NixOS Installation Guide: Difference between revisions

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== Label partitions ==

This is useful for having multiple setups and makes partitions easier to handle.

This is useful for having multiple setups and makes partitions easier to handle<syntaxhighlight lang="console">

* lsblk

$ lsblk

* sudo mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/sdX1

$ sudo mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/sdX1

* sudo fatlabel /dev/sdX1 NIXBOOT

$ sudo fatlabel /dev/sdX1 NIXBOOT

* sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdX2 -L NIXROOT

$ sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdX2 -L NIXROOT

* sudo mount /dev/disk/by-label/NIXROOT /mnt

$ sudo mount /dev/disk/by-label/NIXROOT /mnt

* sudo mkdir -p /mnt/boot

$ sudo mkdir -p /mnt/boot

* sudo mount /dev/disk/by-label/NIXBOOT /mnt/boot

$ sudo mount /dev/disk/by-label/NIXBOOT /mnt/boot

</syntaxhighlight>

== Swap file ==

* sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/.swapfile bs=1024 count=2097152 (2GB size)

* sudo chmod 600 /mnt/.swapfile

$ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/.swapfile bs=1024 count=2097152 (2GB size)

* sudo mkswap /mnt/.swapfile

$ sudo chmod 600 /mnt/.swapfile

* sudo swapon /mnt/.swapfile

$ sudo mkswap /mnt/.swapfile

$ sudo swapon /mnt/.swapfile

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== NixOS config ==

* sudo nixos-generate-config --root /mnt

* cd /mnt/etc/nixos/

$ sudo nixos-generate-config --root /mnt

* sudo vim configuration.nix

$ cd /mnt/etc/nixos/

Most essential changes:

$ sudo vim configuration.nix

</syntaxhighlight>Most essential changes:

* keyboard layout, ie <code>services.xserver.layout</code>

* keyboard layout, ie <code>[[Keyboard Layout Customization|services.xserver.xkb.layout]]</code>

* <code>users.users.user</code> with adding entry <code>initialPassword = "pw123";</code>

* [[networking]] (wifi), see below for fix if it breaks

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== NixOS installation ==

$ cd /mnt

$ sudo nixos-install

</syntaxhighlight>after installation: Run <code>passwd</code> to change user password.

* cd /mnt

if internet broke/breaks, try one of the following:<syntaxhighlight lang="console">

* sudo nixos-install

$ nixos-rebuild switch --option substitute false # no downloads

~~after installation: Run <code>passwd</code> to change user password.~~

$ nixos-rebuild switch --option binary-caches "" # no downloads

</syntaxhighlight>

if internet broke/breaks, try one of the following:

* nixos-rebuild switch --option substitute false # no downloads

* nixos-rebuild switch --option binary-caches "" # no downloads

* wpa_supplicant flags to connect to wifi

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* Blog post how to install NixOS on a [http://grahamc.com/blog/nixos-on-dell-9560 Dell 9560]

* Brand servers may require extra kernel modules be included into initrd (boot.initrd.extraKernelModules in configuration.nix) For example HP Proliant needs "hpsa" module to see the disk drive.

* Brand servers may require extra kernel modules be included into initrd (<code>boot.initrd.extraKernelModules</code> in configuration.nix) For example HP Proliant needs "hpsa" module to see the disk drive.

[[Category:Guide]][[Category:Deployment]]

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 == Label partitions ==
-This is useful for having multiple setups and makes partitions easier to handle.
+This is useful for having multiple setups and makes partitions easier to handle<syntaxhighlight lang="console">
-* lsblk
+$ lsblk
-* sudo mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/sdX1
+$ sudo mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/sdX1
-* sudo fatlabel /dev/sdX1 NIXBOOT
+$ sudo fatlabel /dev/sdX1 NIXBOOT
-* sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdX2 -L NIXROOT
+$ sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdX2 -L NIXROOT
-* sudo mount /dev/disk/by-label/NIXROOT /mnt
+$ sudo mount /dev/disk/by-label/NIXROOT /mnt
-* sudo mkdir -p /mnt/boot
+$ sudo mkdir -p /mnt/boot
-* sudo mount /dev/disk/by-label/NIXBOOT /mnt/boot
+$ sudo mount /dev/disk/by-label/NIXBOOT /mnt/boot
+</syntaxhighlight>
 == Swap file ==
-* sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/.swapfile bs=1024 count=2097152 (2GB size)
+<syntaxhighlight lang="console">
-* sudo chmod 600 /mnt/.swapfile
+$ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/.swapfile bs=1024 count=2097152 (2GB size)
-* sudo mkswap /mnt/.swapfile
+$ sudo chmod 600 /mnt/.swapfile
-* sudo swapon /mnt/.swapfile
+$ sudo mkswap /mnt/.swapfile
+$ sudo swapon /mnt/.swapfile
+</syntaxhighlight>
 == NixOS config ==
-* sudo nixos-generate-config --root /mnt
+<syntaxhighlight lang="console">
-* cd /mnt/etc/nixos/
+$ sudo nixos-generate-config --root /mnt
-* sudo vim configuration.nix
+$ cd /mnt/etc/nixos/
-Most essential changes:
+$ sudo vim configuration.nix
+</syntaxhighlight>Most essential changes:
-* keyboard layout, ie <code>services.xserver.layout</code>
+* keyboard layout, ie <code>[[Keyboard Layout Customization|services.xserver.xkb.layout]]</code>
 * <code>users.users.user</code> with adding entry <code>initialPassword = "pw123";</code>
 * [[networking]] (wifi), see below for fix if it breaks
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 == NixOS installation ==
+<syntaxhighlight lang="console">
+$ cd /mnt
+$ sudo nixos-install
+</syntaxhighlight>after installation: Run <code>passwd</code> to change user password.
-* cd /mnt
+if internet broke/breaks, try one of the following:<syntaxhighlight lang="console">
-* sudo nixos-install
+$ nixos-rebuild switch --option substitute false # no downloads
-after installation: Run <code>passwd</code> to change user password.
+$ nixos-rebuild switch --option binary-caches "" # no downloads
+</syntaxhighlight>
-if internet broke/breaks, try one of the following:
-* nixos-rebuild switch --option substitute false # no downloads
-* nixos-rebuild switch --option binary-caches "" # no downloads
 * wpa_supplicant flags to connect to wifi
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 * Blog post how to install NixOS on a [http://grahamc.com/blog/nixos-on-dell-9560 Dell 9560]
-* Brand servers may require extra kernel modules be included into initrd (boot.initrd.extraKernelModules in configuration.nix) For example HP Proliant needs "hpsa" module to see the disk drive.
+* Brand servers may require extra kernel modules be included into initrd (<code>boot.initrd.extraKernelModules</code> in configuration.nix) For example HP Proliant needs "hpsa" module to see the disk drive.
 [[Category:Guide]][[Category:Deployment]]