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<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
         xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
         xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
         version="5.0"
         xml:id="sec-profile-installation-device">
 <title>Installation Device</title>

 <para>
  Provides a basic configuration for installation devices like CDs. This means
  enabling hardware scans, using the <link linkend="sec-profile-clone-config">
  Clone Config profile</link> to guarantee
  <filename>/etc/nixos/configuration.nix</filename> exists (for
  <command>nixos-rebuild</command> to work), a copy of the Nixpkgs channel
  snapshot used to create the install media.
 </para>

 <para>
  Additionally, 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, sudo and udisks are disabled.
  Autologin is enabled as root.
 </para>

 <para>
  A message is shown to the user to start a display manager if needed, ssh with
  <xref linkend="opt-services.openssh.permitRootLogin"/> are enabled (but
  doesn't autostart). WPA Supplicant is also enabled without autostart.
 </para>

 <para>
  Finally, vim is installed, root is set to not have a password, the kernel is
  made more silent for remote public IP installs, and several settings are
  tweaked so that the installer has a better chance of succeeding under
  low-memory environments.
 </para>
</section>