From 769dc2f7e645c750a23b4874ccf13a2cc942bf41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Raskin <7c6f434c@mail.ru>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:24:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Write an explanation for a rule edit needed by LiveCD

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=16774
---
 modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix b/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix
index 95b5372a515..0480a277afd 100644
--- a/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix
+++ b/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix
@@ -243,7 +243,11 @@ let
             --replace /sbin/blkid ${extraUtils}/bin/blkid
       done
 
-      # !!! What does this do?
+      # Remove rule preventing creation of a by-label symlink
+      # for a CD-ROM if disk removal will not be properly reported.
+      # Such a link can get obsolete in a running system, but 
+      # during boot stage 1 it is unlikely. We need this change
+      # to be able to boot on a wider choice of CD drives.
       sed -e '/^ENV[{]DEVTYPE[}]=="disk", .*GOTO/d' -i $out/60-persistent-storage.rules 
     ''; # */
   };