diff --git a/configuration/live-dvd-X-no-soft.nix b/configuration/live-dvd-X-no-soft.nix
index d9dad878fc1..b65187f6712 100644
--- a/configuration/live-dvd-X-no-soft.nix
+++ b/configuration/live-dvd-X-no-soft.nix
@@ -53,6 +53,49 @@ in
 		pkgs.module_aggregation 
 		[pkgs.kernel]
 	);
+	extraInitrdKernelModules = [
+		# The initrd should contain any modules necessary for
+		# mounting the CD.
+
+		# SATA/PATA support.
+		"ahci"
+		
+		"ata_piix"
+		
+		"sata_inic162x" "sata_nv" "sata_promise" "sata_qstor"
+		"sata_sil" "sata_sil24" "sata_sis" "sata_svw" "sata_sx4"
+		"sata_uli" "sata_via" "sata_vsc"
+		
+		"pata_ali" "pata_amd" "pata_artop" "pata_atiixp"
+		"pata_cs5520" "pata_cs5530" "pata_cs5535" "pata_efar"
+		"pata_hpt366" "pata_hpt37x" "pata_hpt3x2n" "pata_hpt3x3"
+		"pata_it8213" "pata_it821x" "pata_jmicron" "pata_marvell"
+		"pata_mpiix" "pata_netcell" "pata_ns87410" "pata_oldpiix"
+		"pata_pcmcia" "pata_pdc2027x" "pata_qdi" "pata_rz1000"
+		"pata_sc1200" "pata_serverworks" "pata_sil680" "pata_sis"
+		"pata_sl82c105" "pata_triflex" "pata_via"
+		# "pata_winbond" <-- causes timeouts in sd_mod
+
+		# SCSI support (incomplete).
+		"3w-9xxx" "3w-xxxx" "aic79xx" "aic7xxx" "arcmsr" 
+
+		# USB support, especially for booting from USB CD-ROM
+		# drives.	Also include USB keyboard support for when
+		# something goes wrong in stage 1.
+		"ehci_hcd"
+		"ohci_hcd"
+		"usbhid"
+		"usb_storage"
+
+		# Firewire support.	Not tested.
+		"ohci1394" "sbp2"
+
+		# Wait for SCSI devices to appear.
+		"scsi_wait_scan"
+
+		# Needed for live-CD operation.
+		"aufs"
+	];
 
 	packages = pkgs : [
 		pkgs.which
@@ -85,6 +128,9 @@ in
 		pkgs.xorg.xmodmap
 		pkgs.xorg.xkbcomp
 		pkgs.xorg.setxkbmap
+		pkgs.mssys
+		pkgs.testdisk
+		pkgs.gdb
 	];
 
 	configList = configuration : [
diff --git a/helpers/make-iso9660-image.sh b/helpers/make-iso9660-image.sh
index 586cfb8deb4..12e2f3031ed 100644
--- a/helpers/make-iso9660-image.sh
+++ b/helpers/make-iso9660-image.sh
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ done
 printRegistration=1 perl $pathsFromGraph closure-* > nix-path-registration
 echo "nix-path-registration=nix-path-registration" >> pathlist
 
+printManifest=1 perl $pathsFromGraph closure-* > MANIFEST
+echo "MANIFEST=MANIFEST" >> pathlist
+
 
 # Add symlinks to the top-level store objects.
 for ((n = 0; n < ${#objects[*]}; n++)); do