Move Nix Store to new partition - Revision history

imported>Wittypal at 20:26, 29 February 2024

2024-02-29T20:26:04Z

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	{{Merge\|Storage_optimization#Moving_the_store}}		{{Merge\|Storage_optimization#Moving_the_store\|There is some overlap between this page and the subsection of Article Storage Optimization\|Talk:Move_Nix_Store_to_new_partition}}
	Add [https://github.com/cleverca22/nixos-configs/blob/master/rescue_boot.nix rescue-boot.nix] to your imports section.		Add [https://github.com/cleverca22/nixos-configs/blob/master/rescue_boot.nix rescue-boot.nix] to your imports section.

imported>Wittypal: More fitting template

2024-02-29T20:18:43Z

More fitting template

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	{{~~See also~~\|Storage_optimization#Moving_the_store}}		{{Merge\|Storage_optimization#Moving_the_store}}
	Add [https://github.com/cleverca22/nixos-configs/blob/master/rescue_boot.nix rescue-boot.nix] to your imports section.		Add [https://github.com/cleverca22/nixos-configs/blob/master/rescue_boot.nix rescue-boot.nix] to your imports section.

imported>Wittypal: The added link tackles the same problem as this page

2024-02-29T20:16:37Z

The added link tackles the same problem as this page

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			{{See also\|Storage_optimization#Moving_the_store}}
	Add [https://github.com/cleverca22/nixos-configs/blob/master/rescue_boot.nix rescue-boot.nix] to your imports section.		Add [https://github.com/cleverca22/nixos-configs/blob/master/rescue_boot.nix rescue-boot.nix] to your imports section.

imported>Toraritte: Fix typo

2023-09-07T16:41:48Z

Fix typo

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	The tutorial will teach you how to relocate {{ic\|/nix}} to a new		The tutorial will teach you how to relocate {{ic\|/nix}} to a new
	device on non NixOS Hosts. A ~~summery~~ of how this could be done on NixOS is ~~below~~		device on non NixOS Hosts. A summary of how this could be done on NixOS is at the bottom.
	'''This has not been tested on NixOS''' but there may still be a way:		'''This has not been tested on NixOS''' but there may still be a way:

imported>Appetrosyan: Formatting fixes

2021-06-03T08:58:05Z

Formatting fixes

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	The tutorial will teach you how to relocate `/nix` to a new		The tutorial will teach you how to relocate {{ic\|/nix}} to a new
	device on non `NixOS` Hosts. A summery of how this could be done on ~~nixOS~~ is below		device on non NixOS Hosts. A summery of how this could be done on NixOS is below
	'''This has not been tested on NixOS''' but there may still be a way:		'''This has not been tested on NixOS''' but there may still be a way:

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	The device that /nix is on has no more space		The device that /nix is on has no more space

	$ du -h		<syntaxhighlight lang="console">
	Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on		$ du -h
	/dev/sda1 182G 180G 2G 99% /		Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
			/dev/sda1 182G 180G 2G 99% /
			</syntaxhighlight>
	Stop nix daemon		Stop nix daemon

	$ sudo systemctl stop nix-daemon.service		<syntaxhighlight lang="console">
			$ sudo systemctl stop nix-daemon.service
			</syntaxhighlight>
			Move backup /nix; mv /nix to /nix.bak

	~~Move backup~~ /nix~~; mv~~ /~~nix to~~ /~~nix.bak~~		<syntaxhighlight lang="console">
			$ ls -alF /nix
			total 1068
			drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jan 22 02:43 ./
			drwxr-xr-x 26 root root 4096 Feb 8 12:17 ../
			drwxrwxr-t 1555 root nixbld 1077248 Feb 8 12:05 store/
			drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jan 22 02:43 var/
			</syntaxhighlight>

	~~$ ls -alF /nix~~		<syntaxhighlight lang="console">
	~~total 1068~~		$ cd /
	~~drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jan 22 02:43 ./~~		$ tar -afp /nix.tgz /nix /nix.bak
	~~drwxr-xr-x 26 root root 4096 Feb 8 12:17 ../~~		$ sudo mv /nix /nix.bak # in case something goes horribly wrong
	~~drwxrwxr-t 1555 root nixbld 1077248 Feb 8 12:05 store/~~		</syntaxhighlight>
	~~drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jan 22 02:43 var/~~
	$ cd /
	$ tar -afp /nix.tgz /nix /nix.bak
	$ sudo mv /nix /nix.bak # ~~incase~~ something goes horribly wrong

	Mount new device. You will need to add this device to `/etc/fstab`		Mount new device. You will need to add this device to `/etc/fstab`

	$ mount /nix		<syntaxhighlight lang="console">
	$ du -h		$ mount /nix
	Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on		$ du -h
	/dev/sdb1 300G 0G 300G 0% /nix		Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
			/dev/sdb1 300G 0G 300G 0% /nix
			</syntaxhighlight>
	Restore /nix from /nix.tgz; verify contents		Restore /nix from /nix.tgz; verify contents

	$ cd /		<syntaxhighlight lang="console">
	$ sudo tar -xf /nix.tgz		$ cd /
	$ nix-store --verify --check-contents		$ sudo tar -xf /nix.tgz
			$ nix-store --verify --check-contents
	~~Start up nixdaemon~~		</syntaxhighlight>

	~~$ sudo systemctl start~~ nix-daemon~~.service~~		Start {{ic\|nix-daemon}}

			<syntaxhighlight lang="console">
			$ sudo systemctl start nix-daemon.service
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	run the installer from grub at any time.		run the installer from grub at any time.

	adjust your configuration.nix so it expects /nix to be at the new place, and nixos-rebuild boot, so it doesnt break after you move it		adjust your configuration.nix so it expects {{ic\|/nix}} to be at the new place, and nixos-rebuild boot, so it doesnt break after you move it

	Now reboot and move it.		Now reboot and move it.

imported>Buecking at 21:47, 8 February 2019

2019-02-08T21:47:04Z

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 The tutorial will teach you how to relocate `/nix` to a new
-device.
+device on non `NixOS` Hosts. A summery of how this could be done on nixOS is below
 The device that /nix is on has no more space
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      $ sudo systemctl start nix-daemon.service
 [[Category:Tutorial]]
 [[Category:NixOS]]

imported>Buecking at 21:33, 8 February 2019

2019-02-08T21:33:50Z

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	~~== Moving nix directory to a new device ==~~

	The tutorial will teach you how to relocate `/nix` to a new		The tutorial will teach you how to relocate `/nix` to a new
	device.		device.

imported>Buecking at 21:32, 8 February 2019

2019-02-08T21:32:13Z

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	Start up nixdaemon		Start up nixdaemon

	~~$ sudo systemct nix.~~		$ sudo systemctl start nix-daemon.service
	$ sudo systemctl ~~restart~~ nix-daemon.service


	[[Category:Tutorial]]		[[Category:Tutorial]]
	[[Category:NixOS]]		[[Category:NixOS]]

imported>Buecking at 21:31, 8 February 2019

2019-02-08T21:31:30Z

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	device.		device.

	~~There~~ is no more space ~~on / and I want to mv~~		The device that /nix is on has no more space

	$ du -h		$ du -h

imported>Buecking at 21:30, 8 February 2019

2019-02-08T21:30:24Z

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	== Moving /nix to a new ~~parition~~ ==		== Moving nix directory to a new device ==

	The tutorial will teach you how to relocate `/nix` to a new		The tutorial will teach you how to relocate `/nix` to a new