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+<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>