• 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