NixOS on ARM: Difference between revisions

imported>Zzeroo
m Fix installation command. Was cp where dd was mentioned. I don't think cp whould work here, too.
imported>Samueldr
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=== Installation steps ===
=== Installation steps ===


The installation images come in two flavors: <code>sd-image-armv6l-linux.img</code> is built for the ARMv6 architecture and it comes with the Raspberry Pi kernel. <code>sd-image-armv7l-linux.img</code> is built for the ARMv7 architecture and comes with the mainline multiplatform ARMv7 kernel (multi_v7_defconfig). Make sure you download the correct image for your board!
The installation images come in two flavors: <code>sd-image-armv6l-linux.img</code> is built for the ARMv6 architecture and it comes with the Raspberry Pi kernel. sd-image-armv7l-linux.img is built for the ARMv7 architecture and comes with the mainline multiplatform ARMv7 kernel (multi_v7_defconfig). Make sure you download the correct image for your board!


The .img files can be directly written to a microSD/SD card (minimal recommended size: 4 GB) using dd.
The .img files can be directly written to a microSD/SD card (minimal recommended size: 4 GB) using dd.


<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">sudo dd if=sd-image-armv7l-linux.img of=/dev/sdX bs=1024 seek=8</syntaxhighlight>
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">sudo cp sd-image-armv7l-linux.img /dev/sdX</syntaxhighlight>
Replace <code>/dev/sdX</code> with the path to your SD card device.
Replace <code>/dev/sdX</code> with the path to your SD card device.