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-Continue the installation as usual following the [https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/index.html#ch-installation instructions of the NixOS manual]. Replace the part where the root filesystem gets formatted and mounted with one of the following two commands:
+=== NixOS installation on Bcachefs ===
+Using the installation media generated above, continue the installation as usual following the [https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/index.html#ch-installation instructions of the NixOS manual].
+For a BIOS installation, the partitioning needs to be adjusted as following
+<syntaxhighlight lang="console">
+# parted /dev/sda -- mklabel msdos
+# parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary 1MB 512MB
+# parted /dev/sda -- set 1 boot on
+# parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary 512MB 100%
+</syntaxhighlight>
+Formatting the boot partition <code>/dev/sda1</code> and the root filesystem <code>/dev/sda2</code>
+<syntaxhighlight lang="console">
+mkfs.ext4 -L boot /dev/sda1
+mkfs.bcachefs -L nixos /dev/sda2
+</syntaxhighlight>
+Mount filesystems
 <syntaxhighlight lang="console">
-# mkfs.bcachefs -L nixos /dev/sda1
+mount -t bcachefs /dev/sda2 /mnt
-# mount -t bcachefs /dev/sda1 /mnt
+mkdir /mnt/boot
+mount /dev/disk/by-label/boot /mnt/boot
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-Where <code>/dev/sda1</code> is the root filesystem partition created for the NixOS installation. Be carefull using the <code>mkfs.bcachefs</code> command, it will erase all data on the given partition.
+Continue installation as recommended by the NixOS manual.
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