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45 lines
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# nixos
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These are my configurations for nixos. You are free to use it, however it may be best for you to fork and make your own.
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## Installing
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In my experience, you need a larger disk size for the nix store on the installer than is created. As such, I use a swap file/drive, recommended separate drive from the one being installed to.
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### Swap example.
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```bash
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mkdir /mnt/usb
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mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb
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fallocate -l 30G /mnt/usb/swap
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chmod 600 /mnt/usb/swap
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mkswap /mnt/usb/swap
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swapon /mnt/usn/swap
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mount -o remount,size=20G,noatime /nix/.rw-store
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```
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### The install process.
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After setting up the extra swap space, clone and enter the nixos repo.
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```bash
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nix-shell -p git
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git clone --recursive https://github.com/GRMrGecko/nixos.git
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cd nixos/
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```
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After you get into the repo, configure the machine to your liking.
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```bash
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./configure.sh
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```
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After configuring, install. You can define a tmpdir as the USB drive with `TMPDIR=/mnt/usb` if you want to reduce load on RAM.
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```bash
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./install.sh --disk main /dev/sda
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```
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After install is complete, you can then rsync the nixos dir to the user account on the install:
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```bash
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nix-shell -p rsync
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mount -o compress=zstd /dev/mapper/crypted /mnt/hdd
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rsync -av /root/nixos/ /mnt/hdd/home/grmrgecko/nixos/
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umount /mnt/hdd
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```
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