diff --git a/pure/devices.nix b/pure/devices.nix
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+[
+  { id = "net-dev-1";
+    comment = "Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express";
+    location = {
+      busId = "pci-0000:02:00.0";
+      macAddr = "00:14:22:bc:68:51";
+      prefer = "macAddr"; # i.e., don't care if busId changes
+    };
+    extraModules = []; # tg3
+  }
+
+  { id = "keyboard-1";
+    comment = "Dell Computer Corp. SK-8125 Keyboard";
+    location = {
+      busId = "usb-003-003";
+    };
+    extraModules = [];
+  }
+  
+]
diff --git a/pure/disks.nix b/pure/disks.nix
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+{
+
+  /* Old school. */
+
+  volume1 = {
+    mountPoint = "/";
+    filesystem = "ext3";
+    location = {
+      device = "/dev/hda1";
+    };
+    creationParams = {
+      disk = "/dev/hda";
+      partition = 1;
+      startCylinder = 1;
+      endCylinder = 1000;
+    };
+  };
+  
+  volume2 = {
+    filesystem = "swap";
+    location = {
+      device = "/dev/hda2";
+    };
+    creationParams = {
+      disk = "/dev/hda";
+      startCylinder = 1001;
+      endCylinder = 1100;
+    };
+  };
+
+
+  /* With partition labels; don't care which device holds the file
+    system. */
+
+  volume1 = {
+    mountPoint = "/";
+    filesystem = "auto";
+    location = {
+      label = "ROOT_DISK";
+    };
+    # Only relevant when creating.
+    creationParams = {
+      disk = "/dev/hda";
+      partition = 1;
+      startCylinder = 1;
+      endCylinder = 1000;
+      filesystem = "ext3";
+    };
+  };
+
+
+  /* LVM. */
+
+  volume1 = {
+    mountPoint = "/data";
+    filesystem = "auto";
+    location = {
+      lvmVolumeGroup = "system";
+      lvmVolumeName = "big-volume"; # -> /dev/mapper/system-big-volume
+    };
+  };
+
+  lvmConfig = {
+    devices = [
+      ...
+    ];
+    groups = [
+      { name = "system";
+        volumes = [
+          { name = "big-volume";
+            size = 1048576; # -> 1 GiB
+          }
+          { name = "blah";
+            size = 1048576; # -> 1 GiB
+          }
+        ];
+        # When realising this configuration, only delete explicitly
+        # listed volumes for safety.
+        canDelete = ["foobar"];
+      };
+    ];
+  };
+  
+}
diff --git a/pure/networking.nix b/pure/networking.nix
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+++ b/pure/networking.nix
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+{
+
+  identification = {
+    fromDHCP = false;
+    hostname = "foobar";
+  };
+
+
+  interfaces = [
+
+    # Manual configuration.
+    { name = "eth0";
+      hardware = {
+        type = "ethernet";
+        device = "net-dev-1";
+      };
+      link = {
+        ip4 = {
+          address = "192.168.1.2";
+          nameservers = [ # to be used when this interface is up
+            "1.2.3.4";
+            "1.2.3.5";
+          ];
+          routes = [ # idem, add when up
+            { destination = "0.0.0.0";
+              netmask = "0.0.0.0";
+              gateway = "192.168.1.1";
+              # iface implied (eth0)
+            }
+            { destination = "192.168.1.0";
+              netmask = "255.255.255.0";
+              # iface implied (eth0)
+            }
+          ];
+        };
+        ip6 = ...;
+      };
+    }
+
+    # Automatic configuration via DHCP
+    { name = "eth0";
+      hardware = {
+        type = "ethernet";
+        device = "net-dev-1";
+      };
+      link = {
+        useDHCP = true;
+      };
+    }
+    
+  ];
+
+
+  firewall = {
+    # ...
+  };
+
+}
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diff --git a/pure/top-level.nix b/pure/top-level.nix
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+rec {
+
+  devices = import ./devices.nix;
+
+  disks = import ./disks.nix;
+
+  networking = import ./networking.nix;
+
+  systemServices = [
+    terminalRunner
+    syslogServer
+    dhcpClient
+    sshServer
+    subversionServer
+  ];
+  
+  systemInit = {
+    inherit devices disks networking;
+    inherit systemServices;
+  };
+
+  kernel = import ... {
+    externalModules = [nvidia vmware ...];
+  }
+
+}