• Installing
  • Fresh system (nixos USB drive)

Installing

Fresh system (nixos USB drive)

1. Open a nix-shell with git:

nix-shell -p git

1. Clone the flake

git clone https://git.lajuntament.space/marc/samfelag.git

1. Partition the disk

   1. Locate the disk

   lsblk

   1. Create a GPT partition table

   sudo parted /dev/nvme0n1 -- mklabel gpt

   1. Create the root partition

   sudo parted /dev/nvme0n1 -- mkpart primary 512MB -8GB

   1. Create the swap partition

   sudo parted /dev/nvme0n1 -- mkpart primary linux-swap -8GB 100%

   1. Create the boot partition

   sudo parted /dev/nvme0n1 -- mkpart ESP fat32 1MB 512MB
   sudo parted /dev/nvme0n1 -- set 3 esp on

2. Format the partitions

   1. Root partition

   sudo mkfs.ext4 -L nixos /dev/nvme0n1p1

   1. Swap partition

   sudo mkswap -L swap /dev/nvme0n1p2

   1. Boot partition

   sudo mkfs.fat -F 32 -n BOOT /dev/nvme0n1p3

3. Mount the filesystems

   1. Root partition

   sudo mount /dev/disk/by-label/nixos /mnt

   1. Boot partition

   sudo mkdir -p /mnt/boot
   sudo mount /dev/disk/by-label/BOOT /mnt/boot

   1. Swap partition (if needed)

   sudo swapon /dev/disk/by-label/swap

4. Create the host nix configuration

If the host is not present under system/hosts, create a new folder for the host. Generate the hardware configuration file, you can use nixos-generate-config as a base:

nixos-generate-config --dir <<host directory>> --no-filesystems

1. Install nixos!

sudo nixos-install --impure --root /mnt --flake .#reykjavik

1. Set up the user

You'll set the root password during the installation. You can then reboot and use the installed OS. First thing you'll have to do is log in as root and set the password for your user:

passwd marc