From ac56b53f151ec358c163d80ad31921ac772b94b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Mauer <richard@mauer.tech>
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2024 22:57:02 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] update install files

---
 config/base.nix | 12 ++++++++++++
 quickly.nix     | 13 +++++++------
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/config/base.nix b/config/base.nix
index cffcbb8..e6b1f62 100644
--- a/config/base.nix
+++ b/config/base.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
   #disko = pkgs.callPackage ../pkgs/disko/package.nix {};
   #disko = "github:nix-community/disko"
 #in
+let
+  installFiles = pkgs.runCommand "install-files" {} ''
+    mkdir -p $out
+    cp -rv ${./config/initrd-include}/* $out/
+  '';
+in
 {
   imports = [ 
     ../quickly.nix
@@ -21,6 +27,11 @@
        tree
      ];
    };
+     boot.initrd = {
+    extraFiles = {
+      "install".source = installFiles;
+    };
+  };
     environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
        vim # Do not forget to add an editor to edit configuration.nix! The Nano editor is also installed by default.
        wget
@@ -28,6 +39,7 @@
        coreutils-full
        nixos-install
        nettools
+       installFiles
     ];
 
   };
diff --git a/quickly.nix b/quickly.nix
index d2eb8ce..0d5161c 100644
--- a/quickly.nix
+++ b/quickly.nix
@@ -41,12 +41,13 @@ in
 
     boot.initrd = {
     # Alternatively, you can include entire directories
-    extraFiles = {
-      "install".source = pkgs.runCommand "install-files" {} ''
-      mkdir -p $out
-      cp -r ${./config/initrd-include}/* $out/
-    '';
-    };
+    # commenting out to test this inside the base config
+    #extraFiles = {
+    #  "install".source = pkgs.runCommand "install-files" {} ''
+    #  mkdir -p $out
+    #  cp -r ${./config/initrd-include}/* $out/
+    #'';
+    #};
 
     postMountCommands = ''
       echo "Mounting initial store"