NixOS Installation Guide/Unetbootin: Difference between revisions

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'''NOTE''': Using Unetbootin to produce a USB flash drive is '''not supported'''.
 
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It is possible to install NixOS from a USB stick, rather than from a CD.  This is useful if you want to install NixOS on a machine that doesn't have a CD-ROM drive (such as most netbooks), or if you don't want to waste a blank CD.  Here is how to do it:
It is possible to install NixOS from a USB stick, rather than from a CD.  This is useful if you want to install NixOS on a machine that doesn't have a CD-ROM drive (such as most netbooks), or if you don't want to waste a blank CD.  Here is how to do it: