[Nix-dev] Wireless firmware for NixOS Live CD

[Lluís Batlle]

2009/10/14 Tony White <tonywhite100 at googlemail.com>:
> Hi,
> I've just found out that this is no more. So it's been removed and
> replaced with stuff like :
> rt73.nix but how is it possible to download the firmware when I have
> to use rt73usb to do it???
> Or, use /etc/nixos/nixos/modules/services/hardware/udev.nix to load
> the firmware, but wait hardware.firmware = [   ]; so add a path to it
> and then nixos-rebuild switch the live cd. No that's not a good idea.
>
> Any suggestions? Apart from use a cable, which I can't. Is there
> anyway to do what I want without fussing? I just want to load a
> firmware file that would normally just need to be placed in
> /lib/firmware. :(
I added the rt73 into nixos. I used another nixos to build a minimal
installation cd with the rt73 firmware.