internet connection during the installation process. For users in environments with limited or no internet access, this poses a challenge. To improve accessibility and flexibility, it would be beneficial to include support for offline installations in the graphical ISO.