nixos-installer #10

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opened 2023-09-30 13:24:46 +00:00 by nerf · 0 comments

nerf commented

2023-09-30 13:24:46 +00:00

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Installing from the nixos-installer in our setup has some downsides:

As we need to boot it in hvm mode, we encounter a bug where it is hard to load
up any additional hard drives. So multi partition setups hare hard.
Because of its disk layout and writing restrictions it is ill fitted for building large configurations (or even hold large builds in its store)

To solve this problem we should get an additional pvh nixos machine called nixos-installer. It should satisfy the following things.

simple enough to be build by the nixos install medium
file system utilities
git
nixos install utilities
flake support
the new nix commands
config managed in this repository
large /tmp/ maybe even on a disk.
large enough /nix/

Right now there only exists an ad-hoc machine I used for this purpose, but it is a bit of a mess, configuration wise and not managed through this repository

Installing from the nixos-installer in our setup has some downsides: 1. As we need to boot it in hvm mode, we encounter a bug where it is hard to load up any additional hard drives. So multi partition setups hare hard. 2. Because of its disk layout and writing restrictions it is ill fitted for building large configurations (or even hold large builds in its store) To solve this problem we should get an additional pvh nixos machine called nixos-installer. It should satisfy the following things. - simple enough to be build by the nixos install medium - file system utilities - git - nixos install utilities - flake support - the new nix commands - config managed in this repository - large `/tmp/` maybe even on a disk. - large enough `/nix/` Right now there only exists an ad-hoc machine I used for this purpose, but it is a bit of a mess, configuration wise and not managed through this repository