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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>
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