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== Hoster-agnostic means of installation == | == Hoster-agnostic means of installation == | ||
1. Upload a prepared closure to the victim server running Debian or Centos (you have to use rsync, nix-copy-closure won't copy to the server which has no nix), then run "touch /etc/NIXOS; $toplevel/bin/switch-to-configuration boot; reboot". There are several tools for making this easier: nix-infect, ... | 1. Upload a prepared closure to the victim server running Debian or Centos (you have to use rsync, nix-copy-closure won't copy to the server which has no nix), then run "touch /etc/NIXOS; $toplevel/bin/switch-to-configuration boot; reboot". There are several tools for making this easier: nix-infect, ... | ||
2. Turn any running Linux system into NixOS without reboot, using kexec, ... | 2. Turn any running Linux system into NixOS without reboot, using kexec, ... | ||